The major tool in the hands of the Forest Departments to protect forest areas is the Forest Act of 1927. Its salient features are:

Related Mcqs:

1. 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

2. 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

3. The important Sections of Forest Act 1927 are:

   A. S.35: It is all about the protection of forest for special purposes
   B. S.38: It is about the protection of forest at the request of owners
   C. S.52: The forest officer has power to seize any property (e.g. forest produce, tools, transport etc.)
   D. S.62: If a forest officer wrongfully and unnecessarily seizes any property, he can be published with a term upto 6 months, Rs. 500/- as fine or both
   E. All of the above

4. The salient features of the strategy 1992 relating to wildlife, referred to here as BIODIVERSITY, are:

   A. The strategy to improve the situation
   B. Action Plan
   C. Actions/Interventions
   D. All of the above

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. 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

7. 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

8. 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

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

   A. Murree
   B. Gallies
   C. Kaghan
   D. Swat
   E. 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