State Forest Service Forest Policy, Law & Governance: practice questions

1 · National forest policies: evolution from production to conservation and people · easy

India's first forest policy was issued in:

1. 1865
2. 1927
3. 1952
4. 1894

2 · National forest policies: evolution from production to conservation and people · easy

The National Forest Policy of 1952 recommended forest on what share of the land in the hills and the plains?

1. 33% in the hills and 33% in the plains
2. 60% in the hills and 20% in the plains
3. 67% in the hills and 25% in the plains
4. 50% in the hills and 10% in the plains

3 · National forest policies: evolution from production to conservation and people · medium

What is the status of the draft forest policies circulated in 2016 and 2018, as far as is known?

1. They replaced the 1988 policy formally in 2018 after debate
2. They became law as forest acts
3. They were not adopted; the 1988 policy remains in force
4. They applied only to the north-eastern states

4 · Forest acts: reserved and protected forests and control of forest-land conversion · easy

Under the Indian Forest Act, the notification of the government's intention to constitute a reserved forest is made under:

1. Section 20
2. Section 26
3. Section 52
4. Section 4

5 · Wildlife, biodiversity-access and forest-rights legislation · medium

Under the Biological Diversity Act, People's Biodiversity Registers are prepared by:

1. The National Biodiversity Authority alone
2. Biodiversity Management Committees of local bodies
3. State forest departments' working-plan divisions in each circle
4. District courts

6 · Wildlife, biodiversity-access and forest-rights legislation · easy

Under the Forest Rights Act 2006, the cut-off date for occupation of forest land is:

1. 25 October 1980
2. 1 June 1990
3. 13 December 2005
4. 26 January 1950

7 · Wildlife, biodiversity-access and forest-rights legislation · easy

The maximum area of individual forest land rights recognised under the Forest Rights Act is:

1. Ten hectares
2. One hectare
3. Twenty hectares
4. Four hectares

8 · Forest offences, settlement of rights and forest settlement procedure · easy

Under the Indian Forest Act, the officer who inquires into claims to rights before a reserved forest is constituted is the:

1. Range Forest Officer
2. District Magistrate acting as judge
3. Chief Wildlife Warden
4. Forest Settlement Officer

9 · Forest institutions and forest service organisation · easy

The head of a state forest department in India is the:

1. Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) of the senior division
2. Range Forest Officer
3. Chief Secretary of the state
4. Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Head of Forest Force

10 · Forest institutions and forest service organisation · medium

Why are forests a 'concurrent' subject in India important for forest governance?

1. Only Parliament can pass any law concerning forests
2. Both Parliament and state legislatures can make forest laws, while states manage forests
3. Only Parliament can pass any law concerning forests in any state
4. Forests are governed by international law alone