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. 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. At present ______ population is living in the watershed areas and are converting forest into agriculture land for food production:

   A. 50-80%
   B. 55-85%
   C. 60-90%
   D. 65-95%

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. Forest crops are known as:

   A. Nurse
   B. Main
   C. Subsidiary
   D. All of the above

8. Forest management involve tasks:

   A. Control of composition and structure of growing stock
   B. Harvesting and marketing the forest produce
   C. Administration of forest property and personnel
   D. All of the above

9. The scope of forest management can be summed up by listing various activities involved as:

   A. Control of growing stock, its structure and composition
   B. Distribution and marketing of forest produce
   C. Administration of the forest property
   D. All of the above

10. Distribution and marketing of forest produce includes:

    A. Logging plan
    B. Marketing information
    C. Sale of produce
    D. Revenue
    E. All of the above