Free Forest Management MCQs with Answers

• A. The existing forests should be cleared and new ones should be planted
• B. A tree should be planted in place of one to be cut
• C. Tree must be cut whenever necessary because the underground part performs the useful purpose
• D. Some quick growing anuals should be planted if a tree must be cut for other uses

Explanation: Replacing a felled tree with a new one helps maintain forest cover and ecological functions such as soil protection and carbon storage.

• A. Capabilities of the land
• B. The villagers choice of land use
• C. All of the above
• D. Nature of the support the organizational structure provides

Explanation: Community forestry succeeds when the land is capable of supporting the proposed use, villagers choose or accept that use, and institutions…

• A. The technology must be more suitable and available and must be more productive and ecologicallly sustainable than that already in use
• B. The villagers must feel secured of the benefits
• C. New uses of the land and other resources must be profitable from the villager's point of view
• D. Perception of such benefits is more fundamental to promised incentives
• E. All of the above

Explanation: Romm’s essentials require suitable, productive and sustainable technology, secure and profitable benefits for villagers, and benefits that…

• A. It is specialized branch of forestry that has as its objective the cultivation and management of trees for their present
• B. Both (a) & (b)
• C. Potential contribution to the physiological, socio-logical and economic wellbeing of urban society
• D. None of these

Explanation: Urban forestry is the specialized cultivation and management of trees in and around cities to improve urban society’s physiological…

• 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

Explanation: Urban-forest management includes maintaining tree health and vigour while preventing harmful interference between forests and urban…

• A. Climate amelioration
• B. Environmental engineering uses Architectural uses
• C. All of the above
• D. Aesthetic uses
• E. Aesthetic uses

Explanation: Urban forests provide climatic and environmental services as well as architectural and aesthetic benefits.

• A. Industrial forestry
• B. Both (a) & (b)
• C. Energy forestry
• D. None of these

Explanation: Use-oriented forestry is organised around a particular product or purpose; industrial forestry supplies raw material for industry, while…

• A. The premier organization in the country responsible for conducting research
• B. The Imparting education and training in the field of forestry and allied disciplines
• C. Both (a) & (b)
• D. None of these

Explanation: The Pakistan Forest Institute has a dual role: it conducts forestry research and provides education and training in forestry and allied…

• A. FAO/UNDP
• B. GTZ
• C. USAID
• D. All of the above

Explanation: Pakistan’s forestry research and training institutions received expert assistance, equipment, and training support from FAO/UNDP, GTZ, and…

• A. Shinkiari in Hazara
• B. Thai in Abbottabad
• C. Ghoragali
• D. None of these

Explanation: The research-cum-training field station was established at Shinkiari in Hazara, an important forestry research area in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

• A. Peshawar
• B. Lahore
• C. Faisalabad
• D. None of these

Explanation: Gatwala is located near Faisalabad, where the Government of Punjab established a research institute to address regional forestry problems.

• A. F.F.I. 2 years M.SC.
• B. B.Sc.
• C. None of these
• D. Both (a) & (b)

Explanation: The institute provides higher forestry education and training, including the two-year M.Sc.

• A. Ghora Gali
• B. All of the above
• C. Thai (Abbottabad)
• D. Miani (Hyderabad)
• E. Bahawalpur

Explanation: Foresters and forest guards have traditionally been trained at forestry schools in Ghora Gali, Bahawalpur, Thai, and Miani.

• A. To providing a lead to the field foresters for the most efficient management of a limited forest resource
• B. And development of wild land resource for the production of goods and services
• C. All of the above
• D. Minor forest produce for the people of Pakistan, research is several ancillary disciplines
• E. Such as timber, fuelwood, water, wildlife, fodder, forage

Explanation: Forestry research supports efficient management and development of wild-land resources for products and services such as timber, fuelwood…

• A. All of the above
• B. For afforestation / reforestation in different ecological zones
• C. Management of watersheds, range land and wildlife sustained yield
• D. From forests harvesting, transportation and utilization of the produce
• E. Suitable nursery and field planting techniques

Explanation: The objectives are pursued through improved nursery and planting methods, afforestation in varied ecological zones, watershed and…

• A. The forestry research underway
• B. The accomplishments todate have been of significant value to the forestry sector
• C. None of these
• D. Both (a) & (b)

Explanation: The statement combines the ongoing forestry research programme with the significant accomplishments already achieved for the forestry…

• A. Both (a) & (b)
• B. Paper
• C. Pulp
• D. None of these

Explanation: Both chir pine and eucalypt wood can be pulped to manufacture paper, so the two uses are not mutually exclusive.

• A. Furniture
• B. Cross arms
• C. Scaffolding
• D. All of the above
• E. Shuttering

Explanation: Poplar and eucalypt timber is versatile and can be used for furniture as well as construction materials such as cross arms, scaffolding…

• A. Further studies on proper site preparation; introduction of nitrogen-fixing trees
• B. And multipurpose trees; arid and semi-arid zone afforestation; growing of trees in conjunction with agriculture; environment degradation assessment
• C. Use of saline water for raising tree crops; forest genetics; setting up of seed orchards
• D. All of the above

Explanation: The listed programmes cover site preparation, nitrogen-fixing and multipurpose trees, dry-zone afforestation, agroforestry, saline-water…

• A. All of the above
• B. U.K.
• C. Germany
• D. U.S.A.

Explanation: PFI staff received higher education and training abroad in the USA, UK and Germany. Thus, all three countries are included.