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1. A regeneration survey is generally carried out at the time of :
(1) Revision of working plan
(2) To prepare stock map
(3) Both
(4) None of these

2. A consumer spends his income according to law of :
(1) Increasing cost
(2) Total utility
(3) Decreasing cost
(4) Equi-marginal utility

3. In forest management, which one of these not belonged to ‘Trinity of Norms’ ?
(1) Normal regeneration
(2) Normal series of age gradation
(3) Normal growing stock
(4) Normal increment :

4. In Indian Forest Act, the reserved forests are declared as per Section no. :
(1) 13
(2) 20
(3) 26
(4) 28

5. What is the colour given for cutting or embankment area ?
(1) Blue
(2) Gamboge
(3) Green
(4) Black

6. Mono-climax theory was proposed by
(1) Aubreville
(2) Clements
(3) Whittaker
(4) Brandis

7. The Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, contains a total number of chapters and sections in it respectively :
(1) VI and 60
(2) VII and 66
(3) VIII and 66
(4) V and 55

8. Numerical value of quadrantal bearing cannot be more than :
(1) 120°
(2) 90°
(3) 60°
(4) 30°

9. National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) is located at
(1) Dehradun
(2) Bhopal
(3) Hyderabad
(4) Kolkata

10. The crop produced in The Indian Irregular Shelterwood System is generally :
(1) Even-aged
(2) Uneven-aged
(3) Earlier uneven than even-aged
(4) None of these

11. The surveys done for laying out of roads, streets, drainage channels, water pipe etc. :
(1) City survey
(2) Engineering survey
(3) Cadastral survey
(4) Topographical survey

12. Identify defoliator that cause damage to Dalbergia sissoo
(1) Plecoptera reflexa
(2) Tonica niviferana
(3) Hapalia machaeralis
(4) Hypsipyla robusta

13. To create tree consciousness and generate enough enthusiasm among the people to undertake organised tree planting started as “Van Mahotsava” in the year :
(1) 1929
(2) 1952
(3) 1950
(4) 1988

14. The source of Keora oil is :
(1) Valeriana officinale
(2) Pandanus tectorius
(3) Saussuria lappa
(4) Cymbopogon martini

15. Choose incorrect answer from the following :
(1) Technical rotation is generally adopted by industrial plantation.
(2) Silviculture rotation is used in management of aesthetic and recreational forests.
(3) Physical rotation provides maximum net returns’ over invested capital.
(4) Mean annual increment is used in rotation of maximum volume production.

16. A territorial unit of a forest permanently defined for purposes of administration & record and is the smallest permanent unit of management in working plan :
(1) Block
(2) Coupes
(3) Compartment
(4) Working circle

17. What percent (%) of Nitrogen is present in the atmosphere ?
(1) 78%
(2) 0.03%
(3) 20%
(4) 0.93%

18. Based on temporal arrangement, taungya system is considered under
(1) Concomitant
(2) Interpolated
(3) Coincident
(4) Intermittent

19. A written scheme of management aiming at continuity of policy and action and controlling the treatment of a forest, is called :
(1) Management plan
(2) Working plan
(3) Silvicultural system
(4) Compartment description

20. Which of the following is example of commensalism ?
(1) Lianas
(2) Mycorrhizae
(3) Browsing
(4) Pollination

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21. Identify tree species, which is used for extraction of oil as Phulwara butter.
(1) Calophyllum inophyllum
(2) Garcinia indica
(3) Madhuca butyraceae
(4) Pongamia pinnata

22. On the basis of hardness, timbers can be grouped in which class :
(1) Soft to very soft
(2) Moderately hard
(3) Hard to very hard
(4) All of these

23. Which of the following wood species has Kutcha-Pukka heartwood ?
(1) Picea Smithiana
(2) Bombax Ceiba
(3) Shorea Robusta
(4) Ficus Spp

24. Select a component which is not belonged to objectives of social forestry programme ?
(1) Farm forestry
(2) Community forestry
(3) Ecosystem services
(4) Rehabilitation of degraded forest area

25. The term Ethnobotany was first applied in the year 1895, by :
(1) Schultes
(2) Faulks
(3) Harshberger
(4) Strasberger

26. The ratio of stress to strain is known as :
(1) Modulus of Rupture
(2) Elastic limit
(3) Deformation
(4) Modulus of Elasticity

27. For the first time, the term ‘social forestry’ was used by .
(1) P.K.R. Nair
(2) A.P. Dwivedi
(3) J. Westoby
(4) B.S. Chundawat

28. The quantity actually offered for sale at a certain price is called :
(1) Stock
(2) Supply
(3) Cross supply
(4) Demand

29. Which of the following wood species has interlocked grain ?
(1) Sal
(2) Haldu
(3) Teak
(4) Chir

30. Which of the following wood preservatives are used as organic solvent ?
(1) Mercuric chloride & copper sulphate
(2) Naphthenic acid & Pentachlorophenol
(3) Coal tar & wood tar
(4) Ascu & Celcure

31. The most common. type of Mycorrhizae found in the species of Pines and Oaks are :
(1) Ectomycorrhizae
(2) Endomycorrhizae
(3) Zoochlorellae
(4) None of these

32. When was “The Rajasthan Forest Act” enacted ?
(1) 1950
(2) 1949
(3) 1953
(4) 1951

33. Identify ring porous wood from the following list :
(1) Adina cardifolia
(2) Toona ciliate
(3) Dalbergia latifolia
(4) Santalum album

34. The producer and produce (Principal and interest) are not separate in case of :
(1) Forestry
(2) Agriculture
(3) Industries
(4) None of these

35. National Board for Wildlife was constituted under which Section of Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 ?
(1) Section-6B
(2) Section-6A
(3) Section-5A
(4) Section-5B

36. In which part of Rajasthan, the southern dry mixed deciduous forests (i.e. Type-5A/C2) are distributed ?
(1) Jhalawar
(2) Mount Abu
(3) Bharatpur
(4) Alwar

37. In case of kiln seasoning, how many kiln drying schedules have been standardized for Indian timbers :
(1) 4
(2) 5
(3) 7
(4) 6

38. According to Raunkiaer (1934), if frequency % is 61-80, then frequency class is :
(1) E
(2) A
(3) C
(4) D

39. DNA fingerprinting was developed by :
(1) Francis Crick
(2) Khorana
(3) Alec Jeffrey
(4) James Watson

40. The point at which supply and demand curve intersects :
(1) Isoquant point
(2) Engle curve
(3) Equilibrium point
(4) None of these

41. Which one of the statements is false ?
(1) Keora oil is obtained from flowers of Pandanus tectorius
(2) Lac is an example for plant resin
(3) Khus oil is also known as vetiver oil
(4) Annato dye is obtained from seeds of Bixa orellana

42. The transfer of carbon (for example : from atmosphere to forest) from one carbon pool to another in units of measurement of mass per unit area and time (tc ha-1 yr-1) is called :
(1) Carbon neutral
(2) Carbon source
(3) Carbon pool
(4) Carbon flux

43. Another name for alley cropping system is :
(1) Block plantation
(2) Wind Break
(3) Shelter Belt
(4) Hedge Row Intercropping

44. Act is enacted to stop the transfer of forest lands to non-forest activities.
(1) Indian Forest Act, 1927
(2) Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980
(3) Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972
(4) Biological Diversity Act, 2002

45. Based on nature of components, the shelterbelts and windbreaks come under which type of agroforestry system :
(1) Silvipastoral systems
(2) Agrisilvicultural systems
(3) Agrisilvipastoral systems
(4) Other systems

46. What are the major crops of arid regions of India ?
(1) Millet, Sorghum and Khejri
(2) Apple and Chestnut
(3) Bael and Siris
(4) Kachnar and Amla

47. Which one of the policies deals with need of sustained supply of timber and other forest produce for productive function in the country ?
(1) National Forest Policy, 1894
(2) National Forest Policy, 1952
(3) National Forest Policy, 1988
(4) Rajasthan State Forest Policy, 2010

48. Agroforestry Diagnosis and design concept was developed by :
(1) ICRAF, Kenya
(2) ICFRE, Dehradun
(3) CAZRI, Jodhpur
(4) CAFRI, Jhansi

49. What is the best time for the seed collection of Dalbergia sissoo ?
(1) October — November
(2) December — February
(3) May — June
(4) April — May

50. Viviparopus germination is a peculiar characteristics that mostly seen in
(1) Conifer species
(2) Mangrove species
(3) Wet evergreen species
(4) Garcinia species