KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA, PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR THE POSTS OF PROVINCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES (BPS-17) 2022
FORESTRY
TIME ALLOWED: 03 HOURS MAX MARKS: 100
Note: Attempt any five questions.
Q. No. 1 How much is the forest cover % in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and which forest types are present in KP? Write in detail the description, distribution, flora and fauna of moist temperate forest of KP? (20)
Q. No. 2 Name the instruments used for measuring Tree height, Tree diameter and Tree age? What is the difference between merchantable height and tree height? Explain the yield table and its contents. (20)
Q. No. 3 What do you know about hydrological cycle? What is faith of a rain drop coming from the atmosphere to the earth surface? What is role of forest in influencing hydrological cycle? (20)
Q. No. 4 What are the rangelands? How range improvement is carried out? aplain in detail the process Of determining carrying capacity of a rangeland. (20)
Q. No. 5 What is pain table survey? What are the principles of chain survey? Explain the difference between Engineer’s and Gunter’s chain. (20)
Q. No. 6 Why separate Forest Law is needed when Pakistan penal Code (PPC) is present? What is the legal process of declaring any forest as Reserve forest? (20)
Q. No. 7 What are the issues of forestry sector in Pakistan? How 1 Billion Tree Tsunami Afforestation Project has affected the forest cover in KP? Explain its impacts? (20)
Q. No. 8 What do you know about Miyawaki method of urban afforestation? How this method can be used to manage complex ecosystems, in balance with toda’,ds soil and climate conditions? (20)
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