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Post NameMANAGER
DepartmentKERALA STATE FOREST DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
Question Paper Code087/2017/OL
Category Code438/2016
Date of Test31 October 2017
Medium of QuestionENGLISH
Exam TypeOnline Examination
Total Questions100
1
Which of the following leader is not belong to 1921 Malabar Rebellion ?
Answer
A. Mamburam Thangal
2
Constituent Assembly formed by the provisions of _____________ plan.
Answer
B. Cabinet Mission Plan
3
Who is the Sports Minister of Kerala State ?
Answer
D. A.C. Moideen
4
Who published 'Hortus Indicus Malabaricuss' the encyclopaedia on Indian botany ?
Answer
C. Dutch
5
Which is the first complete news channel in Malayalam ?
Answer
B. India Vision
6
Who is the author of Malayalam novel, 'Barsa' ?
Answer
C. Dr. Kadeeja Mumthaz
7
Who is the Vice Chancellor of Malayalam University ?
Answer
D. Dr.K.Jayakumar
8
In which district situates the 'Kadampuzha temple' famous for 'Muttarukkal' ?
Answer
A. Malappuram
9
Which is the largest Constitution in the World ?
Answer
A. Indian
10
Which is the novel written by Ambikasudan Mangad based on real story of 'Endosulfan' victims of Kasargod district ?
Answer
D. Enmakaje
11
'Kudumbasree' firstly introduced in which district ?
Answer
C. Alappuzha
12
Who led the 'Savarnajatha' ?
Answer
B. Mannath Padmanabhan
13
Who is the first President of Travancore State Congress ?
Answer
A. Pattam Thanu Pillai
14
Who is the founder of 'Swadeshabhimani' daily ?
Answer
B. Vakkom Abdul Kader Moulavi
15
Who is the author of 'Dhyanasallapangal' ?
Answer
B. Mar Kuriakose Elias Chavara
16
Who led the Kurichia Revolt of 1812 ?
Answer
D. Rama Nambi
17
Expand 'ICDS'
Answer
C. Integrated Child Development Scheme
18
Which is the first tourism village of Kerala ?
Answer
A. Kumbalangi
19
Which is the first political drama in Malayalam ?
Answer
D. Pattabakki
20
Which is the Malayalam novel jointly written by N.P.Mohamed and M.T.Vasudevan Nair ?
Answer
B. Avabipponnu
21
The variation in wood strength depends on the microfibrillar angle of cellulose located in ___________ layer.
Answer
B. S2
22
The reaction wood of conifers is called
Answer
C. Compression
23
First paper mill in India was set up in
Answer
A. 1862
24
______________ is used in the Non Destructive Testing of wood.
Answer
C. Both
25
The scientific name of Konkan bamboo is ___________
Answer
A. Dendrocalamus stocksii
26
White dammar is obtained from
Answer
A. Vateria indica
27
Salai gum is obtained from
Answer
B. Boswellia serrata
28
The tree known as Blue gum
Answer
C. Eucalyptus globulus
29
Flowering in bamboos is
Answer
D. All of these
30
World Forestry Day is on
Answer
A. March 21
31
Hypsometers are used for the measurement of
Answer
B. Height
32
The volume table used for the teak in India
Answer
B. MR Nair
33
Quarter girth formula is used to measure the _____ of the timber.
Answer
A. Volume
34
The height of the bole from the ground level up to the point where average diameter over bark is 20 cm.
Answer
B. Standard Timber Bole
35
The Spiegel relaskop developed by ___________ is essentially used for measurement of basal area of crops.
Answer
B. Bitterlich
36
Huber's formula requires the measurement of ___________ cross-sectional area of a log.
Answer
A. Mid
37
The portion of the tree stem or log which is unmerchantable is called
Answer
A. Cull
38
Majority of sample plots in India are rectangular
Answer
D. Rectangular
39
____________ resolution in remotely sensed data is defined as the amount of energy required to increase a pixel value by one quantisation level or 'count'.
Answer
B. Radiometric
40
The relationship between the growth rates of two organs of an individual
Answer
A. Allometry
41
First Inspector General of India forests
Answer
B. Deitrich Brandis
42
Forests were included in the concurrent list under 42nd Amendment of
Answer
B. 1976
43
Stump planting in teak was developed by
Answer
C. Bourdillon
44
Kerala Forest Research Institute is lcoated in
Answer
A. Thrissur
45
Taiga forests are also known as
Answer
A. Boreal forests
46
_______________ are cropland left without crops for periods ranging from one season to several years.
Answer
B. Fallows
47
Taungya system was introduced into India by
Answer
B. Brandis
48
Agroforestry systems where the use of land is directed towards satisfying basic needs and is managed mostly by the owner and his family
Answer
A. Subsistence
49
An example of mixed sparse stand in Agroforestry is
Answer
B. Trees on farm boundaries
50
Key features of Agroforestry design and diagnosis
Answer
D. All of these
51
Vana Mahotsav was started in India on __________ by K.M. Munshy.
Answer
A. 1950
52
_____________ are strips of trees and or shrubs planted to protect fields, homes cannels or other areas from wind and blowing soil or sand.
Answer
B. Wind break
53
Vegetation can control the effect of winds by
Answer
D. All of these
54
The term social forestry was coined by
Answer
D. Westoby
55
The nitrogen fixation is non-leguminous trees like Casuarina is effected by
Answer
A. Frankia
56
Alley cropping is also called
Answer
B. Hedge row intercropping
57
The BCR should be greater than ____________ at agroforestry, then only it can be considered worthy.
Answer
B. 1
58
Homegardens can also be called as
Answer
B. Multitier system
59
____________ forestry which is defined as the practice of forestry with the object of developing or maintaining a forest of high scenic value.
Answer
A. Aesthetic
60
______________ is used to produce the knot free timber.
Answer
C. Pruning
61
The concept that the trees in agroforestry systems are capable of recycling soil nutrients that leach down the crop rooting zone is called ______________ hypothesis.
Answer
A. Safety net
62
The sal (Shorea robusta) wood borer is
Answer
B. Hoplocerambys spinicornis
63
Teak leaf skeltoniser is
Answer
C. Eutectona macharalis
64
Die back of seedlings is common in
Answer
D. Sal
65
The scientific name of Kail is
Answer
A. Pinus wallichiana
66
_____________ frost is defined as a frost produced by cold air brought from elsewhere.
Answer
D. Advective
67
______________ is defined as a year 'in which a given species produces abundant first year seedlings'.
Answer
B. Seedling year
68
________ is the coppice arising from the stool or a living stump.
Answer
C. Stool
69
____________ is defined as 'the time that elapses between successive main fellings on the same area'.
Answer
A. Felling cycle
70
____________ is an example of solid bamboo.
Answer
A. Dendrocalamus strictus
71
Soil ____________ is define as the arrangement of individual soil particles into aggregates of definite size and shape.
Answer
B. Structure
72
Alternate wetting and drying is the most common seed pretreament
Answer
A. Teak
73
The International Seed Testing Association (ISTA) was started in the year
Answer
C. 1924
74
Foundation seed tag colour is
Answer
A. White
75
The percent, by number, of seeds in a given sample which germinate up to the time of peak germination, is called
Answer
C. Germination energy
76
In Tetrazolium test, living cells are stained red by the reduction of a colourless tetrazolium salt to form a _______ formazan.
Answer
A. Red
77
Germination in which the cotyledons remain in the seed below the ground while the epicotyl elongates
Answer
B. Hypogeal
78
The seed that cannot be dried to lower moisture content and kept at low temperature is called
Answer
C. Recalcitrant
79
In Coniferous species ____________ soil is good for nursery raising.
Answer
A. Acidic
80
Example of nursery managed without any irrigation is
Answer
B. Rab nursery
81
___________ involves covering moist soil with a transparent plastic film and exposing it to the sun.
Answer
D. Solarisation
82
Planting time of teak for the stump production is
Answer
A. April-May
83
Commonly used nitrogen fertilizer in the nursery
Answer
C. Urea
84
Teak defoliator can be effectively controlled by
Answer
C. NPV
85
Felling done in an immature stand without permanently breaking the canopy is called
Answer
A. Thinning
86
__________ are used to produce plants with fibrous root system without root coiling.
Answer
D. Root trainer
87
Working plans are normally prepared for a period of 10 years
Answer
C. 10
88
The concept of ___________ yield envisages raising the productivity of soil, and of the crop, by silvicultural treatments, judicious tending, enrichment of the forest by changing the corp composition and by replacement of the original inferior forest by valuable forest species.
Answer
B. Progressive yield
89
__________ are used for root induction in cuttings.
Answer
A. Auxin
90
Wildlife Protection Act was enacted in the country in the year
Answer
C. 1972
91
World Environment Day is celebrated on
Answer
A. June 5
92
The first community reserve of Kerala
Answer
D. Kadalundi-Vallikunnu
93
Corbet National Park is situated in
Answer
D. Uttarakhand
94
The concept of carbon trading was first envisaged as part of
Answer
A. CDM
95
The headquarters of World Agroforestry Center is located at
Answer
A. Kenya
96
Arid Forest Research Institute is located at
Answer
D. Jodhpur
97
Pollination by wind is called
Answer
A. Anemophily
98
Double helical model of DNA was suggested by Watson and Crick
Answer
D. Watson and Crick
99
A monosomic is an individual that lacks one chromosome of the normal complement of somatic cells
Answer
A. Monosomic
100
A tree that has been shown by progeny testing to produce superior offsprings
Answer
A. Elite tree

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