Post : Manager
Department : Kerala Forest Development Corporation Limited
Category Code : 438/2016
Qualification: B.Sc (Forestry), B.Tech Forestry
Question Paper Code : 87/17/OL
Date of Test : 31-10-2017
- The variation in wood strength depends on the microfibrillar angle of cellulose located in ___________ layer.
- S1
- S2
- S3
- S4
- The reaction wood of conifers is called
- Tension
- Static
- Compression
- None of these
- First paper mill in India was set up in
- 1862
- 1882
- 1890
- 1999
- ______________ is used in the Non Destructive Testing of wood.
- Pilodyn
- Tree Sonic Timer
- Both Pilodyn and Tree Sonic Timer
- None of these
- The scientific name of Konkan bamboo is ___________
- Dendrocalamus stocksii
- D. strictus
- Bambusa balcooa
- B. vulgaris
- White dammar is obtained from
- Vateria indica
- Cannarium strictum
- Vatica chinensis
- Tetona grandis
- Salai gum is obtained from
- Vateria indica
- Boswellia serrata
- Acacia catechu
- Acacia mangium
- The tree known as Blue gum
- Vateria indica
- Eucalyptus citriodara
- Eucalyptus globulus
- Acacia mangium
- Flowering in bamboos is
- Gregarious
- Sproradic
- Annual
- All of these
- World Forestry Day is on
- March 21
- June 21
- March 31
- April 21
- Hypsometers are used for the measurement of
- Diameter
- Height
- Volume
- Density
- The volume table used for the teak in India
- General
- MR Nair
- Brandis
- None of these
- Quarter girth formula is used to measure the _____ of the timber.
- Volume
- Taper
- Height
- Density
- The height of the bole from the ground level up to the point where average diameter over bark is 20 cm.
- Bole Height
- Standard Timber Bole
- Tree
- None of these
- The Spiegel relaskop developed by ___________ is essentially used for measurement of basal area of crops.
- Brandis
- Bitterlich
- Smith
- None of these
- Huber's formula requires the measurement of ___________ cross-sectional area of a log.
- Mid
- End
- Breast height
- All of these
- The portion of the tree stem or log which is unmerchantable is called
- Cull
- Waste
- Billet
- None of these
- Majority of sample plots in India are rectangular
- Elliptical
- Square
- Circular
- Rectangular
- ____________ resolution in remotely sensed data is defined as the amount of energy required to increase a pixel value by one quantisation level or 'count'.
- Anagular
- Radiometric
- Polygonal
- None of these
- The relationship between the growth rates of two organs of an individual
- Allometry
- Regression
- Correlation
- None of these
- First Inspector General of India forests
- Dalhousie
- Deitrich Brandis
- Bourdillon
- None of these
- Forests were included in the concurrent list under `42^(nd)` Amendment of
- 1966
- 1976
- 1986
- 1975
- Stump planting in teak was developed by
- Chathu Menon
- Cannolly
- Bourdillon
- None of these
- Kerala Forest Research Institute is lcoated in
- Thrissur
- Palakkad
- Kozhikkode
- Malappuram
- Taiga forests are also known as
- Boreal forests
- Cloud forest
- Tropical forest
- Subtropical forest
- _______________ are cropland left without crops for periods ranging from one season to several years.
- Range Land
- Fallows
- Both Range Land and Fallows
- None of these
- Taungya system was introduced into India by
- Muller
- Brandis
- Bentham
- None
- Agroforestry systems where the use of land is directed towards satisfying basic needs and is managed mostly by the owner and his family
- Subsistence
- Commercial
- Intermediate
- None
- An example of mixed sparse stand in Agroforestry is
- Homegardens
- Trees on farm boundaries
- Both Homegardens and Trees on farm boundaries
- None
- Key features of Agroforestry design and diagnosis
- Flexibility
- Repetition
- Speed
- All of these
- Vana Mahotsav was started in India on __________ by K.M. Munshy.
- 1950
- 1960
- 1947
- 1948
- _____________ are strips of trees and or shrubs planted to protect fields, homes cannels or other areas from wind and blowing soil or sand.
- Shelter belt
- Wind break
- Protein bank
- None of these
- Vegetation can control the effect of winds by
- Obstruction
- Filtration
- Deflection
- All of these
- The term social forestry was coined by
- Cannolly
- Bordillon
- Brandis
- Westoby
- The nitrogen fixation is non-leguminous trees like Casuarina is effected by
- Frankia
- Rhizobium
- Clostridium
- Nostoc
- Alley cropping is also called
- Homegardens
- Hedge row intercropping
- Both Homegardens and Hedge row intercropping
- None
- The BCR should be greater than ____________ at agroforestry, then only it can be considered worthy.
- 0
- 1
- 0.5
- 0.75
- Homegardens can also be called as
- Sparse system
- Multitier system
- Both Sparse system and Multitier system
- None of these
- ____________ forestry which is defined as the practice of forestry with the object of developing or maintaining a forest of high scenic value.
- Aesthetic
- Farm forestry
- Urban forestry
- None of these
- ______________ is used to produce the knot free timber.
- Thinning
- Cleaning
- Pruning
- Weeding
- The concept that the trees in agroforestry systems are capable of recycling soil nutrients that leach down the crop rooting zone is called ______________ hypothesis.
- Safety net
- Adsorption
- Absorption
- None
- The sal (Shorea robusta) wood borer is
- Hyblae purea
- Hoplocerambys spinicornis
- Eutectona macharalis
- Attiva fabricella
- Teak leaf skeltoniser is
- Hyblae purea
- Ganodrama lucidum
- Eutectona macharalis
- Attiva fabricella
- Die back of seedlings is common in
- Teak
- Gmelina
- Ailanthus
- Sal
- The scientific name of Kail is
- Pinus wallichiana
- P. Kessia
- Cedrus deodara
- None
- _____________ frost is defined as a frost produced by cold air brought from elsewhere.
- Convective
- Pool
- Perma
- Advective
- ______________ is defined as a year 'in which a given species produces abundant first year seedlings'.
- Seed year
- Seedling year
- Germination energy
- Germination
- ________ is the coppice arising from the stool or a living stump.
- Seedling
- Seed
- Stool
- Graft
- ____________ is defined as 'the time that elapses between successive main fellings on the same area'.
- Felling cycle
- Rotation
- Periodic block
- None of these
- ____________ is an example of solid bamboo.
- Dendrocalamus strictus
- Bambusa balcooa
- D. Giganteus
- None
- Soil ____________ is define as the arrangement of individual soil particles into aggregates of definite size and shape.
- Texture
- Structure
- Porosity
- None
- Alternate wetting and drying is the most common seed pretreament
- Teak
- Acacia
- Casuarina
- Rosewood
- The International Seed Testing Association (ISTA) was started in the year
- 1824
- 1880
- 1924
- 1930
- Foundation seed tag colour is
- White
- Blue
- Green
- Purple
- The percent, by number, of seeds in a given sample which germinate up to the time of peak germination, is called
- Germination percent
- Germination period
- Germination energy
- All of these
- In Tetrazolium test, living cells are stained red by the reduction of a colourless tetrazolium salt to form a _______ formazan.
- Red
- Yelllow
- Pale yellow
- White
- Germination in which the cotyledons remain in the seed below the ground while the epicotyl elongates
- Epigeal
- Hypogeal
- Open
- None of these
- The seed that cannot be dried to lower moisture content and kept at low temperature is called
- Orthodox
- Sub orthodox
- Recalcitrant
- Quiescent
- In Coniferous species ____________ soil is good for nursery raising.
- Acidic
- Basic
- Neutral
- None of these
- Example of nursery managed without any irrigation is
- Wet nursery
- Rab nursery
- Permanent nursery
- None of these
- ___________ involves covering moist soil with a transparent plastic film and exposing it to the sun.
- Culling
- Top dressing
- Repellents
- Solarisation
- Planting time of teak for the stump production is
- April-May
- June-July
- October-November
- December-January
- Commonly used nitrogen fertilizer in the nursery
- DAP
- MAP
- Urea
- None of these
- Teak defoliator can be effectively controlled by
- Bavistin
- Basic
- NPV
- None of these
- Felling done in an immature stand without permanently breaking the canopy is called
- Thinning
- Final felling
- Cleaning
- None of these
- __________ are used to produce plants with fibrous root system without root coiling.
- Polythene bags
- Polysleives
- Jiffy pots
- Root trainer
- Working plans are normally prepared for a period of 10 years
- 20
- 5
- 10
- 15
- 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.
- Sustained yield
- Progressive yield
- Normal yield
- None of these
- __________ are used for root induction in cuttings.
- Auxin
- Cytokinin
- GA 31
- ABA
- Wildlife Protection Act was enacted in the country in the year
- 1987
- 1990
- 1972
- 1951
- World Environment Day is celebrated on
- June 5
- January 25
- March 21
- March 22
- The first community reserve of Kerala
- Peppara
- Neyyar
- Chimmini
- Kadalundi-Vallikunnu
- Corbet National Park is situated in
- Madhya Pradesh
- Tamil Nadu
- West Bengal
- Uttarakhand
- The concept of carbon trading was first envisaged as part of
- CDM
- REDD
- REDD+
- None of these
- The headquarters of World Agroforestry Center is located at
- Kenya
- USA
- New Delhi
- Chennai
- Arid Forest Research Institute is located at
- Uttarakhand
- Chennai
- Orissa
- Jodhpur
- Pollination by wind is called
- Anemophily
- Zoophily
- Ornithophily
- None of these
- Double helical model of DNA was suggested by Watson and Crick
- Gregor Mendel
- Sutton and Bovary
- Both 'Gregor Mendel' and 'Sutton and Bovary'
- Watson and Crick
- A monosomic is an individual that lacks one chromosome of the normal complement of somatic cells
- Monosomic
- Monosully
- Monomeres
- None of these
- A tree that has been shown by progeny testing to produce superior offsprings
- Elite tree
- Candidate tree
- Comparison tree
- None of these
- Which of the following leader is not belong to 1921 Malabar Rebellion ?
- Mamburam Thangal
- Seethikoya Thangal
- Ali Musliyar
- Variyankunnath Kunhahamed Haji
- Constituent Assembly formed by the provisions of _____________ plan.
- Mountbatten Plan
- Cabinet Mission Plan
- Vavel Plan
- June 3rd Plan
- Who is the Sports Minister of Kerala State ?
- K.T. Jaleel
- Mercy Kutty Amma
- Thomas Chandy
- A.C. Moideen
- Who published 'Hortus Indicus Malabaricuss' the encyclopaedia on Indian botany ?
- British
- Portuguese
- Dutch
- French
- Which is the first complete news channel in Malayalam ?
- Asianet
- India Vision
- Mathruboomi News
- Manorama News
- Who is the author of Malayalam novel, 'Barsa' ?
- Subash Chandran
- V.K.Prakash
- Dr. Kadeeja Mumthaz
- P. Valsala
- Who is the Vice Chancellor of Malayalam University ?
- Dr. K.Radhakrishnan
- Dr. Mohamed Basheer
- Dr. M.N.Karasseri
- Dr.K.Jayakumar
- In which district situates the 'Kadampuzha temple' famous for 'Muttarukkal' ?
- Malappuram
- Kozhikode
- Thrissur
- Palakkad
- Which is the largest Constitution in the World ?
- Indian
- American
- British
- Netherland
- Which is the novel written by Ambikasudan Mangad based on real story of 'Endosulfan' victims of Kasargod district ?
- Maveli Manram
- Om Sangeerthan Pole
- Nattu Gadhika
- Enmakaje
- 'Kudumbasree' firstly introduced in which district ?
- Malappuram
- Kottayam
- Alappuzha
- Pathanamthitta
- Who led the 'Savarnajatha' ?
- A.K. Gopalan
- Mannath Padmanabhan
- T.K. Madhavan
- V.T.Battathirippad
- Who is the first President of Travancore State Congress ?
- Pattam Thanu Pillai
- T.M. Varghese
- N.V.Joseph
- P.K.Kunj
- Who is the founder of 'Swadeshabhimani' daily ?
- K.Ramakrishna Pillar
- Vakkom Abdul Kader Moulavi
- Theruvath Raman
- K.P. Kesava Menon
- Who is the author of 'Dhyanasallapangal' ?
- Ayyankali
- Mar Kuriakose Elias Chavara
- Chattampi Swamikal
- Vaikunta Swamikal
- Who led the Kurichia Revolt of 1812 ?
- Pazhassi Raja
- Kaithevi Ambu
- Thalakkal Chandu
- Rama Nambi
- Expand 'ICDS'
- International Child Development Scheme
- Integrated and Comprehensive Development Scheme
- Integrated Child Development Scheme
- Integrated City Development Scheme
- Which is the first tourism village of Kerala ?
- Kumbalangi
- Vengara
- Kumarakom
- Pookode
- Which is the first political drama in Malayalam ?
- Ningal Enne Communistaki
- Mooladhanam
- Samatwavadhi
- Pattabakki
- Which is the Malayalam novel jointly written by N.P.Mohamed and M.T.Vasudevan Nair ?
- Ennapadam
- Avabipponnu
- Verukal
- Randamoozham
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