“Manual of silviculture for Pakistan” authored by:

Related Mcqs:

1. Silviculture means:

   A. Methods of raising tree crops and their growth and care upto the time of the final harvesting
   B. Silviculture is the science and art of cultivating forest crops, based on knowledge of silvics
   C. Both (a) & (b)
   D. None of these

2. National forest policy for Pakistan – The needs and principles in the case of Pakistan are:

   A. Pakistan’s mainstay is agriculture, which is dependent on canal irrigation. Sound management of watersheds should, therefore, constitute the basic objective of forest policy
   B. Because of inadequate forest resources Pakistan must concentrate on developing new plantations.
   C. The country is heavily populated and faces an energy crisis. Since there is little scope to increase the area of state forests, agro-forestry programmes should be of vital concern to meet fuelwood requirements.
   D. Both (a) & (b)
   E. None of these

3. The importance of watershed management was realized when Pakistan signed Indus Water Treaty with India through which right of water of ______ was given to India while Pakistan has the right on river Indus and Jhelum:

   A. Chenab
   B. Ravi
   C. Sutlij
   D. All of the above

4. Certain cities of Pakistan have been subjected to tremendous air pollution due to increased:

   A. Urbanization
   B. Mechanization
   C. Industrialization
   D. Civilization

5. Forests and range lands of Pakistan and their conditions is:

   A. Forests area under the control of the forest department is 4.23 m. HA.
   B. Per-capita forest area is less than 0.03 ha.
   C. Both (a) & (b)
   D. None of these

6. Pakistan is an oblong stretch of land of over ______ km, from the Arabian Sea to the Karakoram Mountains:

   A. 2,250
   B. 2,500
   C. 3,000
   D. 3,200

7. On the basis of ownership, forests in Pakistan can be divided categories are:

   A. State owned forests
   B. Private owned forests
   C. Both (a) & (b)
   D. None of these

8. Watershed regions of Pakistan is/are:

   A. Which are sufficiently homogeneous in themselves
   B. But distinct from each other in two major characteristics i.e., land form and climate, the factors which mainly determine the framework for watershed management
   C. Both (a) & (b)
   D. None of these

9. Range lands in Pakistan are located in:

   A. Arid areas
   B. Semiarid areas
   C. Both (a) & (b)
   D. None of these

10. Recoeions for improvement of range management in Pakistan are:

    A. The biological techniques like stabilization of sand dunes should be expanded over to other ranges also
    B. Range lands provide habitat for the conservation of wildlife and preservation of other natural resources
    C. New innovations like urea molasses etc may help in meeting nutritional requirements of the livestock
    D. Research on range lands must be augmented
    E. All of the above