Social forestry MCQ — 1 Practice Questions with Answers

Explanation

The National Commission on Agriculture used the term social forestry in 1976 while stressing tree planting outside conventional reserved forests, especially for fuelwood, fodder and community needs. The year 1961 is too early for this commission-based formulation. The year 1978 comes after the commission had already popularised the idea, and 1982 is later still, when social forestry programmes were already being discussed and implemented more widely. Since the question asks for the first use by the National Commission on Agriculture, 1976 is the retained answer.