26. Which one of the following statements is not correct ?

1. 1. Make-up of the soil according to proportions of sand, silt and clay is known as soil texture
      

   
   
   

   2. The way in which sand, silt, clay and humus bond together to form peds is known as soil structure

   
   
   

   3. The soil moisture budget is the balance of water in the soil

   
   
   

   4. A group of soil formed different parent rocks and having different horizons and soil profiles is known as soil series

   
   
   

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   Correct Option: D

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27. Social forestry aims at

1. 1. adopting scientific silvicultural practices for healthy growth of plants

   
   
   

   2. motivating villagers in the generation and management of forests

   
   
   

   3. bringing wastelands under massive afforestation programe

   
   
   

   4. adopting measures for the maximum tilisation of forest products

   
   
   

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   Correct Option: D

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28. Evergreen Mediterranean forest occurs

1. 1. On the eastern side of landmasses which have a warm temperate climate

   
   
   

   2. In hot wet equatorial lowlands

   
   
   

   3. On the western margin of Europe where the climate is of cool temperate type

   
   
   

   4. Between 30^° and 40^°N and S on the western side of continents

   
   
   

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   Correct Option: D

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29. A forests whose broad-leaved evergreen trees grow to great heights and which are festooned with parasitic plants and epiphytes, and beneath which the under growth is very spar se, in known

1. 1. Mediterranean forests

   
   
   

   2. Temperate evergreen forests

   
   
   

   3. Equatorial forests

   
   
   

   4. Coniferous forests

   
   
   

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   Correct Option: C

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30. Consider the following statements regarding equatorial forests
    1. They consist mostly of hardwood trees
    2. In very dense areas, under growth is absent
    3. There is segregation of the same species of trees
    4. Lumbering is well developed in these forests
    Of these statement

1. 1. 1, 2 and 4 correct

   
   
   

   2. 2, 3 and 4 correct

   
   
   

   3. 1 and 2 are correct

   
   
   

   4. 1 and 3 are correct

   
   
   

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   Correct Option: C

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