Forest Questions and Answers

Question 1. Which of the following countries has a constitutional provision for maintaining 70% of its geographical area under forest?

(A) Afghanistan

(B) Bhutan

(C) Nepal

(D) Maldives

Question 2. The evergreen rainforests are found in________.

(A) France

(B) Canada

(C) Brazil

(D) Australia

Question 3. Which type of forests are found near the equator? 

(A) Tropical forest

(B) Meadows forest

(C) Coniferous forest

(D) Deciduous forests

Question 4. Which one among the following covers the highest percentage of forest area in the world?

(A) Tropical Rain forests

(B) Tropical Monsoon forests

(C) Temperate Deciduous forests

(D) Temperate Coniferous forests

Question 5. Dense forests on the Earth are mostly found_______.

(A) Nearby Poles

(B) Nearby tropic of Capricon

(C) Nearby tropic of Cancer

(D) Nearby Equator

Question 6. Which one of the following is noted for extensive tropical rain forests?

(A) Murray-Darling Basin

(B) Hwang Ho Basin

(C) Ganga Basin

(D) Congo Basin

Question 7. Taiga forests are characteristics of______.

(A) Temperate region

(B) Sub-tropical region

(C) Tropical region

(D) Equatorial region

Question 8. The world’s largest and most dense forests are in

(A) Canada

(B) Brazil

(C) Tanzania

(D) India

Question 9. Which country has the highest percentage of its geographical area under forests?

(A) Japan

(B) Indonesia

(C) India

(D) China

Question 10. The coniferous forests are not found in______.

(A) Finland

(B) Canada

(C) Scandinavia

(D) Amazonia

Question 11.Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.

Question 12. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.

Question 13.

• Assertion (A): Unlike temperate forests, the tropical rain forests, if cleared, can yield productive farmland that can support intensive agriculture for several years even without chemical fertilizers.
• Reason (R): The primary productivity of the tropical rain forest is very high compared to that of temperate forests.

(A) (A) is false, but (R) is true

(B) (A) is true, but (R) is false

(C) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

(D) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

Question 14. Dalbergia species is associated with which one of the following?

(A) Rosewood

(B) Tea

(C) Coffee

(D) Cashew nut

Question 15. Which one of the following countries is the largest producer of fuel wood in the world?

(A) China

(B) India

(C) Russia

(D) Indonesia

Question 16. Which country of the world is the largest producer of wood pulp?

(A) Canada

(B) Sweden

(C) Norway

(D) U.S.A.

Question 17. If tropical rain forest is removed, it does not regenerate quickly as compared to a tropical deciduous forest. This is because________.

(A) Exotic species invade the fertile soil of rain forest

(B) The rain forest species are slow growing

(C) Propagules of the trees in a rain forest have poor viability

(D) The soil of rain forest is deficient in nutrients

Question 18. In which of the following countries of Africa, dense, hot and humid forest are found? 

(A) South Africa

(B) Zimbabwe

(C) Kenya

(D) Ivory Coast

Question 19. Coniferous forests are mainly found in_____.

(A) Tropical region

(B) Coastal region

(C) Temperate region

(D) None of the above