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Register No.
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2018
FORESTRY
CIM
Duration : 3 Hours Max. Marks : 300
General Instructions to the Applicants :
i) This Question Paper is descriptive type in Degree Standard.
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ii) There is no reservation of marks for neatness of execution and correctness of spelling
in respect of this paper.
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FORESTRY
PART-A
Note : . - i). Answer not exceeding 50 words each.
ii) Each question carries three marks.
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iii) Answer any thirty questions only out of thirty five Questions.
(30 x 3 = 90)
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1. Define forestry.
2. Define regeneration.
3. List three invasive alien plant/tree species and write their botanical name.
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4. Write the role of forests.
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5. Define sustained yield.
6. Define Bole height.
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7. Define working circle.
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8. Give examples of any six cane yielding species'.
9. Define girdling and its significance in logging.
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10. Provide the species that yields the following gums.
(a) Gum Kino
(b) Bengal Kino
(c) Jingan Gum
(d) Salai Gum
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(e) · Dhaura Gum
(f) Khair Gum
11. Define reaction wood.
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12. Write a note on Open Brass Cross Staff.
13. What is backbearings?
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1 14. How to test the accuracy of planimeter? ·
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tj 15. What is bed joint in building?
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16. Write the salient features of shelterbelts.
17. Write a short note on bio-inoculants?
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18. Give a note on mulching and its types.
19. Write about the various stages of water erosion.
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20; What are the strategies involved in wasteland management?
. 21. Write about option value.
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22. What is forest economics? List two major categories of forest economics.
23. What is heritability? Write its types.
· 24. Define seed certification.
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25. What is Tree Breeding? Indicate the concept of tree breeding.
26. What is global warming? List out atleast three effects of global warming.
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27. What is ecological equivalents?
28. Describe the fossorial adaptations. ·
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29, Describe the main objectives of biosphere reserves.
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30. Differentiate between interpersion and juxtaposition.
31. What are the harmful effects of heavy uncontrolled grazing?
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32. List out the adverse effects of shifting cultivation.
33. · Name the important pests of teak with scientific name.
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34. List out any six tree species suitable for urban forestry.
35. Define JFM. How is it different from the Traditional Forest Management?
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.PART-· B
Note: i) Answer not exceeding 100 words each.
ii) Each question carries eight marks. ·
iii) Answer any fifteen questions only out of eighteen Questions.
(15 x 8. = 120)
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36. Define Nursery. List the types of nursery and brief the importance of nursery.
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37. · Write the steps [Link] containerised seedling production of tree crops in nursery.
38. Write an essay on selection system ..
39. How the volume of felled trees is being calculated?
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40. Discuss about the scope of forest management.
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41. Define wood specific gravity. Discuss about various factors of wood that influences
wood specific gravity.
42. What are the prerequisites of reduced impact logging?
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43. Give a detailed account on tans and dyes from forests.
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44. What are all the practical utility of prismatic compassinforest survey;
45. How to improve the bearing capacity of soft soils?
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46. What are all the factors .influency the wear and tear of roads and how it can be
reduced?
4 7. How a watershed is treated? Write in detail the various process of treatment.
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· 48. Give·a note on reclamation of waterlogged lands.
49. What are the factors affecting forest policies? Discuss,
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50. Discuss the major objectives of a tree breeding and improvement.
51. Write a essay on functions of Modern Zoo.
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52. Indicate the causal organism for the following pests and diseases.
(a) Teak defoliator
(b) Casuarina wilt
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(c) Sal bores
(d) Eucalyptus Gallwarp .
(e) Tea mosquito bag in neem
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(f) Leaf spot in Dalbergia · sissoo
(g) Rust in teak
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(h) Stem canker in Eucalyptus ..
53. Write in detail about the classification of agroforestry
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PART-C
Note : i) Answer not exceeding 200 words each.
ii) Each question carries fifteen marks.
iii) Answer any six questions only out of nine questions ...
(6x 15 = 90)
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54. · Write an essay on Man and Biosphere (MAB) program;
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55. Write in detail about above ground and below ground competition in agroforestry by
citing a few examples..
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56. Define seed dormancy. Write its types and methods to resolve dormancy.
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?/';/:!!1 57.. Describe objectives and methods of valuation of goodsand services.
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!~·.:,,, 58. Discuss in detail about ground water recharge techniques.
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59. Describe the different types of culverts in forest areas.
60. Discuss in detail about the gross structure ofwood.
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61. Discuss in detail about the various kinds of sampling used in forest inventories.
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62. Write an essay on site-factors.
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