Introduction to Forestry Midterm Exam Paper 20XX PDF

## DEPARTMENT OF AGRONOMY BIRSA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, RANCHI **Mid-term examination Semester-I** **Time:** 1 hr. **Course:** Introduction to Forestry **Roll No:** AGGo423 29 **Batch:** - **Name:** - **Marks:** 30 **(8 x 1 = 8.0)** ### Fill in the blanks with appropriate words:- Attempt any 8...

## DEPARTMENT OF AGRONOMY BIRSA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, RANCHI **Mid-term examination Semester-I** **Time:** 1 hr. **Course:** Introduction to Forestry **Roll No:** AGGo423 29 **Batch:** - **Name:** - **Marks:** 30 **(8 x 1 = 8.0)** ### Fill in the blanks with appropriate words:- Attempt any 8 questions- 1. The __Policy__ was enunciated (decided) in 1952 as per which 33.33% of land should be under forest for proper ecological balance. 2. In tropical wet evergreen forest due to high heat and humidity, the trees of these forest do not __grow together__. 3. The two examples of pollarding with their respective regions are ___. 4. Protected forests are legal terms for an area subjected to limited degrees of protection under the provision of __Indian Forest Act__. 5. __Girth, diameter__ and a basal area of standing trees in India, it is almost universally adopted as the standard height for measuring the __m__. 6. __Silviculture__ is the branch of forestry which deals with the establishment, development, acre and reproduction of stands of timber given by ___. 7. The plant species of tropical wet evergreen forest or rain forest are ___. 8. The mixture of seawater and fresh water in estuaries is called as ___. Taung means __ and ya means __ and its salinity can range from __ ppt. 9. The __Taungya__ is a collective name for land-use systems involving trees combined with crops and/or animals on the same unit of land. 10. __ has classified the agroforestry systems based on the following four criteria ___. 11. The production of woody plants combined with pasture is referred to ___. 12. __. **(8 x 1 = 8.0)** ### Multiple Choice Questions:- Attempt any 8 questions. 1. Father of Indian forest or better known as father of tropical forestry is a) Dietrich Brandis b) Dedrick Brandis c) Diedrich Brandis d) Derick Brandis 2. When certain plants or seedling are cut from near ground level, they produce a flush of fresh shoots. This is known as a) Coppicing b) Pricking c) Felling d) Deforestation 3. The area of the cross section of a stem at breast height, when applied to a crop, the sum of basal areas of allthe stems or the total basal areas per unit area is a) Bole b) Breast height c) Basal area d) Basal diameter 4. The gradual replacement of one community by another in the development of vegetation towards a climax. a) Stand b) Scrub c) Shrubs d) Succession 5. Clonalseed orchards raised by grafting clones of superior trees on a) 2-3 years old seedlings b) 3-4 year sold seedlings c) 4-5 years old seedlings d) 5-6 years old seedlings 6. __ is a wide zone of trees, shrubs and grasses, planted in rows, usually at right angles to the direction of the prevailing winds. Its aims are a) To deflect the air current b) To reduce the velocity of prevailing winds c) To provide general protection d) All of them 7. Casuarina is the most popular farm forestry in the states of a) Andhra Pradesh b) Kerala c) Madhya Pradesh d) Chota Nagpur Plateau 8. The annual temperature of tropical wet evergreen forest or rain forest is about a) 25°-27° C b) 27°-28° C c) 30-32° C d) 34°-36° C 9. Cropland left without crops for periods ranging from one season to several years is a) Fallow b) Shifting cultivation c) Crop rotation d) None of these 10. Cropping which involves managing rows of closely planted (within row) woody plants annual crops planted in alleys in between hedges. a) Alley cropping b) Inter cropping c) Mixed cropping d) Monocropping 11. Strips of trees and/or shrubs planted to protect fields, homes, canals or other areas from wind and blowing soil or sand is a) Agrisilvipastoral systems b) Agroforestry c) Wind breaks d) Agrisilvicultural System 12. The leguminous tree which fixes atmospheric nitrogen is a) Acacia nilotica b) Azadirachta indica c) Gliricidia maculata d) None of these **(8 x 1 - 8.0)** ### Write true or false. Correct the statement if it is false:- Attempt any 8 questions. 1. Forest is defined as the theory and practices all that constitutes the creation, conservation and scientific management of forest and the utilization of their resources. 2. Lopping pertains to the growing of branches or even young stems which leads to the development of new shoots and carried out on Diospyros (Tembhurni) for bidi industry. 3. Raftis the assemblage of logs, timbers or bamboos tied together or enclosed within a boom for transport by floating. 4. Objectives of silviculture are to derive environmental benefits, raising species of more economic value, production of high-quality tinter and production of more volume per unit area. 5. Protective Forest protects opportunities for sport like hiking, trekking, wild life watching and bird watching. 6. The word forest is derived from the Latin word "Foris" means "outside". 7. According to the India State of Forest Report 2021, the total forest and tree cover was 80.9 million hectares, which amounted to 24.62% of the geographical area of the country. 8. Area-wise Arunachal Pradesh has the largest forest cover in India followed by, Madhya Pradesh. Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Maharashtra. 9. In Silviapiculture system, various trees and shrubs preferred by fish are planted on the boundary and around fish ponds. 10. Agroforestry disrupts and degrades soil structure through the constant addition of organic matter from decomposed litter. 11. The production of woody perennials combined with annuals and pastures is referred as Agrisilvopastoral system. 12. Improvement in rural living standards from sustained employment and higher income comes under Environmental importance of agroforestry. **(3X2=6.0)** ### Write short notes in brief:- Attempt any 2 questions. 1. Define climatic condition, distribution, characteristics, important species and timber of tropical semi evergreen forest 2. Write short note on the following terms: a) lending b) Seed production area of seed stands c) laungya system d) Pricking out 3. Define Agroforestry. What is the importance of agroforestry? Briefly describe the components of Agroforestry.