ICAR AIEEA-PG — Forestry/Agroforestry & Silviculture (Major Subject Group 09)
India · National Testing Agency for ICAR · pg
1245practice questions written to this syllabus
48subjects
Format
Computer-based, 120 minutes, 120 MCQs, +4 / −1, English only (format as given in the 2026 bulletin and recorded in Laisha's Agribusiness and Agricultural Engineering tracks). One paper for the whole subject group.
Sections
Sub-subjects: 9.1 Forest Production & Utilization; 9.2 Silviculture & Agroforestry; 9.3 Forest Resource Management; 9.4 Forest Biology and Tree Improvement
Unit I: importance of agriculture, forestry and livestock; crop production; rural development; extension; research organisation; pests and diseases; elements of statistics
Unit II: forest types and ecosystems, succession; nursery and planting; social, farm, urban and community forestry; silviculture, mensuration, regeneration, plantations; shifting cultivation, taungya; dendrology, hardwoods, softwoods, pulpwoods, fuelwoods, MPTS; wasteland management
Unit II (contd.): agroforestry; forest soils and conservation; watershed management; forest genetics, biotechnology, tree improvement, seed technology; rangelands; wildlife; major and minor forest products and medicinal plants; inventory; aerial photo interpretation and remote sensing
Unit II (contd.): deforestation and climate mitigation; tree diseases, wood decay, tree pests and IPM; wood preservation; forest conservation; Indian forest policies and Act; forest engineering; forest economics; joint forest management; tribology
Over the years
Syllabus read in ICAR's official AIEEA-PG and AICE-JRF/SRF syllabus PDF. The forestry syllabus is a single dense paragraph covering the whole B.Sc. Forestry, so breadth matters more than depth. Fills a share of Master's seats in agricultural and forestry universities and awards the PG scholarship.
Original questions written to this exam's published syllabus and pattern. Not past papers.
1. A 2000 ha oil palm estate has trees over 10 m tall and canopy cover above 60%. Under FRA definitions it is:
Forest, because it exceeds every area, height and canopy threshold
Not forest, because it is land predominantly under agricultural use
Other wooded land, because palms are not true trees in botanical terms
Planted forest, because all of the trees were established by planting
Answer and working
B. Not forest, because it is land predominantly under agricultural use
FRA excludes tree crops on agricultural land, such as oil palm, orchards and agroforestry with crops, even when they meet the cover and height thresholds.
Introduction to Forestry & the World's Forests · Definitions of forest, forestry and forest land (FAO Forest Resources Assessment definitions)
2. Which lateral meristem produces wood and inner bark?
Cork cambium
Vascular cambium
Apical meristem
Intercalary meristem
Answer and working
B. Vascular cambium
The vascular cambium adds secondary xylem inward and phloem outward. The cork cambium forms periderm; apical meristems give length; intercalary meristems add length at internode bases.