CSS :: Wildlife and its Management
11.
Main threats to the population of wild animals in northern mountainous region include:
A.
The competition with the domestic livestock for existing natural forage
B.
Increasing human interference in the form of cultivation
C.
As trade objects e.g., furs and skins
D.
All of the above
Answer: Option D
Explanation:
12.
Himalayan foothills and the Potwar region including ______ are covered with the scrub forests which have been reduced to scanty growth at most of the places:
A.
Salt Range
B.
Kala Chitta Range
C.
Both (a) & (b)
D.
None of these
Answer: Option C
Explanation:
13.
Medium size animals like ______ urial, Barking Deer, Goral and Chinkara and Parridges - Grey, Black, Seesee and Chakor are supported in these habitats:
A.
Punjab
B.
KPK
C.
Sindh
D.
Balochistan
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
14.
Vast Indus food plains have been cleared of natural vegetation to grow crops. Very little wildlife habitat has been left. Only the animals like ______ and the wild hare occur in these areas:
A.
Jackal, Mangoose
B.
Jungle Cat, Civet Cat
C.
Sclay Ant Earter, Desert Cat
D.
All of the above
Answer: Option D
Explanation:
15.
Chinkara is the only animal which can still be found in fair numbers in _____ and rately in Thal:
A.
Cholistan
B.
Thar
C.
Both (a) & (b)
D.
None of these
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
16.
A small number of bluebull are found along the:
A.
Pak-Indian Border
B.
Some parts of Cholistan
C.
Both (a) & (b)
D.
None of these
Answer: Option C
Explanation:
17.
Indian courser are the main bird species. Peafowl occurs in some areas of _______
A.
Cholistan
B.
Thal
C.
Thar
D.
None of these
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
18.
Thar Desert supports a fair population of _____ is found only here in the wild state:
A.
Chinkara gazella
B.
Peacock
C.
Both (a) & (b)
D.
None of these
Answer: Option C
Explanation:
19.
The red beds and tamarisk bushes are found along the:
A.
Riers
B.
Support hog deer
C.
Black partridge population
D.
All of the above
Answer: Option D
Explanation:
20.
________ are found in the Indus River water below Chashma barrage:
A.
Indus dolphin
B.
Fishing cat
C.
Smooth coated otter
D.
All of the above
Answer: Option D
Explanation:
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