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221. 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
Explanation: Minor forest produce includes plant materials such as flosses and medicinal plants, gums, oils, rosin, tannins, and animal products such…
Correct answer: All of the above- A. Both (a) & (b)
- B. Lemon gras (Cymbopogan citrates) yield excellent oil.
- C. Deodar wood oil, chir oil and katha etc are some of the products of distillation and extraction, eucalypt leaves give oil
- D. None of these
Explanation: Distillation and extraction yield products such as deodar and chir oils, katha, eucalyptus oil and lemongrass oil.
Correct answer: Both (a) & (b)- A. Acacia nilotica
- B. All of the above
- C. Acacia senegal
- D. Acacia catechu
Explanation: Acacia nilotica, Acacia catechu and Acacia senegal are all important gum-yielding species.
Correct answer: All of the above- A. All of the above
- B. Sindh: Cassia angustifolia, Ricinus communis, Commiphora mukul, Citrulus colocynthis
- C. Punjab: Cannabis sativa, Fumaria indica, Cassia fistula, dhatoda vesica, Datura alba
- D. KPK: Artimestia maritime, Hyoscyamus niger, Dioscorea deltoidea, Valeriana wallichii
- E. Boluchistan: Ephedra nebrodensis, Juniperis excelsa, Ferula foetida, Glycyrrhiza glabra
Explanation: The listed species represent medicinal plants associated with the different provinces of Pakistan, despite several older or misspelled…
Correct answer: All of the above- A. All of the above
- B. Wax
- C. Silk and Cocoons
- D. Lac
Explanation: Lac, wax, and silk with cocoons are non-timber forest products of animal origin or produced by animals.
Correct answer: All of the above- A. Employment generated in establishment of forests
- B. Employment opportunities in wood harvesting
- C. Both (a) & (b)
- D. None of these
Explanation: Forestry generates employment both during forest establishment, such as planting and tending, and during harvesting operations.
Correct answer: Both (a) & (b)- A. Chenab and Indus River
- B. Ravi and Indus River
- C. Jhelum and Indus river
- D. None of these
Explanation: The Thal Desert occupies the tract between the Jhelum and Indus rivers.
Correct answer: Jhelum and Indus river- A. Iran and Afghanistan
- B. China and Afghanistan
- C. China and India
- D. None of these
Explanation: The Siahan Desert is in southwestern Pakistan and extends toward the borders with Iran and Afghanistan.
Correct answer: Iran and Afghanistan- A. Duneland
- B. All of the above
- C. Drifted and piled up by wind
- D. Consisting of ridges of sand
Explanation: Cholistan and Thar are sandy deserts characterized by dunes and ridges formed when wind drifts and piles up sand.
Correct answer: All of the above- A. An array of longtudian sandy ridges, alternating with narrow valleys
- B. The ridges are stabilized mainly by vegetation and too, probably by slight lime concentration on the surface in the south
- C. Both (a) & (b)
- D. None of these
Explanation: Thal’s sandy tract consists of longitudinal sandy ridges separated by narrow valleys, while vegetation and, in the south, surface lime…
Correct answer: Both (a) & (b)- A. None of these
- B. 90.98
- C. 92.99
- D. 87.98
Explanation: The land-utilization statistics used in this source give Pakistan’s total area as 87.98 million hectares.
Correct answer: 87.98- A. 40%
- B. 50%
- C. 60%
- D. 70%
Explanation: At independence, unclassified land reportedly made up more than half of the total area; later land-use surveys reduced this category as…
Correct answer: 50%- A. 35.4
- B. 33.3
- C. 32.23
- D. None of these
Explanation: The cited land-use statistics place Pakistan’s cultivable area at 32.23 million hectares, approximately 36.7% of the reported total area.
Correct answer: 32.23234. Of the ________ million ha area under cultivation, 15.62 million ha area (76%) is under irrigation:
- A. 21
- B. 22
- C. 23
- D. 24
Explanation: If 15.62 million hectares represents 76% of the cultivated area, the total is about 20.55 million hectares, conventionally reported as 21…
Correct answer: 21- A. 4.23
- B. 3.2
- C. 5.3
- D. None of these
Explanation: The cited Pakistani land-use figures report about 4.23 million hectares under forests and trees.
Correct answer: 4.23- A. Forests area under the control of the forest department is 4.23 m. HA.
- B. Both (a) & (b)
- C. Per-capita forest area is less than 0.03 ha.
- D. None of these
Explanation: Pakistan has a very small forest estate, and the forest area available per person is below 0.03 ha because of the country’s large…
Correct answer: Both (a) & (b)- A. Forest compartment
- B. Working circle
- C. Forest circle
- D. Felling series
Explanation: A Conservator of Forests is generally responsible for the administration and management of a forest circle, which consists of several…
Correct answer: Forest circle- A. Reduction of biotic thrust
- B. Destruction of diseased plants
- C. None of these
- D. Both (a) & (b)
Explanation: Controlled fire can reduce excessive biotic pressure and destroy infected or diseased plant material, thereby helping forest sanitation.
Correct answer: Both (a) & (b)- A. Human beings
- B. Herbivores
- C. Hunters
- D. Birds
Explanation: Human beings exert the broadest interference because they alter habitats, remove vegetation and wildlife, introduce disturbances, and…
Correct answer: Human beings- A. The outcome of human efforts on sub-marginal lands
- B. Both (a) & (b)
- C. Where irrigation water could be made available
- D. None of these
Explanation: Irrigated forests are plantations established through human effort on otherwise sub-marginal land where a dependable irrigation supply can…
Correct answer: Both (a) & (b)