Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Geography

Which one of the following correctly describes tropical thorn forests in India?

  1. They occur mainly in areas receiving more than 200 cm of rainfall and contain trees exceeding 60 metres in height.
  2. They occur largely in areas receiving less than 50 cm of rainfall, where plants remain leafless for much of the year.
  3. They are concentrated in Himalayan areas between 3,000 and 4,000 metres.
  4. They consist principally of salt-tolerant plants growing in tidal creeks and estuaries.
  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…