Forest harvesting societies means:

Related Mcqs:

1. The major tool in the hands of the Forest Departments to protect forest areas is the Forest Act of 1927. Its salient features are:

   A. Government is the supreme owner of forestland
   B. Forests have been classed as reserved forests, protected forests, unclassed forests and community forests (Guzara forests), according to the need of protection
   C. Both (a) & (b)
   D. None of these

2. Forest fires cause millions of rupee of damage each year to the forest. Within the span of a few hours, hard work of generations of forest officers can be ruined. Causes of fires is / are :

   A. Burning of grass and undergrowth along patches frequented by villagers for easy passage
   B. Burning to facilitate the collection of minor produce
   C. Burning of grass by graziers for the sake of the tender grass, which comes up after a fire
   D. Fires caused by sparks from locomotive engines passing through the forest
   E. All of the above

3. What are the major components of the timber harvesting system?

   A. Logging planning
   B. Setting up of the crop to be felled
   C. Felling of trees
   D. Transportation
   E. All of the above

4. The Forest Act of 1927 needs to be reversed again to bring it in consonance with the modern day requirements of protecting preserving and expanding the country’s meager forest resources and the attended benefits such as:

   A. Water
   B. Wood
   C. Wildlife
   D. Energy
   E. All of the above

5. Suggestions for revising forest Act 1927 and forest policy are:

   A. Punishment for the wood damage should be revised
   B. Undue political involvement should be stopped
   C. Organizational set up of the forest department must be strong and broad based
   D. Agroforestry practices should be increased in irrigated plantations
   E. All of the above

6. National forest policy for Pakistan means:

   A. Pakistan mainstary 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. Both (a) & (b)
   D. None of these

7. Preserve forest area means:

   A. Start target oriented programmes for regenerating degraded forestlands with the local people’s participation
   B. Provide incentives for people to frow fuel and fodder trees on private lands and rangelands around forests
   C. Suitable fuel wood in sensitive and critical area such as threatened ecosystems
   D. All of the above

8. Forest Ecosystem means:

   A. The produces in forest are actual at different strata from the ground level to the canopy of trees.
   B. The litter and consequently the humus layers is thick
   C. Both (a) & (b)
   D. None of these

9. Forest management means:

   A. The practical application of scientific, economic
   B. Social principles to the administration
   C. Working of a forest estate for specific objectives
   D. All of the above

10. Increment by continuous forest inventory (CFI) means:

    A. Used in USA and Canada
    B. Large area under first, they can’t adopt other method
    C. Sometime metallic rod is fixed in centre
    D. Measured after 5 or 10 years
    E. All of the above