This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Environment > Forests – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Forests Quiz 5 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The science or practice of planting, managing, and caring for forests. A) Silviculture. B) Reforestation. C) Forestry. D) Deforestation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Forestry. 2. Fire suppression can result in a(n) A) An increase in the jack pine population. B) Increase in animal habitats. C) Decrease in property damage. D) Buildup of material that fuels future fires. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Buildup of material that fuels future fires. 3. What percent of earths land animals and plants live in forests? A) 65%. B) 90%. C) 70%. D) 50%. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 70%. 4. These trees and plants do not shed their leaves throughout the year are. A) Mangrove forests. B) Tropical evergreen forests. C) Mountain forests. D) Tropical deciduous forests. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tropical evergreen forests. 5. An area reserved to protect forest and wildlife. A) National Park. B) Sacred groves. C) Amusement parks. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) National Park. 6. Clear cutting is a harvesting method in which A) Trees that provide shelter to seedlings are left uncut. B) Only some mature trees in an area are cut. C) Only immature trees in an area are cut. D) All of the trees in an area are cut. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the trees in an area are cut. 7. A technique sometimes used in forest management, farming, or prairie restoration to improve habitat and reduce wildfire risk. A) Clear Cutting. B) Controlled Burn. C) Selective Cutting. D) Thinning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Controlled Burn. 8. 1. Which forests are also known as 'Parnapati forest'? A) Tropical deciduous forests. B) Mountain forests. C) . Desert forests. D) Mangrove forests. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tropical deciduous forests. 9. The trees of these forests Maintain greenery through the year. A) Tropical deciduous forests. B) Mangrove forests. C) Tropical evergreen forests. D) Mountain forests. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tropical evergreen forests. 10. Which one of the following is not a direct outcome of environmental destruction? A) Biological loss. B) Loss of cultural diversity. C) Severe droughts. D) River Valley Projects. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Severe droughts. 11. Sustainable forest management must include which of the following? A) Environmental benefits. B) Social benefits. C) Economic benefits. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 12. In which year 'National Forest Policy' was implemented? A) Sa sa year 1952. B) Year 2002. C) Year 1992. D) Year 1948. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sa sa year 1952. 13. Most of the worlds remaining forests are either boreal forests or A) Deciduous forests. B) Temperate forest. C) Tropical rain forest. D) Tree plantations. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tropical rain forest. 14. Which forest region is limited to the southern tip of Florida and is considered unimportant commercially, but is very important ecologically? A) Bottomland Hardwoods forest. B) Central Broad-leaved forest. C) Tropical forest. D) Southern forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tropical forest. 15. Which of the following is not an economical benefit of Forests A) Coffee, cocoa, fruits. B) Trees for lumber. C) Air purification. D) Medicinal values. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Air purification. 16. Biotic resources are gathered from the biosphere or may be grown. Select the correct examples of biotic resources. A) Petroleum, Reptiles and Gold. B) Fish, bauxite and Corn. C) Sand Silver Sulfur. D) Birds, plants and Cotton. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Birds, plants and Cotton. 17. Smokey the Bear's message resulted in A) An increased number of forest fires. B) An increase in carbon dioxide in the air. C) Suppression of forest fires. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Suppression of forest fires. 18. Florida forest cover almost ..... of Florida's 35.7 million acres. A) 50%. B) 20%. C) 10%. D) 40%. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 50%. 19. Economic benefits cannot be used in making decision 2. Economic benefits can assess the market failure Which statement/s is/are false? A) 1 only. B) 2 only. C) Both 1 and 2. D) Neither 1 nor 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both 1 and 2. 20. Depletion of ozone is exposing life on earth to harmful ..... from the sun. A) Gamma rays. B) X rays. C) IR rays. D) UV rays. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) UV rays. 21. In which of the following year was the Indian wildlife (protection) Act implemented? A) 1972. B) 1962. C) 1999. D) 1992. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1972. 22. Which state of India has the most forests? A) Madhya Pradesh. B) Bihar. C) Kerala. D) Mizoram. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Madhya Pradesh. 23. How much forest is lost every minute? A) 20 football fields. B) 20 feet. C) 20 centimenters. D) 20 inches. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 20 football fields. 24. Of the 30% of forested land, how much of that land is covered by rainforest? A) 30%. B) 16%. C) 20%. D) 6%. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 6%. 25. What is overgrazing? A) When beavers create a structure that keeps water from flowing through. B) When humans put toxic chemicals in the water. C) When herd animals (like cows) over graze or eat too much from the land. D) When people throw seeds all over the land. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When herd animals (like cows) over graze or eat too much from the land. 26. In regards to forest management planning, which practice is the least sustainable? A) Long-term resources analysis. B) Ongoing forest inventory. C) Harvesting without trend analysis. D) Use of a geographic information system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Harvesting without trend analysis. 27. What is a resource that can be replenished when used through natural or human processes. A) Regenerating Resource. B) Conservative Resource. C) Renewable Resource. D) Non Renewable Resource. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Renewable Resource. 28. The removal of snags following a fire is called A) Salvage logging. B) Sustainable forestry. C) Prescribed burning. D) Monoculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Salvage logging. 29. Which of these are reasons to plant trees? A) Lower temperature and increase oxygen. B) Improve appearance and prevent erosion. C) Provide habitats and improve soil health. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 30. Prescribed burns targeted for fuel reduction are best performed in what season? A) Fall. B) Winter. C) Spring. D) Summer. 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