UPSC Prelims 2015 · GS Paper I
Question 72: Geography
Consider the following States :
- 1.Arunachal Pradesh
- 2.Himachal Pradesh
- 3.Mizoram
In which of the above States do 'Tropical Wet Evergreen Forests' occur?
AnswerUPSC’s answer is (c).
Tropical wet evergreen forests grow in regions with heavy rainfall, over 200 cm, and a short dry season. In India they occur in the Western Ghats, parts of the north-east including Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram, and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Himachal Pradesh, in the western Himalaya, is cooler and drier and has coniferous and temperate forests, not tropical wet evergreen ones.
- 1. Arunachal Pradesh has tropical wet evergreen forests.
- 2. Himachal Pradesh has temperate and coniferous forests.
- 3. Mizoram has tropical wet evergreen forests.
How you could have got this
- If you were sure statement 2 is not correct, (b) and (d) go: each of them includes 2.
What you needed to know: Himachal Pradesh has temperate and coniferous forests.
- Then, if you were sure statement 3 is correct, (a) goes: it leaves 3 out.
What you needed to know: Mizoram has tropical wet evergreen forests.
Only (c) is left. You didn’t need statement 1.
Which options go is worked out from UPSC’s key and the options, not by a model.
Why each option is right or wrong
- (a) Incomplete: Mizoram also has tropical wet evergreen forests.
- (b) Wrong: Himachal Pradesh does not have them.
- (c) Correct: Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram have tropical wet evergreen forests.
- (d) Wrong: Himachal Pradesh does not have them.
Answer: UPSC’s key. Explanation: written by UPSC Grade, not by UPSC.
Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2015, General Studies Paper I, Series A. The paper on upsc.gov.in.