In India, in which one of the following types of forests is teak a dominant tree species?

States that 'Tropical Moist Deciduous' (a major tropical forest type) have teak and sal as the dominant species.

A student can distinguish 'tropical moist deciduous' from 'tropical wet/evergreen rain forests' on a map and therefore judge whether teak dominance applies to true rain forests or to deciduous monsoon forests.

Says 'Teak is the most dominant species of this forest' in the context of tropical deciduous forests (describing species composition of those forests).

By comparing the described species of deciduous forests with published species lists for India's wet/evergreen rain forests, a student can infer whether teak is characteristic of evergreen rain forests.

States that moist deciduous forests are 'dominated by sal and teak' alongside other species, separating them as a distinct forest type.

Using this rule that teak dominates moist deciduous areas, a student can check the geographic distribution of evergreen rain forests (e.g., Western Ghats windward zones, NE hills, Andamans) to see if those areas are described instead as evergreen with different dominant species.

Provides species lists by forest type and lists teak among species of tropical moist (and dry) deciduous forests, while listing different species for tropical wet-evergreen forests.

A student can use these species-by-type lists to test whether teak is typical of 'tropical wet-evergreen' rain forests (it is not listed there), suggesting teak is not a dominant in true rain forests.

Explains the classification: tropical hardwood forests include both evergreen rain forests and monsoon (deciduous) forests, and it names teak among extremely hard tropical trees noted in monsoon/wood-using contexts.

A student can apply this classification to separate 'evergreen rain forests' (with their own typical species) from monsoon/deciduous forests where teak appears, to infer whether teak dominates evergreen rain forests.

States a general rule: teak (Tectona grandis) is a dominant species of tropical moist deciduous (monsoon) forests.

A student can contrast the typical environments of moist deciduous forests with thorn scrub areas (rainfall, soil) to judge whether teak’s ecology fits thorn scrub.

Defines tropical thorn forests as occurring where rainfall is less than 50 cm and lists their important species (babool, ber, wild date palm, khair, neem, khejri, palas) — teak is not listed.

Using the rainfall threshold and species list, a student can check teak’s known rainfall preferences and natural range to assess suitability in thorn scrub.

Describes 'tropical thorny forest' as a degraded moist deciduous type, gives its rainfall range (75–100 cm here) and important trees (acacia, wild-palms, euphorbias, khair, palas) — teak again absent from the thorn species list.

A student could compare the thorny-forest species list and rainfall range to teak’s documented occurrences to see if overlap is likely.

Reiterates that moist deciduous forests are dominated by sal and teak (with mango, bamboo, rosewood), tying teak to moister monsoon forest types rather than arid scrub.

A student can use this to infer that teak prefers moister monsoon zones and so is less likely to dominate low-rainfall thorn scrub.

Lists the main trees of monsoon forests and specifies regions where teak is found (Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, Ghats, parts of Rajasthan) — associating teak with monsoon/deciduous belts.

A student could map these teak regions against maps of thorn-scrub distribution (arid NW India) to see if teak’s core range overlaps thorn scrub areas.

States that teak is a principal tree of the monsoon (tropical) forests and lists its main geographic distribution in peninsular and lowland regions.

A student could note that monsoon/tropical distribution contrasts with temperate montane zones on a map, so teak's listed range makes dominance in temperate forests unlikely.

Explicitly names teak as the most dominant species of (dry/moist) deciduous forests and describes these forests' landscapes and climates (rainfall 70–100 cm).

Compare the climate/rainfall and lowland locations given here with climatic/altitudinal conditions of temperate montane grassland-forest mosaics to assess mismatch.

Notes moist deciduous forests are 'dominated by sal and teak' and characterizes them as widespread in India except western/north-western regions.

Use this rule that teak dominates moist deciduous (tropical) forests to infer teak is a tropical species rather than a temperate-montane one.

Describes montane/temperate zones (1,000–2,000 m) where wet temperate forests have oak, chestnut and pines (e.g., Chir Pine, Deodar) as predominant trees.

Map these montane species and elevational zones against teak's peninsular/lowland distribution to infer different dominant species in temperate forests with grasslands.

Explains parkland/open-stretch landscapes in higher rainfall peninsular and northern plains where teak interspersed with grass occurs—describing a savannah-like/tropical parkland rather than true temperate grassland-forest.

Differentiate this tropical 'parkland' with teak-plus-grass from temperate forest–grassland mosaics by altitude and species lists to question teak dominance in temperate zones.