Scientific Forestry

Q. The Indian Forest Service was set up in which year?

1. 1800
2. 1879
3. 1864
4. 1860

Q. The Imperial Forest Research Institute set up at Dehradun in 1906 taught the forest system known as:

1. Perma forestry
2. Community forestry
3. Agroforestry
4. Scientific forestry

Q. Brandis set up the Indian Forest Service in:

1. 1869
2. 1864
3. 1867
4. 1868

Q. The system of scientific forestry stands for:

1. Disappearance of forests
2. System of cutting old trees and plant new ones
3. System whereby the local farmers were allowed to cultivate temporarily within a plantation
4. Division of forest into three categories

Q. The Indian Forest Act of 1865 was amended in which of the following years?

1. 1878
2. 1930
3. 1920
4. 1870

Q. The Imperial Forest Research Institute was set up in which of the following places?

1. Bombay
2. Dehradun
3. Madras
4. Lucknow

Q. The amendment to the Forest Act in 1878 divided forests into how many categories?

1. Four
2. Two
3. Three
4. Five

Q. How did the Forest department enforce scientific forestry in India?

1. Forest officials estimated the area under different types of trees in the natural forests.
2. Forest officials created a working plan to determine the portions of forests to be cut down.
3. Forest officials prioritised the plantation of food crops over cash crops.
4. Forest officials replanted the cleared area, so that the trees or plants could be grown and cut down again, once they reached maturity.

Q. Based on the statements given below, select the most suitable option.
Statement 1: Scientific Forestry is systematic planting of trees that have commercial value.
Statement 2: Dietrich Brandis, a German expert, set up the Indian Forest Service in India in the year 1864.

1. Both statements 1 and 2 are correct
2. Only statement 1 is correct.
3. Only statement 2 is correct.
4. Both statements 1 and 2 are incorrect.

Q. The Indian Forest Service was set up in which year?

1. 1800
2. 1879
3. 1864
4. 1860

Q. Villagers were allowed to gather resources from forests that were under the category.

1. protected
2. village
3. reserved
4. unprotected

Q. The Imperial Forest Research Institute was set up in which of the following places?

1. Bombay
2. Dehradun
3. Madras
4. Lucknow

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what do you know about scientific forests?

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8. Which of the following were the best forests?(a) Reserved Forests (b) Village forests(c) Protected Forests (d) Deciduous forests

Q. Which of the following is/are the measure(s) taken by the forest department to enforce scientific forestry in India?

1. Forest officials estimated the area under different types of trees in the natural forests.
2. Forest officials created a working plan to determine the portions of forests to be cut down.
3. Forest officials prioritised the plantation of food crops over cash crops.
4. Forest officials replanted the cleared area, so that the trees or plants could be grown and cut down again, once they reached maturity.

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When was The Indian forest Act was amended ?

Q. Arrange the following steps that were carried out for scientific forestry in the correct order.

1. Felling trees
2. Surveying forest
3. Forest Management
4. Replanting

Q. The amendment to the Forest Act in 1878 divided forests into how many categories?

1. Four
2. Two
3. Three
4. Five

Q. Bindhu lives near the forest. She goes everyday to pick leaves and branches to use in the kitchen as firewood. But after the year 1865, she has often been stopped and treated badly when she goes to the forests by officials. Why was she being stopped?

1. She was foraging in village forests.
2. She was foraging in reserved forests.
3. She was foraging in the British private land.
4. All of the above.

Q. Villagers were allowed to gather resources from forests that were under the category.

1. protected
2. village
3. reserved
4. unprotected

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WHO STARTED INDIAN FOREST SERVICE AND WHEN

Q. After the 1878 amendment of the Indian Forest Act, which of the following is not a forest category?

1. Reserved Forests
2. Protected Forests
3. Village Forests
4. Unreserved Forests

Q. 'X' was involved with forests and its resources. 'X' also pioneered the research and application of a certain type of practice which garnered wide popularity in British India.
Who is 'X'?

1. Dietrich Brandis
2. Amrita Devi Bishnoi
3. Cyril Beeson
4. Hugh Cleghorn

Q. Identify the person. He became the first Inspector General of Forests in India. He helped the British formulate the Indian Forest Act of 1865.

1. Dietrich Brandis
2. George Nathaniel Curzon
3. Sir John Lawrence
4. George Robinson

Q. Arrange the following steps that were carried out for scientific forestry in the correct order.

1. Felling trees
2. Surveying forest
3. Forest Management
4. Replanting

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what are the differences between the reserved forests and the protected forests?

Q. In scientific forestry , can the type of plantation be considered as good forest management ?