How much cut to be carried out in a managed forest?

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. Wildlife were managed under West Pakistan Wildlife Managment Ordinance _________.

   A. 1955
   B. 1957
   C. 1959
   D. 1961

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. When to carry out the cut?

   A. The growing conditions, market demand for products
   B. The requirements of silviculture
   C. Regeneration age and timing of the cut are important consideration
   D. All of the above

7. Where to carry out the cut?

   A. The location of the cut is determined
   B. The accessibility of market, ease of harvest, economy in operations, labour availability, protection of the land, maintenance of soil fertility
   C. Composition of balance growing stock after the cut and so on
   D. All of the above

8. How to obtain the cut?

   A. The degree of the cut will depend on the considerations of an early assured replacement of the forests
   B. Creating necessary conditions for expected accrual of the increment in the least possible time from the growing stock left behind
   C. Both (a) & (b)
   D. None of these

9. The world’s tallest cut Christmass tree was 67.36 meters (221 ft.) tall Douglas fir (Pseudosuga menziesil):

   A. 67.36 meters (221 ft.)
   B. 70 meters
   C. 75 meters
   D. None of these

10. Soil that is made-up of particles, that have been carried in water and thus deposited, is called:

    A. Silt
    B. Clay
    C. Sub-soil
    D. Loam