Forests: Conservation, Rights, and Importance
Learn about forest ecosystems, conservation efforts, forest rights legislation, and the relationship between indigenous communities and forests.
Questions
Who among the following is known as the 'Girl Star'?
- Suryamani
- Sundri
- Sunita
- Kalpana
A large tract of land covered with trees, herbs and shrubs is known as
- agricultural land
- garden
- forest
- national park
Planting thousands of trees does not make a forest. A forest is the result of
- relationship between plants, trees and animals
- relationship between adivasis, animals and plants
- relationship between plants and adivasis
- relationship between government and animal safety
We get useful herbs from forests to make
- food
- clothes
- medicines
- shelter
Complete the statement:
The forest is like our ____________.
- source of income
- medicinal source
- home
- collective bank
What does Torang mean in Kuduk language?
- Festivals
- Plants
- Animals
- Forests
What is the name of Suryamani's organisation?
- Forest Protection
- Torang
- Save Forest Life
- Life in Forest
Forests in coastal regions _________ the life.
- protect
- facilitate
- prevent
- destroy
Which andolan had Suryamani joined?
- Movement to save the forests of Jharkhand.
- Movement to save the people of Jharkhand.
- Movement to save the animals of Jharkhand.
- Movement to save the ecosystem of Jharkhand
Choose the correct statement.
- We should cut down forests to get wood.
- We should never go into a forest.
- We should avoid cutting trees for our needs.
- We should kill the animals in forests as they can harm us.
Choose the odd one.
- Paper
- Bed
- Bucket
- Table
What would happen if there is no forest?
- Life would be very comfortable.
- There would be no animals and plants.
- There would be no life.
- There would be heavy rainfall.
The loss of trees will
- increase the amount of carbon dioxide
- decrease the amount of carbon dioxide
- increase the amount of oxygen
- increase the amount of hydrogen
Many species of plants and animals are not found these days or are extinct due to
- increase in temperature
- migration
- deforestation
- some disease
Which of the following activities affects forests?
- Making of paper
- Walking in the forest
- Watching the animals in forest
- Cooking near the forest
What is deforestation?
- Cutting of trees
- Extinction of forest animals
- Destruction of forests due to fire
- Shedding of leaves from the trees
If you get a chance to visit a forest, then which of the following activities you must avoid to do?
- To walk in the forest
- To throw waste papers and wrappers in the forests
- To touch the plants
- To watch the animals and birds
Choose the correct statement:
- Forests should be protected for getting wood.
- Forest would not be finished because of its rapid cutting down.
- Forests provide many things to animals, plants and human beings.
- Forests do not provide food to anyone.
The plants used for the treatment of diseases are called
- medicinal plants
- herbal plants
- regular plants
- infectious plants
What is Right to Forest Act, 2007?
- People all over India have the right to cut the trees.
- People who have been living in the forest for 5 years have the right over the forest.
- People who have been living in the forest for at least 25 years have the right over forest land.
- People have the right to plant a new tree in the forest.
Making of dams and factories near a forest will
- pollute and disturb the forest life
- disturb the life of animals due to noise
- disturb the life of plants
- cause land pollution in the forest
Why is Jhoom farming done?
- To increase soil fertility
- To grow different of crops in the same field
- To remove unwanted plants
- Both (1) and (2)