Pruning can be highly profitable or extravagantly wasteful, depending on the judgment of the supervisor of the work. The important considerations are:

Related Mcqs:

1. The major factors of financial as pects of pruning are:

   A. Initial cost
   B. Mortality
   C. Number of years remaining before harvest
   D. Interest rate at which pruning cost is compounded
   E. All of the above

2. Effect of the tree in pruning is:

   A. The contrary, properly conducted pruning is not harmful to the tree
   B. Careless pruning can, however, cause injury to the bole, leaving wounds extending through the bark into the cambium and even to the wood
   C. Both (a) & (b)
   D. None of these

3. The major steps of natural pruning is:

   A. Killing of the branches
   B. Shedding of the dead branches
   C. Occlusion or healing over of the branch stub
   D. All of the above

4. Artificial pruning is:

   A. The production of clear material on rotations shorter than that would be required with natural pruning
   B. The necessary period of growth after treatment is rather long, so the practice ordinarily must be coupled with thinning to stimulate diameter growth
   C. Both (a) & (b)
   D. None of these

5. Measurement of Diameter several instruments are used for measuring the diameters of trees depending on such circumstances as the position and condition of the part of the tree that is to be measured, the degree of accuracy required, and the portability, etc., of the instrument:

   A. The Rule
   B. The caliper
   C. The Diameter Tape
   D. Dendrometers
   E. All of the above

6. Mechanical tissues and xylem are highly reduced in Hydrilla because:

   A. Water provides the support and there is no problem for the absorption and conduction of water
   B. Otherwise the weight of these tissues would drown the plant
   C. Of the anaerobic conditions created by submergence
   D. Otherwise translocation of food would have been interrupted

7. With the construction of Thal irrigation canal, about _____ sand dunes have been converted into highly productive cultivated areas:

   A. 1 m ha
   B. 2 m ha
   C. 3 m ha
   D. 4 m ha

8. Which of the following is not an important atmospheric pollutant?

   A. CO
   B. SO2
   C. CO2
   D. Hydrocarbons

9. Use of Media such as _______ can go a long way to convince the people regarding the important role vegetation plays in soil and water conservation and improvement of the landscape:

   A. T.V.
   B. Radio
   C. Film
   D. Strips
   E. All of the above

10. The Wetlands are one of the most important:

    A. Wintering areas
    B. Green routes in Asia
    C. Both (a) & (b)
    D. None of these