Employment generated in forestry operations is:

Related Mcqs:

1. Agro-forestry and social forestry concept is:

   A. An inter-disciplinary approach to systems of land use
   B. It implies an awareness of interactions and feedback between man and environment
   C. Between demand and available resources in a given area
   D. Which – under certain conditions – require optimization and sustained management rather that ever-increasing exploitations
   E. All of the above

2. In USA, electricity is also being generated with the half geothermal power plants in which is used water:

   A. Streams
   B. Sea
   C. River
   D. Hot springs

3. Hydroelectric power is the electric power generated by the energy of:

   A. Flowing water
   B. River water
   C. Dam water
   D. Falling water

4. Components of an agro-forestry systems is:

   A. However, more than the simple amalgamation of farming and forestry as already stated
   B. It requires new management practices and technologies
   C. Which understand the complex interactions of the various components of the system
   D. All of the above

5. Private investment in forestry means:

   A. Encourage corporate forestry by providing easy credits, public land leasehold concessions and other facilities
   B. Consider the possibility of issuing government bonds to attract private capital for funding big forestry projects
   C. Both (a) & (b)
   D. None of these

6. Future strategies to promote forestry are:

   A. Promote environmental stability and preserve biodiversity
   B. Increase productivity of forests, farmlands, rangelands and watersheds
   C. Alleviate poverty and promote better living conditions
   D. Encourage private sector involvement in forestry
   E. All of the above

7. Urban forestry is:

   A. It is specialized branch of forestry that has as its objective the cultivation and management of trees for their present
   B. Potential contribution to the physiological, socio-logical and economic wellbeing of urban society
   C. Both (a) & (b)
   D. None of these

8. The main problems faced in implementing community forestry are:

   A. Villagers feel apprehensive of the programme, which they feel is another version of taking away their land by the government
   B. Programme needs community’s voluntary cooperation and cannot be imposed on it
   C. Programme should be based on the trust and confidence on both sides
   D. Alternate employment opportunities made available locally reduce pressures on forests
   E. All of the above

9. Criteria for investment in forestry is / are:

   A. To define the objectives of the enterprise
   B. To identify constrains
   C. To set the criteria for decision
   D. To collect relevant information on all alternative course of action
   E. All of the above

10. Forest Act _______ has new been revised by the authors of Forestry Sector Master Plan:

    A. 1925
    B. 1926
    C. 1927
    D. 1938