All Free Forestry MCQs with Answers

• A. Pothwar
• B. Himalayan forest grazing land
• C. Salt range
• D. All of the aboveBook Wildlife Safaris

Explanation: Potohar, Himalayan forest grazing lands, and the Salt Range have comparatively better rainfall than Pakistan’s driest desert ranges…

• A. Both (a) & (b)
• B. Semiarid areas
• C. Arid areas
• D. None of these

Explanation: Pakistan’s rangelands occur across both arid and semiarid zones, where grazing supports livestock but rainfall limits natural forage…

• A. To Kochler (1933), due unbalanced growth stresses or forces
• B. Both (a) & (b)
• C. They may develop as a result of heavy frost
• D. None of these

Explanation: Shakes are separations or cracks in wood associated with internal growth stresses, and severe frost can also produce them.

• A. Heavy frost
• B. Heavy low temperature
• C. Both (a) & (b)
• D. None of these

Explanation: Frost injury results when tissues are exposed to severe freezing temperatures, so both heavy frost and very low temperature describe the…

• A. Both (a) & (b)
• B. Frost cracks: to the very much low temperature, the cracks appear at the basal portion of old trees
• C. Frost rings: are dark brownish lines within the growth rings as a result of injury to the cambium due to the heavy frost
• D. None of these

Explanation: Frost rings are dark bands formed after frost damages the cambium, while frost cracks are longitudinal cracks commonly appearing near the…

• A. Railway sleepers Cross arms
• B. Carriage and wagon work
• C. All of the above
• D. Door and windows frames
• E. House building beams, floor boards

Explanation: Deodar timber is versatile and is used for sleepers and cross-arms, carriage work, building beams and floorboards, and door and window…

• A. Joinery wood
• B. All of the above
• C. Light furniture
• D. Construction

Explanation: Khail, or blue pine, produces useful softwood commonly employed in joinery, construction, and light furniture.

• A. Roofing, flooring, railway sleepers
• B. Transmission poles, cheap joinery
• C. All of the above
• D. Furniture making match

Explanation: Chir pine timber is used in structural work such as roofing and flooring, sleepers, transmission poles, cheap joinery, and lower-grade…

• A. Packing cases, railway sleepers
• B. Planking for floors
• C. All of the above
• D. House construction, plywood, match manufacture
• E. Ceiling, cheap type of doors and windows

Explanation: Fir wood is a general-purpose softwood used for packing cases, sleepers, flooring, ceilings, inexpensive doors and windows, house…

• A. Packing cases, railway sleepers,
• B. Both (a) & (b)
• C. Planking for floors and cheap type of doors and windows
• D. None of these

Explanation: Spruce is a light softwood suitable for packing cases and sleepers as well as floor planking and inexpensive doors and windows.

• A. Furniture and cabinet making
• B. House building floorings and general joinery and carpentry work
• C. All of the above
• D. Cart and carriage, agricultural implements

Explanation: Shisham is a strong, durable hardwood valued for furniture, cabinets, flooring, joinery, carts, carriages, and agricultural implements.

• A. Hockey stick, tennis, badminton and squash racket
• B. Camp furniture picker arms and carriage building
• C. None of these
• D. Both (a) & (b)

Explanation: Mulberry wood is tough and workable, making it suitable for sports equipment such as hockey sticks and racket frames, as well as camp…

• A. Carving and furniture making rifle stocks.
• B. Both (a) & (b)
• C. Cabinet making and veneer
• D. None of these

Explanation: Walnut wood is valued for its attractive grain, strength and workability, making it suitable for carving, furniture, cabinet work, veneer…

• A. A branch of biology, which deals with external appearance or structure of plants
• B. Every tree has parts: Crown, stem, and roots
• C. Both (a) & (b)
• D. None of these

Explanation: Tree morphology is the study of a plant's external form and structure, including its crown, stem and roots.

• A. All of the above
• B. Umbrella
• C. Spherical
• D. Columnar
• E. Conical

Explanation: Tree crowns occur in several forms, including conical, umbrella-shaped, spherical and columnar forms.

• A. All of the above
• B. Bamboo
• C. Conifers
• D. Palm trees

Explanation: A crown is the above-ground leafy portion of a tree or woody plant, and its form differs among palms, bamboos and conifers.

• A. In young age crowns are usually conical in shape but as the time passes the crown shape becomes rounded
• B. Drooping forms also occur in many species e.g. Polyalthia longifolia
• C. Both (a) & (b)
• D. None of these

Explanation: Young trees commonly have conical crowns that become broader or rounded with age, while some species retain distinctive drooping forms.

• A. Sometimes two shoots appear at the same time, giving usually a larger crown but from the forester's point of view, this is a most unsatisfactory bole
• B. Forking is often caused by injuries such as those resulting from frost damage, wind or hail storms, insect attack, particularly by budwarm (Salmalia)
• C. None of these
• D. Both (a) & (b)

Explanation: A forked stem may result from simultaneous development of two shoots, producing a broad crown but an undesirable bole.

• A. Both (a) & (b)
• B. Inner part - living (Cortext)
• C. Outer part - dead
• D. None of these

Explanation: Bark has an outer, generally dead protective portion and an inner living portion associated with the cortex and conducting tissues.

• A. As a protective material against extreme conditions of temperature
• B. If the temperature is very light or very cold whatever the case may be
• C. Both (a) & (b)
• D. None of these

Explanation: Bark insulates the stem against temperature extremes, protecting living tissues from both excessive heat and severe cold.