Indian Forest Service Examination (IFoS) — Forestry optional · India · Union Public Service Commission
Original practice questions written to the published syllabus · not past papersRe-establishing tree cover and ecosystem function on degraded and hostile sites, including mangroves, sand dunes, ravines, saline land, mine spoils and cold deserts, and controlling invasive species.
In the exams: ICAR AICE-JRF 59 Unit 2 (afforestation on difficult sites) and Unit 8 (wastelands); IFoS Forestry Paper I Section A (mangrove and cold-desert silviculture); ICAR AIEEA-PG Group 09 (wasteland management)
How our questions for Indian Forest Service Examination spread across the units of Forest Restoration & Afforestation of Difficult Sites. Difficulty: 5 easy, 21 medium, 11 hard.
| Mangrove ecology and mangrove plantation | 6 | |
| Wastelands: extent, characteristics and reclamation | 6 | |
| Principles of ecological restoration and forest landscape restoration | 5 | |
| Wetlands and waterlogged sites | 3 | |
| Cold-desert afforestation | 3 | |
| Mine-spoil reclamation | 3 | |
| Assisted natural regeneration and framework-species methods | 3 | |
| Coastal sands and sand-dune fixation | 2 | |
| Ravines and gullies | 2 | |
| Invasive plant species and their control | 2 | |
| Saline and alkaline soils | 1 | |
| Lateritic, rocky and dry sites | 1 |
Choose an answer, then open the working. Each explanation says why the right answer is right and why the others are not.
The ICAR institute that developed ravine reclamation technologies, with centres at Agra and Kota, is at:
B. Dehradun
ICAR-IISWC is headquartered at Dehradun.
Large-scale levelling of Chambal ravines for farming has been criticised because it:
D. Costly; destroys habitat
Ravines support gharial, chinkara and birds.
Planting trees in natural grassland wetlands is discouraged because it:
A. Destroys open habitat
Greening can harm wetland wildlife.
Afforestation of natural cold-desert steppe is discouraged mainly because it:
A. Harms native wildlife
Focus on village and riverine areas.
Restoration of degraded limestone mines in the Mussoorie hills was carried out by:
A. An Eco Task Force battalion
Territorial Army after Supreme Court orders.
Mining leases in India require plans for:
C. Progressive and final closure
With financial assurance.
After clearing invasive plants, what is essential to prevent reinvasion?
B. Native restoration, follow-up
Seed banks need years of follow-up.
Assisted natural regeneration was developed and promoted with FAO support in:
B. The Philippines
Pressing Imperata grass is a key technique.
Framework-species planting works best where:
C. Remnant forest nearby
Natural seed rain adds species.
Land degradation neutrality is a target under the:
A. UNCCD and SDG 15.3
India aims for LDN by 2030.
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