Distribution and marketing of forest produce includes:

Related Mcqs:

1. 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

2. 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

3. Several kinds of minor forest produce are available from the forested areas; these include _________

   A. Flosses, medicinal plants
   B. Gums, essential oils rosin and turpentine tannins
   C. Silk and lack production
   D. 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. Browsers cause much damage to the forest than grazers. The damage caused includes:

   A. Destruction of tender seeding which are eaten together with the grass amidst which they may occur
   B. Mechanical damage to young growth and saplings through the passage of animals
   C. Dislodging of soil on steep slopes causing erosion
   D. Destruction of fences, drains, boundary posts, etc.
   E. All of the above

7. Tending of forest crops includes:

   A. Cultural operation are the operations undertaken for the completion
   B. Or assistance of regeneration/afforestation
   C. Both (a) & (b)
   D. None of these

8. Forest crops are known as:

   A. Nurse
   B. Main
   C. Subsidiary
   D. All of the above

9. Forest management involve tasks:

   A. Control of composition and structure of growing stock
   B. Harvesting and marketing the forest produce
   C. Administration of forest property and personnel
   D. All of the above

10. The scope of forest management can be summed up by listing various activities involved as:

    A. Control of growing stock, its structure and composition
    B. Distribution and marketing of forest produce
    C. Administration of the forest property
    D. All of the above