The black mushrooms (Morchella spp) are being collected from the temperate forest areas of ________.

Related Mcqs:

1. 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

2. Tamarix-Poplar Forest is a dense thicket of Tamarix spp. With varying number of poplar trees are distributed on fresh silt alluvium of the riverain tract of the Indus between Muzaffargarh and Hyderabad with isolated occurrences as far north as _________

   A. Peshawar
   B. Mardan
   C. Swat
   D. Gilgit

3. Generally seeds of species growing in cool temperate and dry tropical areas need some sort of pre-sowing treatment is/are:

   A. Weathering: Seed is exposed to sunlight, wind and rain
   B. Mechanical treatment: In order to break hard seed coat seed is beaten or crushed
   C. Fire treatment: Seed is covered with grass etc. And grass is put on fire
   D. Water treatment: Seed is soaked in hot or cold water for some hours or even days before sowing
   E. All of the above

4. The temperate broad-leaf forest biomes are characterized by the predominance of

   A. Cupressus sp.
   B. Dalbergia sp.
   C. Diospyros sp.
   D. Quercus sp.

5. 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

6. Depth of snowfall varies from ________ increasing with elevation in case of dry temperate forests:

   A. 1.4 to 6.0 m
   B. 1.5 to 7.0 m
   C. 1.6 to 8.0 m
   D. None of these

7. Several kinds of minor forest produce are available from the forested areas; these include _________

   A. Flosses, medicinal plants
   B. Gums, essential oils rosin and turpentine tannins
   C. Silk and lack production
   D. All of the above

8. Migration flows: Some projects are undertaken to stop the movement of people from nural areas to urban areas / and:

   A. Rural industry projects
   B. Electrification of rural areas
   C. Both (a) & (b)
   D. None of these

9. The aims and objectives of the new forest policy in the field of conservation of protected areas are:

   A. Conserve all endangered and endemic species of wild fauna and flora in particular by ensuring the survival of the critical ecosystems that support such wildlife
   B. Arrange periodic surveys of the country’s wildlife and its habitats to monitor ecological changes
   C. Encourage private sector in captive breeding of wild animals, in particular the endangered species
   D. All of the above

10. Management of Urban Forest is concerned with management needs of forests in urban areas and with how needs are:

    A. Whatever is done for the forest to maintain the health and vigour
    B. Whatever is done to the forest to prevent undue interference with the society
    C. Both (a) & (b)
    D. None of these