This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Environment > Forests – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Forests Quiz 2 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the full form of JFM? A) January, February and March. B) Joint Forces Memorandum. C) Joint Forest Management. D) Journal of Fluid Mechanics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Joint Forest Management. 2. The forests found in Assam and Meghalaya are.. A) Mangrove forests. B) Tropical evergreen forests. C) Mountain forests. D) Tropical deciduous forests. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tropical evergreen forests. 3. ..... forests are found in Rajasthan and Gujarat. A) Evergreen. B) Thorn. C) Coniferous. D) Mangrove and Tidal. E) Deciduous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thorn. 4. Which approach to resource management aims to harvest resources in ways that minimize impact on the ecosystem and processes that provide the resource? A) Maximum sustainable yield. B) Watershed management. C) Adaptive management. D) Ecosystem-based management. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ecosystem-based management. 5. Removing ore along a seam in a hillside. A) Contour Mining. B) Mountaintop Removal. C) Fracking. D) Open Pit Mining. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Contour Mining. 6. Deforestation has the greatest impact on biodiversity A) On private lands. B) In tropical areas and arid regions. C) In densly populated urban areas. D) On public lands. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In tropical areas and arid regions. 7. Which forest layer is the thickest and where most animals live? A) Forest floor. B) Understory. C) Canopy. D) Emergent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Canopy. 8. Mettur dam construction might have done A) Deforestation. B) Evacuation of people from their habitat. C) Shifting of animals. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Evacuation of people from their habitat. 9. What are 'Mountain Forests'? A) A) They are found in areas with 100 to 200 cm of rainfall. B) B) Because trees shed their leaves in spring and summer. C) C) Plants and trees growing on mountain slopes. D) Because trees in tropical deciduous forests shed their leaves in spring and summer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C) Plants and trees growing on mountain slopes. 10. Which forest layer has the most biodiversity and is home to large animals, insects and decomposers A) Understory Layer. B) Emergent layer. C) Canopy Layer. D) Forest layer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Forest layer. 11. The Chipko Movement in the Himalayas to protect the forest cover was started by A) Medha Patkar. B) Sunder Lai Bahuguna. C) Dr Anil Agarwal of CSE. D) Dr Aruna Roy of Kisan Mazdur Vikas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sunder Lai Bahuguna. 12. Who owns many of the tree plantations on which most logging in the United States takes place? A) No one. B) The logging companies. C) Private individuals. D) The government. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The logging companies. 13. How can humans best help an endangered species avoid extinction? A) They can take the animal to new habitats. B) They can feed the animals. C) They can protect the animal's habitat. D) They can put the animals in a zoo. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They can protect the animal's habitat. 14. Two farmers/citizen group which have shown that adequate levels of diversified crop production without use of synthetic chemicals are possible and economically viable. A) JFM and IUCN. B) Beej Bachao Andolan and Navdanya. C) Narmada Bachao Andolan and Bhairodev Dakav Sonchuri. D) Beej Bachao Andolan and Narmada Bachao Andolan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beej Bachao Andolan and Navdanya. 15. Which of the following is a natural resource? A) Forest. B) Dam. C) Paper. D) Glass. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Forest. 16. An old growth forest is ..... A) A forest that was cut a long time ago. B) A forest that has never been cut. C) A forest that was cut recently. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A forest that has never been cut. 17. The Mundas and the Santhal of Chota Nagpur plateau worship which trees? A) Mango. B) Mahua. C) Apple. D) Tamarind. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mahua. 18. Chir Pine plantations in the Himalayas have replaced the: A) Himalayan Oak and Rhododendron. B) Teak and Sal. C) Babul and Mexican kikar. D) Neem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Himalayan Oak and Rhododendron. 19. Which of the following is a beneficial effect of beaver dams? A) They create droughts. B) Dams create places for beavers to play with their friends. C) Dams create pond environments in which new plants and animals can survive. D) Dams are great for keeping floods from happening. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dams create pond environments in which new plants and animals can survive. 20. Sariska Tiger Reserve is located in which state? A) Uttar Pradesh. B) West Bengal. C) Gujarat. D) Rajasthan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rajasthan. 21. What is an example of a game animal? A) Bald Eagle. B) Deer. C) Tiger. D) Elephant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deer. 22. Which of these statements does not describe the process of clear cutting trees? A) It is economically efficient. B) It creates a large disturbance to the environment. C) It produces timber products at a very high rate. D) It protects biodiversity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It protects biodiversity. 23. What does deforestation effect? A) Plants and animals. B) Our biosphere. C) Humans. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 24. What are 'monsoon forests'? A) Evergreen forests. B) Because trees in tropical deciduous forests shed their leaves in spring and summer. C) ) scrub and grassland. D) Forests with tall trees. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because trees in tropical deciduous forests shed their leaves in spring and summer. 25. Which method of harvesting trees is the most economical? A) Seed-Tree. B) Clear cutting. C) Selection System. D) Shelterwood. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clear cutting. 26. Which phrase is true for private logging operations? A) Produces a monoculture. B) Leads to high biodiversity. C) Produces trees of different species. D) Produces trees of different ages. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Produces a monoculture. 27. When ore is removed in layers by removing the soil that is on top. A) Open Pit Mining. B) Oil Derricks. C) Strip Mining. D) Fracking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Strip Mining. 28. In which of the following years the Project Tiger launched? A) 1973. B) 2009. C) 1993. D) 1951. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1973. 29. What is "The rise in the earth's average temperature as more heat is trapped in the atmosphere" ? A) Biodiversity. B) Greenhouse effect. C) Soil erosion. D) Enhanced greenhouse effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Enhanced greenhouse effect. 30. What is/are possible method/s to use in assessing economic benefits of forest products? A) Productivity Method. B) Market Based Method. C) Benefit-Transfer Method. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPaper 1 QuizzesUgc Net QuizzesForests Quiz 1Forests Quiz 3Forests Quiz 4Forests Quiz 5Forests Quiz 6Forests Quiz 7Forests Quiz 8Forests Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books