Daily Quiz: UPSC Prelims Marathon – March 2, 2018

Statement 1 is incorrect. They are basically evergreen land plants growing on sheltered shores, typically on tidal flats, deltas, estuaries, bays, creeks and the barrier islands. The best locations are where abundant silt is brought down by rivers or on the backshore of accreting sandy beaches.

Statements 2, 3 and 4 are correct. Mangroves require high solar radiation and have the ability to absorb fresh water from saline/ brackish water. Mangrove produces pneumatophores (blind roots) to overcome respiration problem in the anaerobic soil conditions.

Pair 2 is correctly matched.

Tropical Thorn Forests: Important species found are babool, ber, and wild date palm, khair, neem, khejri, palas, etc. Tropical thorn forests occur in the areas which receive rainfall less than 50 cm.

Tropical Evergreen and Semi Evergreen Forests: Species found in these forests include rosewood, mahogony, aini, ebony, etc. These forests are found in the western slope of the Western Ghats, hills of the north-eastern region and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Tropical Deciduous Forests: These are the most widespread forests in India. They are called the

Monsoon forests. Teak, sal, shisham, hurra, mahua, amla, semul, kusum, and and salwood etc. are the main species of these forests.

Tropic of cancer passing through Indian states are as follows

1-Gujarat

2- RajasthanTropic of cancer passing through Indian states

3- Madhaya Pradesh

4- Chattisgarh

5- Jharkhand

6- West Bengal

7- Tripura

8- Mizoram

Statement 1 is correct. Bright, sunny weather with hot dry summers and wet, mild winters are main characteristics of the Mediterranean region.

In the Mediterranean region, the sky is almost cloudless and sunshine is always abundant. Even, in mid-summer, the intense heat is never sultry.

Statement 2 is correct. The Mediterranean lands receive most of their precipitation in winter when the westerlies shift equatorwards.

The correct arrangement is as follows:

1. Shipki La pass: Himachal Pradesh
2. Niti Pass: Uttarakhand
3. Thang La: Uttarakhand
4. Nathu: La Sikkim

Pairs 1 and 2 are correctly matched.

Canterbury is found in New Zealand and Bush-veld is found in Northern South Africa.

Luni and Sabarmati rivers originate from the Aravallis. Mahi originates from Vindhyachal Hills.