Practices for soil protection and flood control are:
A.Afforestation with soil stabilization
B.Protection from fire and grazing and cutting tree insect attack
C.Delay in snow melting
D.Encourage deep-rooted plants
E.All of the above
Category: Watershed and Range Management Mcqs
The socioeconomic condition of the people in watersheds areas are:
A.The people living in these areas have small holding
B.The average size being less than even 2 acres
C.They have too little education and lack the requisite skills to improve their lot
D.All of the above
Cropping methods in watershed areas are:
A.Land consideration: Land is divided into small pieces of different owners
B.Land classification: Should be done according to (i) Permeability (ii) Percentage of cover (iii) Type of vegetation cover
C.Both (a) & (b)
D.None of these
Goals of range management policy is / are :
A.Increasing the supply of forage and fodder
B.Development of the under-developed rangelands
C.Maintendance of the quality of human environment and its improvement
D.All of the above
Transfer of information and technology approaches is / are:
A.Although considerable data have been collected and are available pertaining to the case studies
B.And research conducted it is observed that exchange of information
C.Both (a) & (b)
D.None of these
Stock water development is:
A.Tobas
B.Karez
C.Small dams
D.Spring
E.All of the above
About _______ people in this country living from Himalayas to the coast of Arabian sea depend on livestock for their bread and butter and are engaged in its herding and rearing:
A.1.5 million
B.2 million
C.2.5 million
D.3 million
The desert rangelands of ______ are within the reach of monsoon rainfall:
A.Thal
B.Cholistan
C.Thar
D.All of the above
What is the object of watershed management?
A.An increase in agricultural production which maintainsthe quantity of affordable food available to majority of population
B.Increasing or maintaining standard of buying of growig population
C.Increasing Gross National Product and employment opportunities in all areas of nation
D.Reduce siltation in the major reservoirs like Tarbela & Mangla Dams
E.All of the above
It is estimated that ______ square km land has been converted to unproductive deserts in the last 50 years:
A.3.7 million
B.3.8 million
C.3.9 million
D.4 million
