This necessitated the enunciation of newer policy initiatives in 1980, when the wildlife were mentioned for the first time in the broader forest policies:

Related Mcqs:

1. Realising the need for a better management policy for wildlife, a high powered Wildlife, a high powered Wildlife Enquiry Committee, constituted by the Government of Pakistan presented their (draft) report in 1970, following which all the provinces and administrative unit promulgated their own Wildlife Act within administrative units promulgated their own Wildlife Act within a span of two years _______

   A. 1974 and 1975
   B. 1975 and 1976
   C. 1976 and 1977
   D. None of these

2. Wildlife were managed under West Pakistan Wildlife Managment Ordinance _________.

   A. 1955
   B. 1957
   C. 1959
   D. 1961

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. The regulations towards the management of wildlife in the subcontinent date back to _____ . When the policy guidelines were given for the conservation of natural resources:

   A. 1894
   B. 1896
   C. 1898
   D. 1900

7. The forest policies having ceased to be relevant were later revised in 1955, and then in _______.

   A. 1960
   B. 1962
   C. 1964
   D. 1966

8. Forest policies in the past were meant to promote forestry and improve rangelands; watersheds, research and education were ineffective due to the main reasons:

   A. No proper mechanism existed for implementing policy directives
   B. Provinces felt no follow to comply with national policies because forestry is a provincial responsibility
   C. Both (a) & (b)
   D. None of these

9. According to Jeff Romm (1980) which are essentials for the community forestry programme are:

   A. The technology must be more suitable and available and must be more productive and ecologicallly sustainable than that already in use
   B. The villagers must feel secured of the benefits
   C. New uses of the land and other resources must be profitable from the villager’s point of view
   D. Perception of such benefits is more fundamental to promised incentives
   E. All of the above

10. The national forest policy statement is:

    A. Obtain optimum benefits from the forest resource on a sustainable basis
    B. Fix short and long term goals and identify strategies to achieve those goals
    C. Promote and ensure cooperation between government and private agencies have land use responsibilities that affect forestry activities directly or indirectly
    D. All of the above