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  1. The wet hill forest are found in the ________

  2. A.

     Aravallis

    B.

     Mahadev Hills

    C.

     Nilgiris

    D.

     Satpura Hills

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  3. Norwesters are thunder storms which are prominent in ________.

  4. A.

     India and Bhutan

    B.

     Bhutan and Nepal

    C.

     India and Bangladesh

    D.

     Bangladesh and Myanmar

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  5. The driest part in India is in

  6. A.

     Jaisalmer (Western Rajasthan)

    B.

     Bhatinda (Punjab)

    C.

     Darbhanga (Bihar)

    D.

     Gandhinagar (Gujarat)

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  7. Which one of the following areas of India is covered by tropical evergreen forest?

  8. A.

     Semi-arid areas of Gujarat

    B.

     Eastern Ghats

    C.

     Western Ghats

    D.

     Madhya Pradesh

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  9. Which of the following region is covered by tropical evergreen forest?

  10. A.

     Eastern Ghat

    B.

     Vindhyanchal

    C.

     Aravalli

    D.

     Western Ghat

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  11. "Reserved Forests" are forests

  12. A.

     Reserved for hunting

    B.

     Reserved for commercial exploitation and prohibited for grazing

    C.

     Reserved for local use

    D.

     Reserved for growing medicinal herbs

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  13. In ________ forest, trees shed their leaves in a particular season.

  14. A.

     Evergreen

    B.

     Mangrove

    C.

     Deciduous

    D.

     Thorny

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  15. Which one of the following cities never experiences vertical rays of the sun during noon?

  16. A.

     Chennai

    B.

     Mangalore

    C.

     Mumbai

    D.

     New Delhi

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  17. The Himalayan Range is very rich in species diversity. Which one among the following is the most appropriate reason -for this phenomenon?

  18. A.

     It has a high rainfall that supports luxuriant vegetative growth

    B.

     It is a confluence of different bio-geographical zones

    C.

     Exotic and invasive species have not been introduced in this region

    D.

     It has less human interference

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  19. Xerophytic vegetation is characteristic feature of ________

  20. A.

     Chhotanagpur plateau

    B.

     Khasi hills

    C.

     Eastern Ghats

    D.

     Kuchchh

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