Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Geography

Which one of the following conclusions is most appropriate regarding the relationship between rainfall and tropical forest types in India?

  1. Forest density increases as annual rainfall declines from 200 cm to below 50 cm.
  2. Thorn forests represent the wetter extension of moist deciduous forests.
  3. Declining moisture availability produces a broad transition from evergreen forests to moist deciduous, dry deciduous and thorn vegetation.
  4. Rainfall determines forest type completely, irrespective of soil, relief or human pressure.
  1. A cultivated hillside is experiencing rapid runoff and the formation of several small finger gullies. Which…
  2. A geological survey records the following intrusive bodies: Body P is thin and nearly horizontal. Body Q is…
  3. A physiographic region has the following characteristics: Its principal river flows from northeast to…
  4. A place has the following characteristics: Its underlying land surface heats rapidly during summer and cools…
  5. A soil is deep, clayey and relatively impermeable. It becomes sticky when wet, develops wide cracks during the…
  6. A stream on one side of a divide has a steeper gradient and receives more precipitation than a neighbouring…