Kerala PSC Forestry Previous Question Paper – 072/2015

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1. CIFOR

3. CITES

4. FSC |

5. IDS

B. Fillin the blanks:

6. According to State of Forest Report 2013, the total forest cover of the country is

—__—__——% of the total geographic area of the country.

y 2 Forests which are regenerated from seed are called —————_ forests.

8. IPCC

9. Quarter girth formula used to estimate the timber volume is also known as ———————
| ; rule.

10. Reaction wood which is formed on the upper side of the angiosperms is known as

11. ‘Teak (Tectona grandis) belongs to family ———————.

d [P.T.0.]
|

12. The distance between ground level and Crown Point of a tree is called ———_____,

13. The entire opening between two adjacent teeth in a saw is called ———_____.

14. The probability of committing a Type I error is called ————__.

15. The scientific name of teak sketloniser ig ————__—_. ; |

16. The subdivision of Ecology which deals with the study of an individual organism, life history
of an organism and its response to environment is called ———..

17. The term social forestry was coined by —————__, .

18. The type of flowering in bamboos in which either a few culms in a clump or a few clumps in a
locality flowers is called ————____

19. The type of mimicry where a palatable species adopts warning characteristics of typical
| harmful one is called —__—____.

20. Who started the vanamhotsava ————____.
C. Choose the correct answer :

21. Skewness is a measure of

22. During the diameter measurement of trees, when the tree is forked above the breast height,
it is counted as ———_—_____ trees

23. Local volume tables are generally based on

24. With regard to seasoning, wood of Mangifera indica is an example of

25. ‘The declaration of first Community Reserve in Kerala (Kadalundi-Vallikunnu) was in ‘the
year ,

26. The size of the standard nursery bed is

27. In alley cropping system the trees are planted on
;

28. ——__———— is species first in importance in a mixed stand either by frequency, volume or
silvicultural value, or the species to which the silviculture of a mixed forest is primarily
directed.

29. World forestry day is celebrated on .

30. World environment day is celebrated on

31. Describe the nursery management of Teak (Tectona grandis). .

32. Role of forests in climate change mitigation.

33. Describe the various forest types seen in Kerala.

34. Briefly explain the manufacture of plywood.

35. Deseribe the importance of mangroves. Briefly explain the major threats to mangrove
ecosystem.

36. What is forest certification? Describe the forest certification scenario in India.

37. Target seedling concept

38. What are the major causes of deforestation?