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Average per capita forest cover for the world is

  1. 0.16 ha

  2. 0.34 ha

  3. 0.64 ha

  4. 1.06 ha


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Forest cover almost 31% of the world area on earth. Average per capita forest cover for the world is 0.64 ha.
So, the correct answer is '0.64’

Which of the following plant helps to prepare medicine?

  1. Amla

  2. Neem

  3. Tulsi

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D

In 1900, the forest cover of the world comprised

  1. 2500 million ha

  2. 7000 million ha

  3. 5500 million ha

  4. 1700 million ha


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

In 1900, the forest cover of the world comprised about 7000 million hectors. In 2000, the forest cover of the world comprised only about 2370 million hector’s. It indicates that more than 50% of the tropical forests were converted into agricultural land.

Thus, the correct answer is '7000 million ha.'

Forest department has been able to maintain biodiversity by growing Pine, Teak and Eucalptus on large tracts.

  1. True

  2. False

  3. Nither

  4. Either


Correct Option: B

A natural resource is a substance/commodity that is a gift of nature which is very useful to mankind.

  1. True

  2. False

  3. Nither

  4. Either


Correct Option: A

'Social foresty' aims at

  1. growing different types of plantations together

  2. growing one type of tree on the land

  3. management of forests by village bodies

  4. management of forests by cooperative societies.


Correct Option: C

The most rapidly dwindling natural resource in the world is forests.

  1. True

  2. False

  3. Nither

  4. Either


Correct Option: A

Which of the following is correct to show the utility of forests?

  1. Forests provide shelter to various kinds of species

  2. Forests help in water conservation

  3. Forests provide a wide variety of commercial product

  4. Forests do not help in the conservation of soil.


Correct Option: A,B,C

The following are stakeholders of forests which one of these causes the maximum damage to forest?

  1. People who live in or around the forest

  2. The industrials

  3. The wildlife and native enthusiasts

  4. The forest department of the government.


Correct Option: C