Consider the following States : 1. Arunachal Pradesh 2. Himachal Pradesh 3. Mizoram In which of the above States do ‘Tropical Wet Evergreen Forests’ occur?
- (a) 1 only
- (b) 2 and 3 only
- (c) 1 and 3 only ✓ UPSC's answer
- (d) 1, 2 and 3
Why the answer is (c)
• Tropical wet evergreen forests need over 200 cm of rain and warm temperatures year-round; in India they occur in the Western Ghats, the Andamans and the north-eastern States — Arunachal Pradesh (1) and Mizoram (3) among them.
• Himachal Pradesh (2), in the temperate western Himalaya, has coniferous and broad-leaved temperate forests, not tropical evergreen.
• Hence 1 and 3 only, option (c).
Why the other options are wrong
- (a) 1 only
- Mizoram also has tropical wet evergreen forests.
- (b) 2 and 3 only
- Himachal has temperate, not tropical evergreen, forests.
- (d) 1, 2 and 3
- Himachal has no tropical wet evergreen forest.
Asked in the GS Paper I of the UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2015, held on 23 August 2015. Question and answer key: Union Public Service Commission. Explanation: UPSC Answer Check.