Forest Society and Colonialism

Construction of railways tracks in India created a huge demand for

• Timber

• Iron

• Elephants

• Bamboo

What were the best forests called?

• Protected forests

• Village forests

• Reserved forests

• Unreserved forests

Which of these is a forest product?

• Silk

• Gum

• Wood

• All of these

Which of the following was not a category defined by the British colonial rulers in India?

• Reserved forests

• Protected forests

• Village forests

• Community forests

Which of the following trees were grown for building ships and railways?

• Firs and Pins

• Bushes and Creepers

• Teak and Sal

• Shisham and Acacia

What was the shifting cultivation called in Sri Lanka?

• Jhum

• Chena

• Mixed cultivation

• Multi-cropping

Who was the tribal leader of the rebellion at Chhotanagpur?

• Birsa Munda

• Sidhu

• Kanho

• Non of them

When did the rebellion take place in Bastar?

• 1810

• 1919

• 1910

• 1819

The blandongdienstein system of exempting villages from rent in return of free labour was introduced by whom?

• Britishers

• French

• Dutch

• Portuguese

Bastar is located in

• Bihar

• Chhattisgarh

• Jharkhand

• Madhya Pradesh