CSS Forestry Past Paper 2008
PART-2(Subjective) 80 Marks
Attempt ONLY FOUR Questions from PART-II. (20×4)
PART-II
Q. No. 2 Pakistan is a forest deficient country. Describe the key factors responsible for scarcity of forest resources in the country.
Q. No. 3 Judicious Watershed Management may help overcome water and power crisis in the country. Please justify with arguments.
Q. No. 4 What is meant by Social Forestry? Explain its various types being practiced in Agro-Ecological zones of Punjab and Sindh. (5+15)
Q. No. 5 By using Von Mantle’s formula, calculate Annual yield of a coniferous forest whose growing stock volume is 40,000 cft and rotation period of 150 years. Why constant is used in this formula.
Q. No. 6 Name the most productive Rangeland of Pakistan. Describe its carrying capacity, rainfall, topography, vegetation and constraints (if any). (5+15)
Q. No. 7 Define Biological Diversity. Enlist the factors threatening Biological Diversity. Suggest measures to save and restore it. (10+10)
Q. No. 8 Write short notes on any FIVE of the following: (4×5)
(a) Browse line
(b) Merchantable Timber
(c) Volume Table
(d) Game Reserve
(e) Randomization
(f) Normal Forest
(g) EC
(h) Stubble Farming
NOTE: Before 2016 Agriculture & Forestry were Two Different Papers.