Forest Society and Colonialism

Bastar people believe each village was given land by

• The British

• The Gods

• The Earth

• The Chief

Which of the following was not a method adopted by Saminists?

• Lying down on the land

• Refusing to pay taxes and fines

• Refusing to perform labour

• Flogging the Dutch

Which of the following is a new development in forestry?

• Conservation of forests

• Collecting timber

• Scientific forestry

• Keeping communities away from forests

Which among the following is the main reason for survival of some dense forests in India?

• Conservationists

• Environmentalists

• Scientific forestry

• Villages protected them as sacred grooves

Sacred grooves are known as

• sarnas, kan, rai, devarakudu

• dhya, penda, bewar

• nevad, jhum, podu

• siadi, semur, Chena tavi,

The scorched earth policy was followed by

• Japanese in Java

• British in India

• French in Vietnam

• Dutch in Java

The system of blandongdiensten implies

• Forced villagers to cut trees as per the new forest laws

• Exempting villagers from rent if they worked collectively to provide free labour and buffalos for cutting and transporting timber

Which of the following categories of forests is considered as the best on the basis of their utility?

• Reserved forests

• Protected forests

• Village forests

• Community forests

The Imperial Forest Institute was set up at (a)  

Which of the following trees were promoted for building ships or railways?

• Firs and Pines

• Bushes and creepers

• Teak and Sal

• Shisham and Acacia