Forest Society and Colonialism (Class - IX)
| Description: Forest Society and Colonialism | |
| Number of Questions: 16 | |
| Created by: Priya Bakshi | |
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In which of the following years did the 'Indian Forest Act' come into being?
The British directly encouraged the production of commercial crops due to their demand in Europe. Which of the following is not a commercial crop?
Who among the following started a movement against the state ownership of forests?
Forests were considered unproductive in the early nineteenth century by the colonial state. Which of the following was the reason?
Due to which of the following reasons did the demand for commercial crops increase in the nineteenth-century Europe?
a. Foodgrains were required to feed the growing urban population. b. Raw material was required for industrial production. c. Trading in foodgrains was becoming a very lucrative business.
The Imperial Forest Research Institute was set up at Dehradun. Which of the following systems was being taught there?
Which of the following statements is/are false?
a. For colonial trade and for the movement of imperial troops, railways were essential. b. The disappearance of oak forests in England created problems for timber supply for the Royal Navy. c. Gunda Dhur, a German expert, set up the Indian Forest Service and helped formulate the Indian Forest Act.
After the amendment of the Forest Act in 1878, for house building or fuel, villagers could take wood from which of the following forests?
a. Reserved forests b. Protected forests c. Village forests
Which of the following decisions was taken by the Forest Act, 1878?
Which of the following is a local term for swidden agriculture in India?
Match the following: Forest communities|Places of living| |a. Korava|1. Jharkhand| |b. Gonds|2. Chhattisgarh| |c. Santhals|3. Madras Presidency|
Which of the following trees was used by the Mundurucu people of the Brazilian Amazon to collect latex?
Which of the following statements is/are false?
a. Parts of forests are cut and burnt in shifting cultivation. b. The Forest Department preferred trees like sal and teak that were suitable for building ships and railways. c. Shifting cultivation made it easier for the government to calculate taxes.
Match the following:
| a. The thorny bark of the semur | 1. It can be stitched together to make disposable plates and cups. |
| b. The siadi creeper | 2. It is used to grate vegetables. |
| c. The leaves of trees | 3. It is used to make ropes. |
Which of the following were a community of skilled forest cutters and shifting cultivators of Java?
Match the following: Names of leaders|Places where they belonged to| |a. Siddhu and Kanu|1. Chhotanagpur| |b. Birsa Munda|2. Andhra Pradesh| |c. Alluri Sitarama Raju|3. Santhal Parganas|