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50 questions covering every section of the note.
This Lok Sewa practice set has 50 multiple-choice questions (Subject: Geography of Nepal · For: Kharidar, Nayab Subba, Section Officer · Level: Easy). Take the quiz above first; after that, use the study list below to revise every question with its correct answer and a short explanation.
Study list: all 50 questions with answers and explanations
According to FRA 2015, forests cover about what share of Nepal?
- A) 20%
- B) 30%
- C) 40% ✔
- D) 60%
Why: Forests cover about 40%, and about 45% with other wooded land.
Which is the most valuable timber tree of the Terai?
- A) Pine
- B) Sal ✔
- C) Oak
- D) Fir
Why: Sal (Shorea robusta) is the main timber tree.
Rhododendron mainly grows in which zone?
- A) Tropical
- B) Temperate ✔
- C) Alpine desert
- D) Arctic
Why: It grows widely in the temperate hills.
Bhojpatra is the Nepali name of:
- A) Birch ✔
- B) Fir
- C) Pine
- D) Alder
Why: Bhojpatra is birch, found in the subalpine zone.
Chilaune and katus are typical of which zone?
- A) Subtropical ✔
- B) Alpine
- C) Tundra
- D) Subalpine
Why: They grow in the subtropical zone.
Who manages a community forest?
- A) Community Forest User Group ✔
- B) Nepal Army
- C) Private company
- D) Ministry of Tourism
Why: CFUGs manage community forests.
A community forest is managed according to a(n):
- A) Operational plan ✔
- B) Budget speech
- C) Election manifesto
- D) Court order
Why: Each CFUG has an approved operational plan.
Which forest type is given to poor households to reduce poverty?
- A) Leasehold forest ✔
- B) Religious forest
- C) Protected forest
- D) Private forest
Why: Leasehold forests target poor groups.
Collaborative forest management is mainly practised in:
- A) Himalaya
- B) Terai ✔
- C) Trans-Himalaya
- D) Kathmandu only
Why: It is mainly in the Terai.
The current forest law of Nepal is:
- A) Forest Act 2049
- B) Forest Act 2076 ✔
- C) Forest Act 2019
- D) Forest Act 2063
Why: The Forest Act 2076 is in force.
Which ministry looks after forests?
- A) Ministry of Agriculture
- B) Ministry of Forests and Environment ✔
- C) Ministry of Home Affairs
- D) Ministry of Tourism
Why: The Ministry of Forests and Environment (MoFE) looks after forests, protected areas and environment policy at the federal level.
Yarsagumba is a:
- A) Tree
- B) Medicinal fungus ✔
- C) Bird
- D) Mineral
Why: It is a high-value medicinal fungus.
Handmade Nepali paper is made from:
- A) Lokta ✔
- B) Sal
- C) Bamboo only
- D) Rittha
Why: Lokta bark is used for Nepali paper.
Rittha (soap nut) is used as a:
- A) Spice
- B) Natural detergent ✔
- C) Timber
- D) Medicine for fever
Why: Rittha (soap nut) fruit makes natural foam, so it is used as a natural soap or detergent for washing.
Fir, birch and juniper are found in which zone?
- A) Tropical
- B) Subtropical
- C) Subalpine ✔
- D) Terai
Why: They grow in the subalpine zone.
Which is NOT a cause of deforestation?
- A) Illegal logging
- B) Forest fire
- C) Community protection ✔
- D) Overgrazing
Why: Community protection helps forests.
REDD+ is related to:
- A) Reducing emissions from deforestation ✔
- B) Road construction
- C) Banking reform
- D) Election system
Why: It rewards reducing deforestation and forest degradation.
Timur is used mainly as a:
- A) Spice and medicine ✔
- B) Building material
- C) Fuel
- D) Paper
Why: Timur (Zanthoxylum) is used as a spice, similar to Sichuan pepper, and in traditional medicine.
Which law gave strong legal support to community forestry first?
- A) Forest Act 2049 ✔
- B) Forest Act 2076
- C) Local Government Act 2074
- D) Environment Act 2076
Why: The Forest Act 2049 supported community forestry.
Alpine areas above 4,000 m mainly have:
- A) Dense sal forests
- B) Shrubs, grasses and herbs ✔
- C) Bamboo forests
- D) Mangroves
Why: High altitudes have shrubs, grasses and herbs.
Forests including other wooded land cover about what share of Nepal (FRA 2015)?
- A) 45% ✔
- B) 25%
- C) 60%
- D) 30%
Why: Forest Resource Assessment (FRA) 2015 found forests cover about 40% of Nepal, and about 45% when other wooded land (shrubland) is added.
The national flower of Nepal is:
- A) Lotus
- B) Rhododendron (lali gurans) ✔
- C) Sunflower
- D) Marigold
Why: The rhododendron (लालीगुराँस) is Nepal's national flower. It grows widely in the temperate hills and blooms in spring.
The scientific name of sal is:
- A) Shorea robusta ✔
- B) Dalbergia sissoo
- C) Pinus roxburghii
- D) Acacia catechu
Why: Sal's scientific name is Shorea robusta. It is the most valuable timber tree of the Terai and Chure forests.
Khair is mainly found in which zone?
- A) Tropical ✔
- B) Alpine
- C) Subalpine
- D) Temperate
Why: Khair (Acacia catechu) grows in the tropical zone of the Terai and Chure. Its wood gives katha (catechu).
Chir pine (khote salla) is typical of the:
- A) Subtropical zone ✔
- B) Alpine zone
- C) Tropical zone
- D) Tundra
Why: Chir pine (खोटे सल्ला) is typical of the subtropical zone, roughly 1,000 to 2,000 m, on dry, sunny hill slopes.
Utis (alder) grows mainly in the:
- A) Subtropical zone ✔
- B) Alpine zone
- C) Tropical Terai
- D) Desert
Why: Utis (alder) grows mainly in the subtropical hills, often near streams and on landslide areas, and it improves soil fertility.
Oak (khasru, banjh) is typical of which zone?
- A) Temperate ✔
- B) Tropical
- C) Alpine
- D) Tundra
Why: Oaks such as khasru and banjh are typical of the temperate zone, about 2,000 to 3,000 m, along with rhododendron.
Dhupi is the Nepali name for:
- A) Juniper ✔
- B) Fir
- C) Birch
- D) Oak
Why: Dhupi is juniper, found in the subalpine and alpine areas. Its leaves are burned as incense.
Gobre salla is:
- A) Fir ✔
- B) Chir pine
- C) Sal
- D) Alder
Why: Gobre salla is fir, a conifer of the subalpine zone, growing with birch and juniper near the tree line.
Blue pine is found mainly in the:
- A) Temperate zone ✔
- B) Tropical zone
- C) Terai
- D) Inner Terai
Why: Blue pine grows mainly in the temperate zone, especially in drier inner valleys of western and central Nepal.
Leasehold forests are given mainly to:
- A) Poor households ✔
- B) Industries
- C) Temples
- D) Foreigners
Why: Leasehold forests are degraded forest plots leased to groups of poor households, so they can earn income while restoring the forest.
Collaborative forest management is mainly practised in the:
- A) Terai ✔
- B) Himalaya
- C) Kathmandu
- D) Mustang
Why: Collaborative forest management is used for large forest blocks in the Terai, shared between the government and local people, including distant users.
Forests managed by temples or monasteries are called:
- A) Religious forests ✔
- B) Leasehold forests
- C) Private forests
- D) Protection forests
Why: Forests managed by temples, monasteries or other religious bodies are called religious forests (धार्मिक वन).
CFUG stands for:
- A) Community Forest User Group ✔
- B) Central Forest Union Group
- C) Community Farm User Group
- D) Common Forest Utility Group
Why: CFUG means Community Forest User Group: local households who manage and use a community forest under an approved operational plan.
The current Forest Act of Nepal is:
- A) Forest Act 2049
- B) Forest Act 2076 ✔
- C) Forest Act 2019
- D) Forest Act 2030
Why: The Forest Act, 2076 is the current forest law. It replaced the Forest Act, 2049 and fits the federal structure.
Which ministry looks after forests?
- A) Ministry of Forests and Environment ✔
- B) Ministry of Agriculture
- C) Ministry of Land
- D) Ministry of Water Supply
Why: MoFE.
Lokta is used to make:
- A) Nepali handmade paper ✔
- B) Rope
- C) Medicine
- D) Furniture
Why: Lokta (Daphne) bark is used to make Nepali handmade paper (नेपाली कागज), known for its strength and long life.
Rittha (soap nut) is used as a:
- A) Natural soap/detergent ✔
- B) Spice
- C) Dye
- D) Fuel
Why: Natural cleanser.
Timur is used mainly as a:
- A) Spice ✔
- B) Timber
- C) Fibre
- D) Dye
Why: Sichuan pepper spice.
Yarsagumba is found in:
- A) High Himalayan pastures ✔
- B) Terai forests
- C) Inner Terai
- D) City parks
Why: Yarsagumba, a valuable medicinal fungus, is found in high Himalayan pastures above about 3,500 m, in districts such as Dolpa and Darchula.
NTFP stands for:
- A) Non-Timber Forest Products ✔
- B) National Timber Forest Plan
- C) New Tree Farming Programme
- D) Natural Tree Forest Policy
Why: NTFP means Non-Timber Forest Products: forest products other than timber, such as herbs, fibres, resins, fruits and medicinal plants.
Which is a cause of deforestation?
- A) Encroachment and illegal logging ✔
- B) Afforestation
- C) Community forestry
- D) Plantation
Why: Encroachment, illegal logging, forest fires and road building without planning are major causes of deforestation.
REDD+ rewards countries for:
- A) Reducing deforestation and degradation ✔
- B) Building roads
- C) Mining
- D) Hunting
Why: REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation) rewards countries with carbon finance for keeping forests and their carbon.
Forests help reduce:
- A) Floods and landslides ✔
- B) Rainfall
- C) Oxygen
- D) Soil fertility
Why: Tree roots hold soil and forests slow rainwater, so they help reduce floods and landslides, especially in the hills.
Sisau is mainly found in the:
- A) Terai ✔
- B) Alpine zone
- C) Subalpine zone
- D) High Himalaya
Why: Sisau (Dalbergia sissoo) grows mainly in the Terai, the tropical zone, often along rivers. It is a valuable timber tree.
Which plant grows above the tree line (above 4,000 m)?
- A) Small shrubs and grasses ✔
- B) Sal
- C) Sisau
- D) Chir pine
Why: Above the tree line (about 4,000 m), it is too cold for trees, so only small shrubs, grasses and herbs grow.
Nepal's community forestry is known worldwide as a model of:
- A) Participatory forest management ✔
- B) Industrial logging
- C) Private plantation
- D) Military protection
Why: Nepal's community forestry is a world model of participatory forest management, where local people manage, protect and benefit from forests.
An approved operational plan is needed to run a:
- A) Community forest ✔
- B) National park
- C) Private garden
- D) Hunting reserve
Why: A community forest is run under an approved operational plan, which sets rules for protection, harvesting and use of income.
Simal is a tree of the:
- A) Tropical zone ✔
- B) Alpine zone
- C) Tundra
- D) Subalpine zone
Why: Simal (silk cotton tree) grows in the tropical lowlands of the Terai and inner Terai.
Bhojpatra bark was traditionally used for:
- A) Writing manuscripts ✔
- B) Roofing
- C) Fuel
- D) Making rope
Why: Bhojpatra (birch) bark is thin and paper-like, so it was traditionally used for writing manuscripts in ancient times.