Q124
Geography (incl. West Bengal)Soils, Natural Vegetation & Forests
Match the following:
List I (Vegetation Zone)
I. Sub-Tropical Broad Leaved hill forests
II. Himalayan Moist Temperate forests
III. Sub-Tropical Dry Evergreen forests
IV. Montane Wet Temperate
List II (Rainfall)
1. 150 cm-300cm
2. 75 cm-125 cm
3. 150cm- 250cm
4. 50cm-100cm
I II III IV
- a.1 2 3 4
- b.4 1 2 3
- c.2 3 4 1
- d.3 4 1 2
Answer: (C) 2 3 4 1
Sub-tropical dry evergreen forests, found in the Siwalik foothills and western Himalayan foothills, are the driest of these types and match the lowest range, 50–100 cm (III–4). Montane wet temperate forests are the wettest and match 150–300 cm (IV–1), and Himalayan moist temperate forests match 150–250 cm (II–3). That leaves 75–125 cm for sub-tropical broad-leaved hill forests (I–2), giving 2, 3, 4, 1. Option (A) is wrong because it gives the 'dry' forests 150–250 cm, more than the moist temperate forests get.