Indian Forest Service Examination (IFoS) — Forestry optional · India · Union Public Service Commission
Original practice questions written to the published syllabus · not past papersWorking with farmers, communities and the public: extension methods, communication, adoption of innovations, and training for tree growing and forest conservation. General agricultural extension is taught in the Agribusiness track.
In the exams: ICAR AIEEA-PG Group 09 Unit I (elementary principles of agri-extension); state forest service exams (extension and publicity)
How our questions for Indian Forest Service Examination spread across the units of Forestry Extension & Communication. Difficulty: 4 easy, 8 medium, 17 hard.
| Diffusion and adoption of innovations | 4 | |
| Environmental education and awareness | 4 | |
| Training and capacity building of forest staff and communities | 4 | |
| Extension methods: individual, group, mass | 3 | |
| Communication process and barriers | 3 | |
| Extension for farm forestry and agroforestry | 3 | |
| Media, digital extension and outreach campaigns | 3 | |
| Programme planning and evaluation | 3 | |
| Concepts and principles of forestry extension | 2 |
Choose an answer, then open the working. Each explanation says why the right answer is right and why the others are not.
Combining extension with enforcement duties in field forestry staff can:
C. Make villagers wary
Separating roles or showing the service role helps.
Gender norms that keep women from village meetings create a:
C. Social barrier
Requires suitable timing and women's groups.
A message to stop grazing in a regeneration area is most likely to be accepted when:
A. Trusted messenger, alternatives
Credibility and relevance matter.
The attribute describing how easily an innovation can be tried on a small scale is:
C. Trialability
Trees score low on trialability.
Reaching women in farm forestry extension requires mainly:
D. Women staff, suitable times
The correct answer is Women staff and suitable meeting times. Plus species women value.
According to Tilden, the chief aim of interpretation is:
D. Provocation, not instruction
Information alone is not interpretation.
Indian Forest Service probationers are trained at:
C. IGNFA, Dehradun
Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy.
Most training evaluations are criticised because they stop at:
A. Participant reaction
Level 1 says little about impact.
A forest fire prevention campaign's impact is best evaluated by:
A. Satellite fire counts
The correct answer is Fire incidents from satellite alerts. Outcome, not output.
Participatory monitoring by communities mainly improves:
D. Ownership
The correct answer is Ownership and timely information. Communities use results.
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