Forest legislation is:

Related Mcqs:

1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. Introduce new provincial legislation to need for:

   A. Sustainability and biodiversity functions of forests
   B. Safeguarding against over cutting public and private forest
   C. Both (a) & (b)
   D. None of these

6. Forestry legislation and tenure means:

   A. Revise the 1927 Forest Act to make it less punitive and more participatory in its approach
   B. Consolidate and amend other laws to update and bring them into harmony with new policy demands and the national Conservation Strategy
   C. Planted land use
   D. All of the above

7. The Forest Act No. XVI of _______.

   A. 1926
   B. 1927
   C. 1928
   D. 1929

8. 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

9. Forest harvesting societies means:

   A. Are concerned only with harvesting activities like felling, conversion of logs or sleepers (scants)
   B. Carriage from forest to roadside and from roadside to market
   C. Where timber is distributed according to the shares of the government and owners in ratio 20:80 or 40:60
   D. All of the above

10. Hazara Forest Act ________.

    A. 1936
    B. 1938
    C. 1939
    D. 1940