136. Match List - I (Humidity Provinces) with List -II (Characteristic Natural Vegetation) and select correct answer using the codes given below the lists
     

     	List - I		List - II
     F.	Wet	1.	Forest
     G.	Humid	2.	Rainforest
     H.	Semi-arid	3.	Scrub
     J.	Arid	4.	Steppe

     Code :

     	F	G	H	J
     A.	2	1	4	3
     B.	1	2	4	3
     C.	2	4	1	3
     D.	4	3	2	1

1. 1. A.

   
   
   

   2. B.

   
   
   

   3. C.

   
   
   

   4. D.

   
   
   

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   Correct Option: A

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137. Match List - I (Vegetation type) with List - II (regions) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists
     

     	List - I		List - II
     F.	Catinga	1.	Algeria
     G.	Downs	2.	Austrlia
     H.	Maquis	3.	Eastern Brazil
     J.	Veldt	4.	South Africa

     Code :

     	F	G	H	J
     A.	3	1	2	4
     B.	2	4	1	3
     C.	3	2	1	4
     D.	4	2	3	1

1. 1. A.

   
   
   

   2. B.

   
   
   

   3. C.

   
   
   

   4. D.

   
   
   

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   Correct Option: C

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138. Consider the following statements
     1. The Taiga biome stretches across large parts of Canada, Europe and Asia
     2. Taiga is the largest biome in the world
     3. A lot of coniferous trees grow in the Taiga
     Which of the statements given above are correct ?

1. 1. 1 and 3

   
   
   

   2. 2 and 3

   
   
   

   3. 1 and 3

   
   
   

   4. 1, 2 and 3

   
   
   

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   Correct Option: C

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139. Which of the following statements is correct ?

1. 1. While most soft woods are deciduous, most hardwoods are evergreen

   
   
   

   2. The trees of equatorial evergreen forests are mostly of softwood type

   
   
   

   3. While most softwoods occur in the tropical areas, the hardwoods are characteristically of temperate region

   
   
   

   4. While most hardwoods are either deciduous or evergreen, softwood is usually coniferous in characteristics

   
   
   

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   Correct Option: D

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140. A geographical are with an altitude of 400 metres has following characteristics
     Month J F M A M J J A S O N D
     Average maximum temp. in ^°C
     31 31 31 31 30 30 29 28 29 29 30 31
     Average minimum temp. in ^°C
     21 21 21 21 21 21 20 20 20 20 20 20
     Rainfall (mm.)
     51 85 188 158 139 121 134 168 185 221 198 86
     If this geographic area were to have a natural forest, which one of the following would it most likely be ?

1. 1. Moist temperate coniferous forest

   
   
   

   2. Montane subtropical forest

   
   
   

   3. Temperate forest

   
   
   

   4. Tropical rain forest

   
   
   

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   Correct Option: B

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