Preventive measures from part of the normal routine of forest administration, while remedial measures are called for in cases of:

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. Administration of the forest property is:

   A. Forest organization
   B. Management of forestry personnel
   C. Monitoring and control
   D. Labour management and welfare
   E. All of the above

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. Normal Forest depicts:

   A. A specific composition and structure or form of the forest, which is in harmony with the environment or the locality factors
   B. Growing stock of the trees should be suitably of desired products
   C. Both (a) & (b)
   D. None of these

7. Normal Forest depicts:

   A. A specific composition and structure or form of the forest, which is in harmony with the environment or the locality factors
   B. Growing stock of the trees should be suitably of desired products
   C. Both (a) & (b)
   D. None of these

8. Normal uneven-aged forest means:

   A. Cannot be easily visualized as that of even-aged forests
   B. To provide sustained yield annually, an unevenaged forest must have more trees in each of lower size classes
   C. Both (a) & (b)
   D. None of these

9. What are the essential components of normal forest?

   A. It is an ideal against which an actual forest may be compared
   B. Normal increment “the increment laid on by a normal forest”
   C. Normal age class distribution “A complete series of age classes in such proportions as will permit equally yields by volume from annual or periodic felling under given rotation and silvicultural system
   D. All of the above

10. Normal forest means:

    A. That forest which has reaches and maintains a practically attainable degree of perfection in all its parts for the full and continued satisfaction of objects of management
    B. The provide sustained yield the growing stock must first be moulded to approach a model
    C. Both (a) & (b)
    D. None of these