Forests means:

Related Mcqs:

1. These are generally, but not always, developed above the birch zone and in patches, sometimes extensive, within it, probably conditioned by edaphic and biotic factors, in Kashmir, Gilgit, Chitral and Hazara. This type ascends normally to ______ or more above the sub-alpine forests and climate must be similar but more severe than in sub-alpine forests:

   A. 140 m
   B. 150 m
   C. 160 m
   D. 170 m

2. The most striking difference between tropical rain forests and temperate forests is that:

   A. The tropical rain forests have preponderance of angiosperms while the temperate ones have preponderance of gymnosperms
   B. The trees of temperate forests are taller than these of tropical rain forests
   C. Plants of temperate forests are comparatively more mesophytic
   D. Tropical forests are comparatively homogenous

3. Private owned forests means:

   A. Guzara forests
   B. Communal forests
   C. Chos Act area
   D. Section 38 areas
   E. All of the above

4. State owned forests means:

   A. Reserved forests
   B. Protected forests
   C. Resumed lands
   D. Unclassed forests
   E. All of the above

5. Tropical rain forests are:

   A. The most valuable and the richest ecosystems on earth
   B. They play a critical pat in the earth’s life support systems and house 50% and possibly as much as 90% of all the species on earth
   C. They are a key storehouse of foods, oils and minerals and source of ingredients that make up a range of medical treatments
   D. All of the above

6. In practice forests are not normal. They are ‘abnormal’ in ways:

   A. They are overstocked. This is found in forests where there is more area of forest under the older age classes
   B. They are under stocked. This is due to larger proportion of area under immature crops
   C. Both (a) & (b)
   D. None of these

7. Forests provide multiple benefits:

   A. Whether grown for one single purpose like timber or for any other purposes forests satisfy many demands
   B. Diverse needs and wants of the people are met by the forests
   C. Both (a) & (b)
   D. None of these

8. Dry temperate forests depict:

   A. The canopy is only rarely closed
   B. Is often formed of widely spaced
   C. Free-standing
   D. Low-branching trees
   E. All of the above

9. Broad leaved deciduous forests are typical of:

   A. Monsoon region
   B. Mid-latitude forests
   C. Mediterranean region
   D. Coniferous forests

10. Forests need is essential:

    A. For those developing countries not possessing significant oil or mineral wealth upon which to base their economic development
    B. The output from the use of their land resources must, for the foreseeable future, form the basis for their economies
    C. Both (a) & (b)
    D. None of these