Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) and Answers on Natural Vegetation and Wildlife
Question 1: Over 90 percent of the world biomass is in
a) tropical rain forests
b) freshwater wetlands
c) topsoils
d) oceans
Answer: (d)
Question 2: Which one of the following covers the highest percentage of forest area in the world?
a) Temperate Coniferous forests
b) Temperate Deciduous forests
c) Tropical Monsoon forests
d) Tropical Rain forests
Answer: (a)
Question 3: Which one of the following agricultural practices is eco-friendly?
a) Organic farming
b) Shifting Cultivation
c) Cultivation of high yielding varieties
d) Growing plants in glass houses
Answer: (a)
Question 4: Among the following types of Biomass, which one has the highest species diversity?
a) Temperate Coniferous forests
b) Tropical Rain forests
c) Temperate Deciduous forests
d) Temperate grasslands
Answer: (b)
Question 5: Xerophytes thrive in
a) hot and arid condition
b) cool and wet condition
c) hot and wet condition
d) cool and arid condition
Answer: (a)
Question 6: Biodiversity is highest in
a) Tundra zone
b) Prairie zone
c) Torrid zone
d) Tropic zone
Answer: (c)
Question 7: Which forest lies in the Amazon Basin in South America?
a) Montane forests
b) Tropical Rain forests
c) Wet deciduous forests
d) Sub-tropical mixed forests
Answer: (b)
Question 8: Which one of the following is not a characteristic of the equatorial and tropical rain forests?
a) A lush green biome
b) Broad leaf evergreen trees
c) Dense canopy usually arranged in three levels
d) Low diversity in plants and animals
Answer: (d)
Question 9: What is the other name for the equatorial rain forests?
a) Llanos
b) Campos
c) Gran Chaco
d) Selvas
Answer: (d)
Question 10: Spruce and Cedar are tree varieties of
a) Equatorial forests
b) Temperate Coniferous forests
c) Monsoon forests
d) Temperate Deciduous forests
Answer: (b)
Question 11: Which one of the following groups of animals are primates?
a) Giraffes and Zebra
b) Kangaroos and Koalas
c) Lemurs and Lorises
d) Rabbits and Hares
Answer: (c)
Question 12: Sal trees are the typical species of
a) Tropical Rain forests
b) Tropical Monsoon forests
c) Taiga forests
d) Tundra forests
Answer: (b)
Question 13:Which one of the following terms for natural vegetation is associated with Siberia?
a) Selvas
b) Taiga
c) Pampas
d) Savanna
Answer: (b)
Question 14: Dalbergia species is associated with which one of the following?
a) Cashew nut
b) Coffee
c) Tea
d) Rosewood
Answer: (d)
Question 15: Among the following types of ecosystems, the annual average rate of net plant production is highest in
a) Temperate grassland
b) Savanna
c) Coniferous forests
d) Temperate forests
Answer: (d)
Question 16: The most important feature of Mediterranean agriculture is
a) Rainfed agriculture
b) Mixed cropping
c) Viticulture
d) Dry field farming
Answer: (c)
Question 17: Biodiversity forms the basis for human existence in the following ways
a) Soil formation
b) Prevention of soil erosion
c) Recycling of wastes
d) Pollination of crops
Answer: (d)
Question 18: The vegetation which survives on aerial roots is
a) Mangrove
b) Selvas
c) Catinga
d) Taiga
Answer: (a)
Question 19: Plants of tropical and sub-tropical regions are called
a) Megatherms
b) Mesotherms
c) Microtherms
d) Heksotherms
Answer: (b)
Question 20: Which one of the following regions is not characterised by the Mediterranean type of climate?
a) South Africa
b) South Western Australia
c) South Western USA
d) North Western Europe
Answer: (d)
Question 21: Among the following climatic factors which one has the least effect upon a terrestrial ecosystem?
a) Temperature variation
b) Wind
c) Conditions of sunlight
d) Availability of water
Answer: (b)
Question 22: The most important type of forest in terms of economic value and easy exploitation is
a) Equatorial forests
b) Coniferous forests
c) Monsoon forests
d) Temperate Deciduous forests
Answer: (b)
Question 23: Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?
a) Taiga : Rosewood
b) Tropical Deciduous forests : Maple
c) Mediterranean: Olive
d) Selva : Mahogany
Answer: (c)
Question 24: In the world, viticulture, horticulture, sericulture is well developed in the
a) Monsoon regions
b) Tropical highlands
c) Mediterranean regions
d) Marine west coast areas
Answer: (c)
Question 25: Bamboo and pine trees are generally found in which one of the following types of climates?
a) Taiga
b) Tropical monsoon
c) Mediterranean
d) Savanna
Answer: (b)
Question 26: Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
a) Catinga : Eastern Brazil
b) Downs : Australia
c) Maquis : Algeria
d) Veld : Australia
Answer: (d)
Question 27: The Amazon Basin remains a backward region because of its
a) lack of natural resources
b) inaccessibility
c) primitive tribal ways of life
d) climatic hazards
Answer: (b)
Question 28: Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
a) Oak : Temperate
b) Acacia : Hot Deserts
c) Spruce : Temperate
d) Mahogany : Equatorial
Answer: (a)
Question 29: Sal tree is a
a) Tropical evergreen tree
b) Tropical semi-evergreen tree
c) Dry Deciduous tree
d) Moist Deciduous tree
Answer: (c)
Question 30: The important species of the Mediterranean biome are
a) Mahogany, ebony, rosewood
b) Cork, olive, citrus trees
c) Eucalyptus, oak, wattle
d) Pine, cedar, fur
Answer: (b)
Question 31: Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
a) Equatorial : Jawa
b) Monsoon : Sri Lanka
c) Mediterranean : Cyprus
d) Hot Desert : Jawa
Answer: (d)
Question 32: Which of the following statements is/are correct?
a) Mahogany is a native of the Equatorial forests.
b) Tea is a plant of cool-dry climates
c) Only ‘a’
d) Both ‘a’ and ‘b’
Answer: (c)
Question 33: Which one of the following commercially important groups of trees belongs to cool temperate hardwood species?
a) Maple, Mahogany and Oak
b) Mahogany, Ebony and Maple
c) Oak, Poplar and Maple
d) Ebony Oak and Poplar
Answer: (c)
Question 34: Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
a) Higher slopes : Alpine grasses
b) Middle slopes : Forest
c) Lower slopes : Savanna
d) Foothill zone : Savanna
Answer: (d)
Question 35: Which of the following statements regarding Equatorial forests is/are correct?
a) They consist mostly of hardwood trees
b) In very dense areas, undergrowth is absent
c) Only ‘a’
d) Both ‘a’ and ‘b’
Answer: (d)
Question 36: Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
a) Cedar : Canada
b) Douglas fir : Mexico
c) Mahogany : Myanmar
d) Teak : Mexico
Answer: (d)
Question 37: A bio-geographic region with significant reservoir of biodiversity that is under threat from humans is called as
a) Bio-endangered region
b) Biodiversity hotspot
c) Biodiversity reservoir
d) Environmentally endangered region
Answer: (b)
Question 38: Which one of the following is/are the salient features of natural vegetation of Selvas?
a) Broad evergreen leaves
b) Shining, waxy leaf surface
c) Epiphytes
d) All of these
Answer: (d)
Question 39: Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
a) Pampas : Argentina
b) Veld : South Africa
c) Downs : Australia
d) Llanos : Argentina
Answer: (d)
Question 40: No trees are found in the Tundra biome near polar region of northern hemisphere due to
a) snowfall which inhibits plant respiration
b) frozen ice beneath the surface soil restricts root growth
c) Only ‘a’
d) Both ‘a’ and ‘b’
Answer: (b)
Question 41: Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
a) Sal : Tropical deciduous
b) Pine : Coniferous
c) Teak : Evergreen forests
d) Cactus : Desert
Answer: (c)
Question 42: Which of the following statements is/are correct?
a) Contour ploughing promotes soil erosion and the formation of gullies.
b) Gully erosion is the removal of top soil and creation of many steep-sided cuttings in hill side.
c) Only ‘a’
d) Both ‘a’ and ‘b’
Answer: (b)
Question 43: Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
a) Wet : Steppe
b) Humid : Forest
c) Semi-arid : Steppe
d) Arid : Scrub
Answer: (a)
Question 44: Travelling from the equator towards pole, what would be the correct sequence of vegetation types you would encounter?
a) Tropical Rain forests-Tundra-Savanna
b) Tropical Rain forests-Desert scrub-Tundra
c) Desert scrub-Tropical Rain forests-Tundra
d) Mediterranean scrub-Desert scrub-Tundra
Answer: (b)
Question 45: Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
a) Selvas : Epiphytes
b) Savannas : Epiphytes
c) Tundra : Mosses and Lichens
d) Monsoon lands : Tropophytes
Answer: (b)
Question 46: Which one of the following leaf modifications is found in the desert areas to inhibit water loss?
a) Hard and waxy leaves
b) Tiny leaves
c) Thorn instead of leaves
d) All of these
Answer: (d)
Question 47: Which one of the following are migratory birds?
a) Pelican
b) Stork
c) Flamingo
d) All of these
Answer: (d)
Question 48: Savanna natural region is characterised by which one of the following?
a) Broad leaf evergreen forests and grasses
b) Uniformly high temperature throughout the year
c) No spatial variation in mean annual rainfall
d) All of these
Answer: (b)
Question 49: The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment describes the following major categories of ecosystem services provisioning, supporting, regulating, preserving and cultural. Which one of the following is supporting service?
a) Production of food and water
b) Control of climate and disease
c) Nutrient cycling and crop pollination
d) Maintenance of diversity
Answer: (c)
Question 50: Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
a) Tundra : Very high latitudes
b) Monsoon : Large areas of the tropics
c) Mediterranean sub-tropical : Very high latitudes
d) Equatorial : Continental interiors of low to moderate elevation along the equator
Answer: (c)