This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian Geography > Vegetation > Natural Vegetation India – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Natural Vegetation India Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The forest are found along the rivers on Khadar areas A) Evergreen. B) Riverine. C) Coastal. D) Deciduous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Riverine. 2. Name the animal found in tropical grasslands. A) Camel. B) Cow. C) Giraffe. D) Monkey. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Giraffe. 3. Who is the great mathematician? A) Sushruta. B) Arabhatta. C) Charaka. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arabhatta. 4. What is Forests? A) Wildlife House. B) Natural Vegetation. C) Island. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Natural Vegetation. 5. WHICH IS ARABIC WORD FOR MONSOON A) MAUSIM. B) MAUSAM. C) MASUIM. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) MAUSIM. 6. The trees in the ..... forests can survive in both salty and fresh water. A) Mangrove. B) Mountain. C) Tidal. D) Deciduous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Deciduous. 7. ..... are also called tropical rain forests A) Temperate Evergreen forests. B) Tropical evergreen forests. C) Temperate deciduous forests. D) Tropical deciduous forests. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tropical evergreen forests. 8. HIOW MANY TYPES OF SEASONS ARE THERE IN INDAI? A) 4. B) 1. C) 2. D) 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 4. 9. In Tropical Rainforest/Evergreen Forests, which are the most important trees? A) Ebony, Rosewood and Mahogany. B) Sandalwood, Mahua and Semul. C) Shisham, Bamboo and Rosewood. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ebony, Rosewood and Mahogany. 10. Mangrove Forest are found in A) West Bengal. B) Mumbau. C) Delhi. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) West Bengal. 11. Which season falls between the months March-May? A) Southwest monsoon season. B) Pre Monsoon season. C) Northeast monsoon season. D) Winter season. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pre Monsoon season. 12. Under which climatic conditions do the laterite soils develop? A) Wet tropical Climate. B) Hot and dry Climate. C) Cold temperature Climate. D) Mediterranean type of Climate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wet tropical Climate. 13. Tropical evergreen forest is also known as ..... A) Equatorial forest. B) Coniferous. C) Temperate. D) Monsoon forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Equatorial forest. 14. Consider the following statement and identify with the help of the code the tree with which the statement is related to? The branches of this tree root themselves like new trees over a large area. The roots then give rise to more trunks and branches. Because of this characteristic and its longevity, this tree is considered immortal and is an integral part of the myths and. legends of India. [CDS 2009] A) Peepal. B) Banyan. C) Tamarind (lmli). D) Neem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Banyan. 15. Which of the following characteristics is not true of alluvial soils? A) These vary from sandy loam to clay in texture. B) These are generally rich in phosphorus but poor in potash. C) These are usually fine grained. D) These are by far the most fertile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) These are generally rich in phosphorus but poor in potash. 16. AGRICULTURE IN INDIA IS DEPENDENT ON A) RAINS. B) DROUGHT. C) WINDS. D) ALL OF THESE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) RAINS. 17. The average rainfall of India is about A) 300 cm. B) 100 cm. C) 118 cm. D) 400 cm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 118 cm. 18. Natural Vegetation can also be referred as? A) Monsoon forests. B) Green life. C) Tropical Rainforests. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Green life. 19. Some popular trees of thorn 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. 20. Which of the following soils is best suited for cotton? A) Regur. B) Alluvial. C) Red. D) Clayey. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Regur. 21. AT PRESENT THERE ARE ..... TIGER RESERVES IN OUR COUNTRY A) 5. B) 25. C) 50. D) NONE OF THE ABOVE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 50. 22. At what altitude are shrubs and grasses of alpine variety found? A) 4, 200. B) 3, 500. C) 2, 000. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3, 500. 23. We wear cotton during A) Summer. B) Rainy. C) Winter. D) Northeast monsoon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Summer. 24. Which plant is grown in Tropical deciduous Forest? A) Oak. B) Semul. C) Mahagony. D) Sundari Trees. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Semul. 25. The natural vegetation, which have come from outside India are known as ..... species. A) Endemic. B) Exotic. C) Indigenous. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exotic. 26. Which of the following soils is most suitable for cultivation of cereals? [CRPF 1990] A) Alluvial soils. B) Red soils. C) Laterite soils. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alluvial soils. 27. ..... plants can survive without water for long durations. A) Deciduous. B) Thorny. C) Mangrove. D) Montane. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thorny. 28. Trees in these ..... shed their leaves in a particular season in order to conserve loss of moisture through transpiration:(select the incorrect one) A) Deforestation. B) Deciduous forest. C) Tundra. D) Evergreen Forests. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deciduous forest. 29. Paper is made from A) Wood pulp. B) Animal skin. C) Vegetables. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wood pulp. 30. Which of the following soils is very hard to cultivate? [Railways 1994] A) Alluvial. B) Black. C) Red. D) Sandy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sandy. 31. The highest rainfall region in India is located in this state A) Assam. B) Meghalaya. C) Manipur. D) Bihar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meghalaya. 32. Cherapunji receives more rainfall than Shillong because: A) The former is nearer to the sea. B) The air of different densities and temperature tends to converge towards Cherapunjl from different direction during the rainy season. C) Cherapunji is located on the windward side. D) Convective precipitation brings more rain at Cherapunji. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The air of different densities and temperature tends to converge towards Cherapunjl from different direction during the rainy season. 33. WINTER OCCURS DURING A) NOVEMBER TO MAY. B) DECEMBER TO FEBRUARY. C) MAY TO AUGUST. D) SEPTEMBER TO DECEMBER. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) DECEMBER TO FEBRUARY. 34. The rains along the western coast of India are: A) Cyclonic. B) Convectional. C) Orographic. D) Monsoonal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Orographic. 35. Mumbai receives more rainfall than Pune because: [CPO SI 2003] A) Pune is at a-greater elevation. B) Mumbai is a coastal city. C) Mumbai is on the windward side. D) Pune has greater vegtetation than Mumbai. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mumbai is on the windward side. 36. List any one Tropical Evergreen Forests A) Sal. B) Babul. C) Rose Wood. D) Kikar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rose Wood. 37. A change in height changes the ..... A) Climate. B) Natural Vegetation. C) Both a and b. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both a and b. 38. Which type of climate is present in coniferous forests A) Cold and dry. B) Cold and chilly. C) Hot and humid. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cold and dry. 39. Factors that determine the vegetation in a particular area are: A) Temperature and moisture. B) Trees and animals. C) Location. D) Lakes and ponds. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Temperature and moisture. 40. Why are thorny trees and shrubs found in Gujarat and Rajasthan? A) Rainfall is less than 50cm. B) Rainfall is less than 200cm. C) Rainfall is between 70-200cm. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rainfall is less than 50cm. 41. Sunderbans are found in ..... A) West Bengal. B) Andhra Pradesh. C) Odisha. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 42. In which week of October we observe Wildlife week? A) 1st week. B) 2nd week. C) 3rd week. D) 4rth week. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1st week. 43. Which of the following is recognised as a season by the meteorological department of India? A) Cold weather. B) Retreating monsoon. C) Hot weather. D) North-eastern monsoon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) North-eastern monsoon. 44. During the monsoon season rainfall decreases from the Ganga delta to the Punjab plains. It is because: A) Monsoon current moves westward along the Ganga plain and becomes drier. B) Western regions are warmer than the eastern region. C) Hills do not form barriers for winds. D) The area is far away from the sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Monsoon current moves westward along the Ganga plain and becomes drier. 45. Soil can best be conserved on the hills by which of the cultivating methods? A) Terracing. B) Crop rotation. C) Strip cropping. D) Contour ploughing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Contour ploughing. 46. The ..... forests are found in the region where the rainfall is 200 cm and above A) Tropical deciduous. B) Tropical Evergreen. C) Alpine. D) Tidal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tropical Evergreen. 47. Which one of the following statements is wrong regarding the "Norwesters" of Bengal? [IAS 2003] A) It is caused due to strong surface heating. B) It originates in the Chhotanagpur plateau region. C) It is a kind of thunderstorm. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of the above. 48. The driest place in India is: [NDA 2003] A) Bikaner. B) Barmer. C) Jaisalmer. D) Leh. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Leh. 49. In which season is the frequency of tropical cyclones in the Bay of Bengal maximum? [I. Tax & Central Excise 1991] A) During autumn. B) During winter. C) After summer. D) During monsoon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) After summer. 50. Peaty soil is found in: A) Assam. B) Gujarat. C) Kashmir. D) Kerala. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kerala. 51. Some birds migrate to India in the A) Autumn. B) Rainy. C) Winter. D) Summer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Summer. 52. For short-term climatic predictions, which one of the following events, detected in the last decade, is associated with occasional weak monsoon rains in the Indian sub-continent? [IAS 2002] A) La Nina. B) Movement of jet streams. C) El Nino and southern oscillations. D) Green-house effect on global level. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) El Nino and southern oscillations. 53. With reference to India, which one of the following statements is not correct? [IAS 2002] A) About one-third of the area of the country records more than 750 millimetres of annual rainfall. B) The dominant source of irrigation in the country is wells. C) Alluvial soil is the predominant type of soil in the northern plains of the country. D) The mountain areas account for about thirty percent of the surface area of the country. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The mountain areas account for about thirty percent of the surface area of the country. 54. In which direction does the wind blow during south west monsoon season? A) Land to sea. B) Sea to Land. C) Both A and B. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sea to Land. 55. The climate of India is: [UP PCS 1994] A) Sub-tropical climate. B) Savanna type of climate. C) Tropical climate. D) Subtropical monsoon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subtropical monsoon. 56. What can be found in the higher latitudes of the northern hemisphere A) Mahogany trees. B) Ebony trees. C) Coniferous trees. D) Rosewood trees. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Coniferous trees. 57. Which of the following factors does not have influence on the Indian climate? A) Presence of Indian Ocean. B) Ocean currents. C) Nearness to equator. D) Monsoons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ocean currents. 58. The premonsoon mango showers occur predominantly in A) West Bengal and Assam. B) Deccan Plateau. C) Gujarat and Maharashtra. D) Kerala and Karnataka. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) West Bengal and Assam. 59. Which forest is Known as ' Monsoon Forest'? A) Desert Vegetation. B) Tropical Evergreen Forest. C) Tropical Deciduous Forest. D) Mountain Vegetation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tropical Deciduous Forest. 60. ..... trees are the most prominent of the Alpine forest A) Coniferous. B) Teak. C) Coconut. D) Mangrove. 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