All Free Forestry MCQs with Answers

• A. Closed
• B. Dense
• C. Thin
• D. All of the above
• E. Open

Explanation: Crown density may be described on a scale ranging from open or thin stands to dense or closed stands.

• A. Manner of formation of the stand
• B. Quality of soil
• C. Soil moisture
• D. All of the above

Explanation: Crown closure depends on how the stand was formed and developed, as well as site factors such as soil quality and available moisture.

• A. All of the above
• B. Wind damages
• C. Snow damages
• D. Insect damages
• E. Utilization of site properly

Explanation: Mixed stands can use different layers and site resources more completely, while species diversity often reduces the spread or severity of…

• A. The relative closeness of trees is called density
• B. To closeness of crowns boles and roots
• C. Both (a) & (b)
• D. None of these

Explanation: Stand density expresses the relative closeness or crowding of trees, including the arrangement of their crowns, boles, and root systems.

• A. Even aged stand
• B. Un-even aged stand (selection forest)
• C. None of these
• D. Both (a) & (b)

Explanation: Age-based stand classification includes even-aged stands, in which trees are approximately the same age, and uneven-aged stands, which…

• A. To bole length
• B. To growth rings
• C. To shade
• D. To number of trees
• E. All of the above

Explanation: Even-aged and uneven-aged stand structures affect tree form and stand conditions, including bole development, growth-ring patterns, shade…

• A. Both (a) & (b)
• B. Mixed stand
• C. Pure stand
• D. None of these

Explanation: Composition refers to the species making up a stand: a stand may be pure when one species predominates, or mixed when two or more species…

• A. The tallest living coniferous evergreen tree
• B. To reach a height of over 300 feet
• C. The Sequia sempervirens (the redwood tree is also very long lived) are found from southwest
• D. All of the above

Explanation: Coast redwood, Sequoia sempervirens, is the tallest living tree and can exceed 300 feet in height; it occurs naturally along the…

• A. Methods of raising tree crops and their growth and care upto the time of the final harvesting
• B. Silviculture is the science and art of cultivating forest crops, based on knowledge of silvics
• C. None of these
• D. Both (a) & (b)

Explanation: Both statements describe silviculture: it covers the practical raising, tending and harvesting of forest crops, and the scientific and…

• A. Two or more rotations
• B. Ten or more rotations
• C. Twenty or more rotations
• D. None of these

Explanation: In coppice with standards, some standards are retained beyond the normal coppice rotation, commonly for two or more coppice rotations.

• A. All of the above
• B. Thinning of standards of two coppice rotations and over.
• C. Felling of mature standards
• D. Clear-felling the remaining coppice
• E. Selection of standards of coppice rotation age for reservation.

Explanation: Coppice with standards involves reserving suitable standards, thinning older standards, felling mature standards, and clear-felling the…

• A. Simple coppice system
• B. Uniform system
• C. Shelterwood coppice system
• D. None of these

Explanation: Shelterwood coppice combines coppice regeneration with a temporary overwood or shelter of standards, which is removed later.

• A. Simple coppice system
• B. Complex coppice system
• C. Uniform system
• D. None of these

Explanation: Simple coppice is defined by clear-felling a fixed area at each rotation and regenerating the next crop from coppice shoots.

• A. Sindh
• B. Punjab
• C. Baluchistan
• D. KPK

Explanation: Punjab's irrigated plantations, particularly those managed with suitable coppicing species, are regenerated to a considerable extent…

• A. Upper planting
• B. Both (a) & (b)
• C. Under planting
• D. None of these

Explanation: Mulberry is commonly established by underplanting, in which seedlings or plants are introduced beneath an existing crop or canopy.

• A. None of these
• B. A systems where the crop originates from coppice and where the rotation of the coppice is long.
• C. Both (a) & (b)
• D. A systems where the crop originates from coppice and where the rotation of the coppice is short.

Explanation: A coppice system produces the next crop mainly from shoots arising from stools or stumps after cutting, and it generally uses a…

• A. The quality of the timber may be inferior to that grown in even-aged crops
• B. All of the above
• C. The light conditions provided by the irregular crop of mixed ages may result in the young growth having a poor chance to develop, except with shadebearing species
• D. The fellings are scattered over comparatively large areas
• E. The whole are being always under regeneration

Explanation: Selection forestry can produce poorer timber quality, keeps regeneration processes active across the forest, creates difficult and uneven…

• A. Four-storied high forest
• B. Three-storied high forest
• C. Two-storied high forest
• D. Five -storied high forest

Explanation: A two-storied high forest has two distinct vertical stories, one above the other, with each story approximately even-aged and raised from…

• A. Simmons and H.M.Rana
• B. None of these
• C. Ahmad Hussain
• D. Champion, Seth and Kattak

Explanation: The standard authors cited for the Manual of Silviculture for Pakistan are Champion, Seth and Kattak.

• A. All of the above
• B. Natural flora is preserved
• C. More volume per acre
• D. This method is extremely simple

Explanation: The selection system is valued for preserving natural flora and maintaining a larger standing volume per acre, and it is often described…