Forest crops are known as:

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. 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

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. Crops in part at least, originating from stool shoots or by other vegetative means:

   A. Accessory system
   B. Coppices system
   C. Uniform system
   D. None of these

7. Common combinations of the agroforestry system in Pakistan are: Trees species: Agricultural crops grown with trees:

   A. Poplars: wheat / maize / turmeric / sugarcane / vegetables / fodder
   B. Eucalypts: wheat/sunflower/tomatoes/potatoes/chilies
   C. Simal: maize/sunflower/vegetables/fodder
   D. Shisham: turmeric/wheat/maize/vegetables
   E. All of the above

8. A yield table for any species gives the following information on per acre basis for different site qualities and at various ages of crops:

   A. Age (5, 10, 15, 20 or 25 years)
   B. Main crop
   C. Thinning
   D. Final yield
   E. All of the above

9. Spraying of DDT on crops produces pollution of

   A. Soil and water
   B. Air and soil
   C. Crops and air
   D. Air and water

10. Cover crops is:

    A. Crops of subsidiary species, (usually low shrubs but on occasion small trees or even herbs)
    B. Intentionally introduced into a plantation with the primary object of restoring a cover to the soil as quickly as possible
    C. It minimizing the known deterioration consequent on exposure
    D. All of the above