The advantage/s of fire:

Related Mcqs:

1. As an adaptation to fire, some plants produce lignotubres which are:

   A. Borne on the leaves
   B. Borne underground
   C. Present on the main stem
   D. Suspended from the branches

2. As a result of fire, there is destruction of the following components of soil:

   A. Litter
   B. Organisms
   C. Inorganic matter
   D. All of these

3. The methods of controlling or putting out fire are:

   A. Application of water
   B. Application of earth
   C. Beating out
   D. Counter-firing
   E. All of the above

4. Damage caused by fire is / are:

   A. Injury to trees
   B. Injury to young growth and regeneration
   C. Injury to the soil
   D. Injury to wildlife
   E. All of the above

5. Hydrological effects of fire are:

   A. Change of species
   B. Human and litter is burnt
   C. Soil loss, surface run off and peak flow are increased
   D. Infiltration capacity is decreased
   E. All of the above

6. Hydrological types of fire are:

   A. Ground fire
   B. Stem fire
   C. Crown fire
   D. All of the above

7. Advantage of Heck’s correction: Selected trees will have:

   A. Faster rate of growth
   B. Rotation will be shorter
   C. Both (a) & (b)
   D. None of these

8. A country where _____ per cent of the total aea consists of moutains, gullied foot hills, arid waste and deserts, can never achieve the desired progress unless major part of this usable waste is harnessed to the advantage of its people:

   A. 50 to 55
   B. 55 to 60
   C. 65 to 70
   D. None of these

9. Root cap is absent in:

   A. Lithophytes
   B. Xerophytes
   C. Hydrophytes
   D. Mesophyte

10. Broad leaved forest oak are found in:

    A. Tropical deciduous forest
    B. Tropical evergreen forest
    C. North coniferous forest
    D. Temperature deciduous forest