This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Environment > Forests – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Forests Quiz 3 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The Asian cheetah was declared extinct in India in the year: A) 2010. B) 1951. C) 1952. D) 1975. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1952. 2. The clearing of a forest and its replacement by another land use is called A) Deforestation. B) Timber-harvesting. C) Clear-cutting. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deforestation. 3. The main goal of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act is to A) Prevent prescribed burning. B) Prevent erosion and soil damage. C) Prevent salvage logging. D) Make forests less fire-prone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Make forests less fire-prone. 4. Which of the following birds do not fall in the category of Critical species? A) Peacock. B) Forest spotted owl. C) Mountain quail. D) Pink headed duck. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pink headed duck. 5. The logging method of harvesting in which up to 70% of trees are cut, leaving small patches of old growth standing to provide seeds for regeneration. A) Clearcut. B) Shelterwood. C) Selective. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shelterwood. 6. If a wood product is certified by the Forest Stewardship Council, it was produced A) Using sustainable methods. B) From trees grown on a plantation. C) From recycled materials. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Using sustainable methods. 7. Here we can see deep root trees. A) Tropical deciduous forests. B) Tropical evergreen forests. C) Desert forests. D) Mountain forests. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Desert forests. 8. A naturally occurring solid material from which a metal or valuable mineral can be profitably extracted. A) Water. B) Minerals. C) Ore. D) Oil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ore. 9. Which tree is taken as example in the topic "industries based on forest" ? A) Hemlock trees. B) Kejri trees. C) Pine trees. D) Teak tress. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Teak tress. 10. Which of these tree growing forest are found in the USA? A) Boreal. B) Tropical. C) Temperate. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 11. Which statement describes a tropical forest? A) Found near equator. B) Found across the lower 48 states. C) Faound in far north. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Found near equator. 12. Renewable resources include soil, fresh water, wild animals, and A) Minerals. B) Coal. C) Timber. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Timber. 13. Which one of the following is an example of normal species? A) Rodent. B) Sangai. C) Blue sheep. D) Black buck. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rodent. 14. Connect habitat fragments enabling once-isolated populations to interbreed A) Wildlife over passes. B) Wildlife corss walks. C) Wildlife corridors. D) Wildlife tunnels. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wildlife corridors. 15. What are some of the deciduous trees? A) Kikar and Babul. B) Teak, Sal and Sandalwood. C) None of the above. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Teak, Sal and Sandalwood. 16. Which method of timber harvesting is likely to lead to a greater amount of deforestation in an area? A) Clear-cutting. B) Shelterwood approach. C) Seed-tree approach. D) Selection system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clear-cutting. 17. Which method of harvesting trees is the most dangerous for loggers A) Clear cutting. B) Seed-Tree. C) Selection System. D) Shelterwood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Selection System. 18. What are forest mainly cut for? A) Wood. B) Fruits. C) Non of these. D) All of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wood. 19. The Himalayan brown bear is an example of: A) Rare species. B) Vulnerable species. C) Endemic species. D) Extinct species. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rare species. 20. Which of the following is not a way that a forest can remain healthy? A) Burning. B) Prevention of burning, harvesting, insects, diseases, or calamities. C) Insects, disease, or a calamity. D) Harvesting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prevention of burning, harvesting, insects, diseases, or calamities. 21. A Dam is very important because it A) Comes in different types. B) Causes flooding. C) Supplies water to homes and industries. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Supplies water to homes and industries. 22. Which one of the following is an example of endemic species A) Desert Fox. B) Hornbill. C) Andaman teal. D) Gangetic dolphin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Andaman teal. 23. JFM depends on the formation of ..... that undertake protection activities mostly on degraded forest land managed by the forest department A) Local (village) institutions. B) District level institutions. C) National bodies. D) State managed institutions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Local (village) institutions. 24. What is it called when a replanted forest has no diversity? A) Pop culture. B) Silviculture. C) Monoculture. D) Bioculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Monoculture. 25. Which method of harvesting trees reduces biodiversity the most A) Seed-Tree. B) Selection System. C) Clear cutting. D) Shelterwood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clear cutting. 26. Which one of the following reserves is seriously threatened by the ongoing dolomite mining? A) The Manas Reserve. B) The Buxa Tiger Rserve. C) The Rhino Project. D) The Sariska Tiger Reserve. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Buxa Tiger Rserve. 27. What type of harvest cutting results in an all-aged forest that produces income and better long-term yield? A) Clear. B) Selective. C) Coppice. D) Shelterwood. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Selective. 28. Which set of conditions would produce the least intense prescribed burn? A) Hot day with less than 10 mph winds. B) Cold day with more than 10 mph winds. C) Cold day with less than 10 mph winds. D) Hot day with more than 10 mph winds. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cold day with less than 10 mph winds. 29. Global warming caused by A) Cold gases. B) Oxygen. C) Hydrogen. D) Green house gases. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Green house gases. 30. Which element of a prescribed burn is generally the safest, coolest, and slowest method of control burning, and involves a fire that burns into the wind? A) Head fire. B) Flank fire. C) Backfire. D) Fire break. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Backfire. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPaper 1 QuizzesUgc Net QuizzesForests Quiz 1Forests Quiz 2Forests Quiz 4Forests Quiz 5Forests Quiz 6Forests Quiz 7Forests Quiz 8Forests Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books