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AP State Syllabus 8th Class Social Bits 5th Lesson Forests: Using and Protecting Them with Answers

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Question 1.
A large tract of land covered by trees is
A) Forest
B) Garden
C) Kitchen garden
D) Tundra Vegetation
Answer:
A) Forest

Question 2.
The forests in Kerala and Andaman are
A) Deciduous
B) Thorny
C) Evergreen
D) Monsoon
Answer:
C) Evergreen

AP 8th Class Social Bits Chapter 5 Forests: Using and Protecting Them with Answers

Question 3.
Thorny forests grow in very areas.
A) Wet
B) Marshy
C) Semi wet
D) Dry
Answer:
D) Dry

Question 4.
Swamp forests grow mostly in the
A) Sea coasts
B) Deserts
C) Plateaus
D) Hilly regions
Answer:
A) Sea coasts

Question 5.
No one could enter in these forests
A) Reserved
B) Protected
C) Confirous
D) Evergreen
Answer:
B) Protected

AP 8th Class Social Bits Chapter 5 Forests: Using and Protecting Them with Answers

Question 6.
Podu cultivation in is a practice in
A) Plateaus
B) Plains
C) Hilly areas
D) Seacoasts
Answer:
C) Hilly areas

Question 7.
Forest Rights Act was introduced in the year
A) 2004
B) 2000
C) 2003
D) 2006
Answer:
D) 2006

Question 8.
The agriculture in forest
A) extensive agriculture
B) shifting agriculture
C) traditional agriculture
D) mixed agriculture
Answer:
B) shifting agriculture

Question 9.
These use forests
A) Human beings
B) Animals, plants
C) Birds, fishes, insects
D) All the above
Answer:
D) All the above

AP 8th Class Social Bits Chapter 5 Forests: Using and Protecting Them with Answers

Question 10.
The easy definition of forest
A) the large tract of land covered by trees
B) the thick forest with birds
C) the dense forest with animals
D) none
Answer:
A) the large tract of land covered by trees

Question 11.
The main feature of the forest is
A) large landmass
B) trees and undergrowth bushes
C) considerable bio-diversity
D) all the above
Answer:
D) all the above

Question 12.
Slowly, by the beginning of century, forests were confined to only tracts that were not useful for agriculture.
A) 18
B) 19
C) 20
D) 21
Answer:
C) 20

Question 13.
Forest can be classified on the basis of
A) how dense or sparse the vegetation is
B) soil
C) leaves
D) all the above
Answer:
A) how dense or sparse the vegetation is

AP 8th Class Social Bits Chapter 5 Forests: Using and Protecting Them with Answers

Question 14.
…………….. trees will only grow in very cold climates which also have snowfall.
A) Devdar
B) Brahmajemudu
C) Nagajemudu
D) Teak
Answer:
A) Devdar

Question 15.
The tree that grow in Evergreen forests.
A) Kadambam
B) Bamboo
C) Neredu/Jamun
D) All the above
Answer:
D) All the above

Question 16.
The main kind of tree family that grow in the Evergreen forests of the Himalayas.
A) Thumma
B) Devadar
C) Jittegi
D) Teak
Answer:
B) Devadar

Question 17.
These forests grow in the regions where it rains only for some months and is warm and dry for most of the year.
A) Evergreen
B) Deciduous
C) Thorny
D) Coastal
Answer:
B) Deciduous

AP 8th Class Social Bits Chapter 5 Forests: Using and Protecting Them with Answers

Question 18.
The main kind of tree family in Deciduous forests.
A) Vegi
B) Aegisa
C) Maddi
D) All the above
Answer:
D) All the above

Question 19.
An example for a tree that grow in less rain region.
i) Maddi, Teak
ii) Velaga, Aegisa
iii) Yepi.Tuniki
iv) Billu, Vepa, Dirisena
A) i, ii
B) ii, iii
C) iii, iv
D) i, ii, iii, iv
Answer:
D) i, ii, iii, iv

Question 20.
The forests that grow in very dry areas with little rainfall
A) Thumma, Bulusurega
B) Sithapal, Moduga
C) Vepa
D) All the above
Answer:
D) All the above

Question 21.
The other name for sea coast tidal forests
A) Littoral and Swamp forests
B) Thorny forests
C) Evergreen forests
D) All the above
Answer:
A) Littoral and Swamp forests

AP 8th Class Social Bits Chapter 5 Forests: Using and Protecting Them with Answers

Question 22.
The main trees in Littoral and swamp forests.
i) Uppu ponna, Boddu ponna
ii) Urada, Mada
iii) Thella Mada, Gundu Mada
iv) Kadili, bella
A) i, ii, iii
B) ii, iii, iv
C) i, iii, iv
D) i, ii, iii, iv
Answer:
D) i, ii, iii, iv

Question 23.
The area of forests in our state is ……………. kms.
A) 15,604
B) 20,064
C) 64,000
D) 30,904
Answer:
C) 64,000

Question 24.
The share of forest land in total land of Andhra Pradesh.
A) 20%
B) 23%
C) 32%
D) 40%
Answer:
B) 23%

AP 8th Class Social Bits Chapter 5 Forests: Using and Protecting Them with Answers

Question 25.
Only about of our land has tree cover to qualify as forest.
A) 10.05%
B) 16.65%
C) 16%
D) 20.74%
Answer:
C) 16%

Question 26.
Every year about …………….. sq.km, of forests are lost in our state.
A) 20
B) 100
C) 40
D) 50
Answer:
B) 100

Question 27.
About …………… of the people in North coastal Region of our state collect minor forest produce and sell them in local markets for earning a living.
A) 25%
B) 50%
C) 20%
D) 100%
Answer:
C) 20%

Question 28.
About tribal people in our state today live forests.
A) 40%
B) 50%
C) 60%
D) 70%
Answer:
C) 60%

AP 8th Class Social Bits Chapter 5 Forests: Using and Protecting Them with Answers

Question 29.
Before this rule tribals treated forests as their own property.
A) Kings
B) Nizam of Hyderabad
C) British rule
D) None
Answer:
C) British rule

Question 30.
Forests are classified as below.
A) Protected
B) Reserved
C) Both A & B
D) None
Answer:
C) Both A & B

Question 31.
In the name of forest conservation, large scale evictions occurred in the
A) 1910
B) 1920
C) 1930
D) 1940
Answer:
B) 1920

Question 32.
By the govt, had realised that the development of tribal people could not be thought of without giving them any rights over forests.
A) 1980
B) 1988
C) 1990
D) 1992
Answer:
B) 1988

AP 8th Class Social Bits Chapter 5 Forests: Using and Protecting Them with Answers

Question 33.
The National Forest Policy is declared in the year
A) 1980
B) 1985
C) 1988
D) 1990
Answer:
C) 1988

Question 34.
The year of Forest Rights Act is
A) 2000
B) 2005
C) 2006
D) 2010
Answer:
C) 2006

Question 35.
In India at least, most forests are inhabited by people who have been living in them by adapting themselves to the conditions of the forests but without changing them too much.
Pick the correct comment.
A) The people in forests live by following the forest rules.
B) The people in forests change the situation according to them.
C) The lifestyle of forest people is ultra modern.
D) None of the above
Answer:
A) The people in forests live by following the forest rules.

Question 36.
Deciduous forests grow in the areas like Srikakulam, Visakhapatnam, YSR Kadapa and Kurnool.
Pick the correct comment.
A) Deciduous forests grow in the areas which receive more rain.
B) Deciduous forests grow in the areas which receive less rain.
C) Deciduous forests grow in the areas which receive no rain.
D) Deciduous forests grow in the areas which receive more and less rains.
Answer:
D) Deciduous forests grow in the areas which receive more and less rains.

AP 8th Class Social Bits Chapter 5 Forests: Using and Protecting Them with Answers

Question 37.
“A large track of land covered by trees”
A) Garden
B) Kitchen garden
C) Forest
D) Lawn
Answer:
C) Forest

Question 38.
About 64,000 sq kilometres of the state are declared as forest by the government. This is about 23% of all land in the state.
The forest cover in A.P. is this much less than the required.
A) 10% approximately
B) 20% approximately
C) 23% approximately
D) 5% approximately
Answer:
A) 10% approximately

Question 39.
These factors influence forests
A) Soil
B) Sunshine
C) Rainfall
D) All the above
Answer:
D) All the above

Question 40.
The reason behind the declination of forests.
A) construction of railways
B) making of ships
C) factories, mines
D) all the above
Answer:
D) all the above

AP 8th Class Social Bits Chapter 5 Forests: Using and Protecting Them with Answers

Observe the given map and answer the following questions.

Question 41.
Present global warming problem arose due to
A) Forestation
B) Deforestation
C) Afforestation
D) All the above
Answer:
B) Deforestation

Observe the given map and answer the following questions.
AP 8th Class Social Bits Chapter 5 Forests Using and Protecting Them with Answers 1

Question 42.
This district has thorny forests
A) Kadapa
B) Chittoor
C) Ananthapur
D) All the above
Answer:
D) All the above

Question 43.
The district which has wet deciduous forests
A) Chittoor
B) Srikakulam
C) Ananthapur
D) Kadapa
Answer:
B) Srikakulam

AP 8th Class Social Bits Chapter 5 Forests: Using and Protecting Them with Answers

Question 44.
These forests are more widespread in our state
A) Thorny forests
B) Wet deciduous forests
C) Dry deciduous forests
D) Evergreen forests
Answer:
C) Dry deciduous forests

Question 45.
Our state does not have these forests
A) Thorny forests
B) Wet deciduous forests
C) Dry deciduous forests
D) Evergreen forests
Answer:
D) Evergreen forests

Question 46.
On which side are more forests located?
A) North
B) East
C) West
D) South
Answer:
A) North

Question 47.
……………. living around the forests use them for a variety of purposes.
A) Wild Animals
B) People
C) Cattle
D) None of the above
Answer:
B) People

Question 48.
……………… of our land is under forests.
A) 26 %
B) 24 %
C) 15 %
D) 18 %
Answer:
B) 24 %

AP 8th Class Social Bits Chapter 5 Forests: Using and Protecting Them with Answers

Question 49.
Even today more than of tribal people live in forests.
A) 20%
B) 40%
C) 60%
D) 80%
Answer:
C) 60%

Question 50.
The main aim of the Forest Rights Act – 2006 is
A) to conserve the forests and at the same time, ensure livelihood and food security of the forest dwellers
B) the forest dwellers who are integral to the very survival and sustainability of the forests are having forest rights on ancestral lands.
C) It has become necessary to address the long-standing insecurity of land rights and access rights of forest dwellers including those who are forced to relocate their dwelling due to state development interventions
D) all the above
Answer:
D) all the above

Question 51.
The tribal in forests get the permission of and use the forests.
A) govt, officials
B) village heads
C) government
D) Naxalites
Answer:
B) village heads