NPTEL Forests and Their Management Week 1 Assignment Answers 2025

NPTEL Forests and Their Management Week 1 Assignment Answers 2025

1. Which of these is not a consumptive value?

  • timber
  • firewood
  • non-timber forest products
  • education
Answer :- d

2. Which of these is not a forest type found in India?

  • Mediterranean dry
  • Tropical dry
  • Montane temperate
  • Alpine
Answer :- a

3. “Plant community, predominantly comprised of trees and other woody vegetation, usually with a closed canopy” is

  • silvicultural definition of forests
  • FAO definition of forests
  • legal definition of forests
  • ecological definition of forests
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4. According to the Supreme Court, the word forest must be understood according to its

  • biological meaning
  • ecological meaning
  • silvicultural meaning
  • dictionary meaning
Answer :- 

5. Which of these is not a use value?

  • direct value
  • indirect value
  • option value
  • existence value
Answer :- 

6. According to the Supreme Court, the term forest land includes

  • some area recorded as forest in the Government record according to ownership
  • any area recorded as forest in the Government record according to ownership
  • some area recorded as forest in the Government record irrespective of ownership
  • any area recorded as forest in the Government record irrespective of ownership
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7. Tropical moist forests do not include

  • broadleaved forests
  • wet evergreen forests
  • semi-evergreen forests
  • moist deciduous forests
Answer :- 

8. The value of leaving use and non-use values for offspring’s or future generations is called

  • altruistic value
  • bequest value
  • existence value
  • option value
Answer :- 

9. The term ‘forest’ originates from

  • Latin foris meaning outside
  • Greek foris meaning outside
  • Latin foris meaning trees
  • Greek foris meaning trees
Answer :- 

10. The value derived from the knowledge of use of resources by others in the current generation is called

  • altruistic value
  • bequest value
  • existence value
  • option value
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