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
Category: Watershed and Range Management Mcqs
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
Mangla dam on river:
A.Jhelum
B.Chenab
C.Indus
D.Ravi
The elevation of the Sulaman Range is between _____ above sea level:
A.1000 and 2000 m
B.1540 and 3400 m
C.2000 and 4000 m
D.None of these
Land in Koshistan is used for livestock grazing:
A.Dryland farming
B.Wildlife habitat
C.Both (a) & (b)
D.None of these
Tarbela dam is being silted at ______ acre feet per year while Mangla is being silted at a rate of _____ acre feet per year due to misuse of their watershed area:
A.109000, 42,000
B.110000, 43000
C.115000, 44,000
D.None of these
Large scale reseeding of selected grasses and lagumes can be undertaken immediately in comparaively high rainfall areas of:
A.Pothwar
B.Himalayan forest grazing land
C.Salt range
D.All of the above
The Cholistan desert is located in:
A.Bahawalpur
B.Rahim Yar khan
C.Bahawalnagar
D.All of the above
