CSS Forestry Past Paper 2011
PART-2(Subjective) 80 Marks
Attempt ONLY FOUR Questions from PART-II. (20×4)
PART-II
Q. 2: Analyse the present and future situation of forestry in Pakistan and discuss the reservations/reasons due to which the farmer community is reluctant to adopt agro-forestry in Punjab. Support your answer with appropriate figures and sound arguments.
Q. 3: With respect to climate, vegetation, soil, wildlife, topography and other physiographic features, discuss briefly but comprehensively different types of forest found in Pakistan and also mention their contribution in wood production.
Q. 4: Enlist qualities of good wood. Also discuss in detail different wood defects and their respective treatments.
Q. 5: How are various range components related to each other? Briefly point out various losses of energy from the range ecosystem and also write a note on corrective measures with reference to energy losses from a range ecosystem.
Q. 6: Define “Carrying capacity of a grazing land.” How it is determined practically? Write the procedure stepwise. How many sheep can be allowed to graze on 500 hectares of grazing land per month if the weight of green forage per quadrat was 2 Kg and it contained 70 percent moisture content? Size of the quadrat used for sampling was 1 x 1 m² and grazing allowed was 50 percent respectively.
Q. 7: Write the factors responsible for the drastic decline of wildlife in Pakistan along with a brief discussion of principles of sound wildlife management. Also give and justify your suggestions on how wildlife can be promoted in the country.
Q. 8: Write short notes on any FOUR of the following:
(a) Forestry and eco-tourism
(b) Social forestry
(c) Agro-grazing
(d) Environmental degradation and vegetation
(e) Conservation of natural resources (forests, rangelands, and watershed areas) as a key to national food security
(f) Greenhouse effects
(g) Forest Ecosystem
(h) Forage forestry/forest grazing
NOTE: Before 2016 Agriculture & Forestry were Two Different Papers.