State Forest Service — Assistant Conservator of Forests (state PSC exams) · India · State Public Service Commissions (e.g. TNPSC, MPPSC, UPPSC, HPPSC, KPSC, MPSC)
Original practice questions written to the published syllabus · not past papersForests as carbon sinks and sources: the science of climate change, forest carbon pools and their measurement, REDD+, carbon markets and adapting forests to a changing climate. General carbon accounting and offset markets are in the Sustainability track (carbon-accounting-ghg-inventories, carbon-markets-offsets); this subject covers the forest-specific measurement and project methods.
In the exams: ICAR AICE-JRF 59 Unit 12; ICAR AIEEA-PG Group 09 (global warming, role of forests in climate mitigation); IFoS Forestry Paper I Section B (environmental conservation); GATE EY Section 5 (global climate change)
How our questions for State Forest Service spread across the units of Forests & Climate Change: Carbon, REDD+ & MRV. Difficulty: 12 easy, 10 medium, 0 hard.
| Greenhouse effect and greenhouse gases | 3 | |
| Forest carbon pools: above-ground, below-ground, deadwood, litter, soil | 3 | |
| UNFCCC, Kyoto Protocol, Paris Agreement and REDD+ | 3 | |
| Disaster management: floods, droughts, landslides, cyclones | 3 | |
| Global climate change: history and projections | 2 | |
| Measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) and forest reference levels | 2 | |
| Climate adaptation in silviculture | 2 | |
| Impacts of climate change on forests, wildlife and water | 1 | |
| Measuring carbon: allometry, IPCC methods, tiers and default factors | 1 | |
| Carbon markets and forest carbon standards | 1 | |
| Afforestation/reforestation and improved forest management projects | 1 |
Choose an answer, then open the working. Each explanation says why the right answer is right and why the others are not.
Which change in mountain hydrology is expected with warming?
A. Earlier snowmelt and more precipitation as rain than snow
Warming shifts precipitation from snow to rain and advances melt, altering the timing of streamflow.
How many carbon pools in forest land are recognised by the IPCC guidelines?
D. Five
Above-ground biomass, below-ground biomass, dead wood, litter and soil organic matter.
Below-ground biomass is most often estimated from:
C. Above-ground biomass using root-to-shoot ratios
Root excavation is costly, so ratios by ecological zone or local data are used.
By the stock-difference method, a forest's biomass carbon rose from 150 to 180 t C/ha over 10 years. What is the annual removal in t CO2/ha?
D. 11.0
(180 − 150)/10 = 3 t C/ha/yr × 44/12 = 11.0 t CO2/ha/yr. 3.0 is in carbon; 110 is the total over 10 years.
India's updated NDC includes creating an additional carbon sink through forest and tree cover by 2030 of:
A. 2.5 to 3 billion t CO2e
The NDC target is an additional 2.5–3 billion tonnes CO2e.
Assisted migration in forestry means:
A. Moving species beyond their current range to projected suitable climates
Assisted migration is debated because of ecological risks.
Which practice reduces fire risk as a climate adaptation measure?
A. Fuel management, including prescribed burning and fuel breaks
Reducing fuel loads and continuity lowers fire intensity and spread.
India's National Disaster Management Authority was established under the Disaster Management Act of:
C. 2005
The NDMA is chaired by the Prime Minister.
A major human cause of landslides in mountain forests is:
B. Poorly designed road construction on steep slopes
Road cuts and fills destabilise slopes and concentrate drainage.
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