ICAR AICE-JRF/SRF (PhD) — Subject 59 Forestry · India · National Testing Agency for ICAR
Original practice questions written to the published syllabus · not past papersHow forest fires start and spread, their ecological roles and impacts, and how fire is prevented, detected, suppressed and used deliberately.
In the exams: ICAR AICE-JRF 59 Unit 8 (forest fires: causes, types, impacts, control); IFoS Forestry Paper II Section B (forest protection); NWCG qualifications (USA)
ICAR AICE-JRF/SRF (PhD) — Forestry, Unit 8
MCQs on causes, types, impacts and control measures of forest fires.
How our questions for ICAR AICE-JRF/SRF spread across the units of Forest Fire Science & Management. Difficulty: 1 easy, 13 medium, 28 hard.
| Fire behaviour: rate of spread, intensity, flame length | 6 | |
| Types of fire: ground, surface, crown | 4 | |
| Fire ecology and fire-adapted ecosystems | 4 | |
| Suppression methods and organisation (Incident Command System) | 4 | |
| Fire triangle and combustion | 3 | |
| Fuels: types, loads and moisture | 3 | |
| Fire weather and fire danger rating | 3 | |
| Fire prevention and fire lines | 3 | |
| Detection: lookouts, satellites, early warning | 3 | |
| Prescribed burning and controlled burning | 3 | |
| Post-fire assessment and rehabilitation | 3 | |
| Community-based fire management | 3 |
Choose an answer, then open the working. Each explanation says why the right answer is right and why the others are not.
During the preheating phase of combustion, fuel ahead of the fire:
B. It dries and releases flammable gases by pyrolysis
Pyrolysis gases then ignite in the flaming phase.
Rothermel's 1972 model predicts:
C. Rate of spread of surface fires
It uses fuel model, moisture, wind and slope.
Which Indian institution operates a satellite-based forest fire alert system?
B. The Forest Survey of India
FSI overlays satellite detections on forest boundaries and sends alerts.
Many eucalypts recover after fire by:
C. Resprouting from epicormic buds and lignotubers
Protected buds under bark and in lignotubers allow rapid recovery.
A fuel break differs from a fire line cleared to mineral soil in that a fuel break:
A. It thins vegetation instead of clearing it
Fuel breaks reduce fuel while limiting erosion.
Why is early detection the most important factor in limiting fire size and cost?
B. Small new fires need few resources
Fire area grows rapidly with time; initial attack success depends on speed.
Automated tower cameras for fire detection work by:
C. Software detecting smoke in images
They cover large areas without permanent staff.
A prescription in a burn plan specifies:
A. Acceptable ranges of weather and fuel conditions
Burning proceeds only within these conditions.
Burning windows are becoming fewer in some regions mainly because:
C. Climate is pushing conditions outside prescription
Hotter, drier conditions reduce days within prescription.
Why do fire bans imposed without addressing livelihoods often fail?
B. Fire use is part of livelihoods
Making legitimate fire use safer is more effective than prohibition alone.
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