This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian Geography > Vegetation > Natural Vegetation India – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Natural Vegetation India Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. North East monsoon winds blows in ..... A) June to September. B) October to December. C) January to March. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) October to December. 2. Tall trees with thin pointed leaves and cone shaped canopies on mountain slopes are called A) Rhododendrons trees. B) Mahoganytrees. C) Coniferoustrees. D) Ebonytrees. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Coniferoustrees. 3. The state which has attained the dubious distinction of being topper in the list with the highest encroachment of forest land: A) Bihar. B) Andhra Pradesh. C) Haryana. D) Punjab. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Haryana. 4. What climatic conditions favour desert scrub vegetation? A) Rainfall less than 80cms. B) Rainfall between 80-100cm. C) Rainfall between 100-200cm. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rainfall less than 80cms. 5. At which time of year does winter start A) December-January. B) November-February. C) November-January. D) December-February. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) December-January. 6. How much land should be covered with forest? A) One-fourth. B) Half. C) One-fifth. D) One-third. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) One-third. 7. The retreating monsoon blows from A) North to west. B) North-east to south-west. C) East to west. D) North to south. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) North-east to south-west. 8. Natural vegetation A) Grow naturally without any human interference. B) Grow naturally with the help of human interference. C) Both of the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grow naturally without any human interference. 9. The ..... forests are found in wet marshy areas, river deltas. A) Mountain Forests. B) Tropical Desert Forests. C) Tidal Forests. D) Tropical Deciduous Forests. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tidal Forests. 10. Name any four commercially important trees of the evergreen forests. A) Bamboo, sandalwood, shisham and teak. B) Ebony, mahogany, rosewood and rubber. C) Deodar, pine, cidar and silver fir. D) Babul, kikar, date palms and acacia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ebony, mahogany, rosewood and rubber. 11. Which of the following has Tropical Rain Forest? A) Sahara desert. B) Western ghats forest. C) Bikaner. D) Jaisalmer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Western ghats forest. 12. Which of the following is a famous bird sanctuary? A) Mudumalai. B) Bharatpur Sanctuary. C) Gir forest. D) Kaziranga National park. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bharatpur Sanctuary. 13. What proportion of geographical land area is under actual forest cover in India? [IAS 1992] A) 1/7. B) 1/5. C) 1/10. D) 1/4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1/5. 14. How many species of birds and reptiles are there in India? A) 40, 000. B) 35, 000. C) 1, 200. D) 2, 000. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1, 200. 15. WHAT IS TROPICAL CLIMATE OF COASTAL REGIONS IN INDIA? A) Very cold. B) Very hot. C) Neither cold nor hot. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neither cold nor hot. 16. Among the following places, the average annual rainfall is highest at: [CDS 2004] A) Shillong. B) Kolkata. C) Chennai. D) Thiruvananthapuram. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shillong. 17. In which part of year do The delta region of Ganga and the coastal area of Odisha recives heavy rainfall A) MAY-JUNE. B) JUNE-JULY. C) JULY-AUGUST. D) AUGUST-SEPTEMBER. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) JULY-AUGUST. 18. Moist tropical evergreen forests are found in: A) Southern India. B) The Deccan plateau. C) The Siwaliks. D) The Shillong plateau. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Shillong plateau. 19. Hot and dry winds known as ..... blow during the day in the summers. A) Chinook. B) Monsoon. C) Loo. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Loo. 20. What do you understand by the word regur? A) Red, colour sticky soil, found in the Amazon area. B) Grey-brown soil found in Russia. C) Black soil found in the Deccan. D) Black soil found in northern Argentina. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Black soil found in the Deccan. 21. Rainfall in India is not associated with: A) Cyclones. B) Convection. C) Orography. D) Anticyclones. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anticyclones. 22. How many tigers are there in India? A) 30. B) 45. C) 27. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 27. 23. Due to which condition India has a wide range of natural vegetation? A) Climatic condition. B) Summer condition. C) Winter condition. D) Rainy condition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Climatic condition. 24. Some popular trees of desert forests are A) Ebony and bamboo. B) Chir and fir. C) Teak and sal. D) Keekar and Babool. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Keekar and Babool. 25. Mountain forests are also called ..... forests. A) Evergreen. B) Montane. C) Thorny forests. D) Mangrove. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Montane. 26. Among the following states, in which one is the percentage of forest area to total geographical area the highest? [IAS 2009] A) Arunachal Pradesh. B) Himachal Pradesh. C) Sikkim. D) Uttarakhand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arunachal Pradesh. 27. Which type of natural vegetation is also known as monsoon forest? A) Tropical deciduous forest. B) Tropical rainforest. C) Lamborghini. D) Tidal forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tropical deciduous forest. 28. Mausim means ..... A) Climate. B) India. C) Exam time. D) Seasons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Seasons. 29. Mangrove Vegetation is found on the edges of deltas of rivers:- A) Ganga. B) Mahanadi. C) Kaveri. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 30. Coastal forest are known as ..... A) Mangrove forest. B) Littoral forest. C) Tropical forest. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Littoral forest. 31. The reason for Rajasthan being deficient in rainfall is: A) The monsoon fail to reach this area. B) It is too hot. C) There is no water available and thus the winds remain dry. D) The winds do not come across any barrier to cause necessary uplift to be cooled. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The winds do not come across any barrier to cause necessary uplift to be cooled. 32. WHAT IS THE NATIONAL ANIMAL OF INDIA A) ELEPHANT. B) TIGER. C) HORSE. D) LION. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TIGER. 33. Tropical Deciduous Forests shed their leaves for- A) 9-10 weeks. B) 2-4 weeks. C) 7-8 weeks. D) 6-8 weeks. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 6-8 weeks. 34. At which place will you find maximum sunlight in December? A) Kolkata. B) Leh. C) Pune. D) Kanyakumari. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kanyakumari. 35. Where is the forest research Institute situated? A) Dehradun, Uttarakhand. B) Noida, Uttar Pradesh. C) New delhi. D) Periyar, Kerala. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dehradun, Uttarakhand. 36. Thorn forests receive less than ..... of annual rainfall. A) 200 cm. B) 100 cm. C) 150 cm. D) 50 cm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 50 cm. 37. In Tropical Rainforests Forests which are the most important trees? A) Ebony, Rosewood and Mahogany. B) Sandalwood, Mahua and semul. C) Shisham, Rosewood and Bamboo. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ebony, Rosewood and Mahogany. 38. ..... is the part of the world network biosphere reseves of UNESCO A) Nilgiri. B) Agasthyamalai. C) Kutch. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nilgiri. 39. Winter rains in North and North-West India are generally associated with the phenomenon of: [NDA 2003] A) Temperate cyclones. B) Shift in jet stream movement. C) Local thunderstorms. D) Retreating monsoon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Local thunderstorms. 40. What do you mean by 'reserved forest'? A) Reserved for local use. B) Reserved for growing medicinal herbs. C) Reserved for commercial exploitation. D) Reserved for hunting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reserved for commercial exploitation. 41. ..... are the monsoon forests A) Tropical deciduous forests. B) Temperate deciduous forests. C) Tropical evergreen forests. D) Temperate evergreen forests. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tropical deciduous forests. 42. Which one among the following types of forests exhibits highest bio-diversity? [Asstt Comm 2001] A) Dry deciduous forest. B) Mangrove forest. C) Tropical rain forest. D) Moist deciduous forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tropical rain forest. 43. Jim Corbett National park famous for Bengal tiger is situated in which state? A) Karnataka. B) Rajasthan. C) Gujarat. D) Uttarakhand. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Uttarakhand. 44. 'Natural Vegetation' refers to: A) A plant community that has been left undisturbed over a long time. B) Plant species which live and grow together. C) A protected area created by using contour bunding. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A plant community that has been left undisturbed over a long time. 45. ..... helps in quick ripening of of mangoes along the coast of Kerala and Karnataka. A) Loo. B) Norwester. C) Mango showers. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mango showers. 46. What are the lower delta of the ganga and the brahmaputra rivers called? A) Tropical rainforests. B) Dessert vegetation. C) Sundarbans. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sundarbans. 47. What is the climate of Tropical Evergreen Forest? A) Hot and Humid. B) Cool and Dry. C) Cool and Wet. D) Cool. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hot and Humid. 48. An animal that can be found in a coniferous forest A) Skunk. B) Cheetah. C) Polar bear. D) Lion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Polar bear. 49. Among the following places, which one receives comparatively lowest average monsoon rainfall from June to September? [Asstt Comm 2008] A) Western Uttar Pradesh. B) Eastern Uttar Pradesh. C) Punjab. D) Southern West Bengal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Western Uttar Pradesh. 50. The western coast of India receive very high rainfall in summer mainly due to [NDA 2011] A) Western Ghats. B) Tropical location. C) Himalayas. D) Nearness to sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Western Ghats. 51. Which tree is not found in a Deciduous Forests? A) Sal. B) Shisham. C) Bamboo. D) Ebony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ebony. 52. Of the following statements about the major soil types, the incorrect one is: A) Alluvial soils are easy to plough. B) Red soils are rich in phosphorus, nitrogen and lime content. C) Laterite is typically a soil of tropical regions which receive heavy seasonal rainfall. D) Black soil is highly retentive of moisture and very productive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Red soils are rich in phosphorus, nitrogen and lime content. 53. One important variety of coniferous forest is A) Teak. B) Rosewood. C) Lakes. D) Pine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pine. 54. The cold dessert biosphere reserve is in A) West bengal. B) Madhya pradesh. C) Himachal pradesh. D) Odisha. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Himachal pradesh. 55. MONSOON OCCURS DURING A) JUNE TO SEPTEMBER. B) JUNE TO AUGUST. C) JUNE TO DECEMBER. D) JUNE TO JULY. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) JUNE TO SEPTEMBER. 56. Most of India's rainfall is: [NDA 1993] A) Cyclonic. B) Convectional. C) Orographic. D) Elusive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cyclonic. 57. Forest policy of govt. aims to bring what percentage of total area, under forest? A) 27%. B) 33%. C) 22%. D) 25%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 33%. 58. Tropical Moonsoon forests receive rainfall from ..... to ..... cms A) 100 to 200 cms. B) Below 100 cms. C) Above 500 cms. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 100 to 200 cms. 59. The average rainfall in Thar Desert A) Less than 12.5. B) 12.5. C) 13.5. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Less than 12.5. 60. Which animal is found in the desert? A) Lion. B) Yak. C) Camel. D) Elephant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Camel. Next →Related QuizzesIndian Geography QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesNatural Vegetation India Quiz 2Natural Vegetation India Quiz 3Natural Vegetation India Quiz 4Natural Vegetation India Quiz 5Forest Conservation In India Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books