Question

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

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

Answer 1

Answer: (A), (B), (D)

Forest officials replanted the cleared area, so that the trees or plants could be grown and cut down again, once they reached maturity.

The forest department planned the amount of trees to be cut every year and the type of trees needed to be planted. Thus, natural forests were cut down to make way for plantations. The forest officials prioritised the plantation of cash crops such as indigo over food crops.