Free thinning is:

Related Mcqs:

1. Crown thinning or high thinning is:

   A. Trees are removed from the upper crown classes in order to open up the canopy
   B. It favour the development of the most promising trees of the same classes
   C. Both (a) & (b)
   D. None of these

2. Low thinning or ordinary thinning is:

   A. Trees are removed from the lower crown classes
   B. In the highest grade of low thinnings only the suppressed trees would be removed
   C. Both (a) & (b)
   D. None of these

3. Mechanical thinning is:

   A. The trees to be cut or retained are chosen on the basis of a predetermined spacing
   B. Or pattern with little or no regard for their position in the crown canopy
   C. Both (a) & (b)
   D. None of these

4. The classes of trees are removed in selection thinning:

   A. They are restricting the development of their neighbours on all sides
   B. They are less valuable than their neighbours
   C. They are of no special importance with regard to desirable species mixture
   D. All of the above

5. Selection thinning is:

   A. In principle from the two methods already discussed
   B. The dominant trees are removed in order to stimulate the growth of the trees of the lower crown classes
   C. The same kind of vigorous trees those are favoured in crown
   D. All of the above

6. The standard grades of ordinary thinning is:

   A. Light Thinning (A-Grade)
   B. Moderate Thinning (B-Grade)
   C. Heavy Thinning (C-Grade)
   D. Very Heavy Thinning (D-Grade)
   E. All of the above

7. The fundamental objectives of thinning are:

   A. To redistribute the growth potential of the stand to optimum advantage
   B. To utilize all the merchantable material produced by the stand during the rotation
   C. Both (a) & (b)
   D. None of these

8. The major types of thinning are:

   A. Mechanical
   B. Selection
   C. Ordinary/low
   D. Crown
   E. All of the above

9. Thinning classification is / are:

   A. Dominant trees (D)
   B. Dominated (d)
   C. Suppressed (s)
   D. Deed, Moribund (m) and include bent ever and badly leaning trees
   E. All of the above

10. The major types of thinning in mixed plantation are:

    A. Selection
    B. Trees to be felled
    C. Improvement felling
    D. All of the above