CBSE - FOREST SOCIETY AND COLONIALISM

Forests consisting of which type of trees were preferred by the Forest Department? (1) Forests having trees which provided fuel, fodder and leaves (2) Forests having soft wood (3) Forests having trees suitable for building ships and railways

Why did the government decide to ban shifting cultivation? (1) To grow trees for railway timber (2) When a forest was burnt, there was the danger of destroying valuable timber (3) Difficulties for the government to calculate taxes (4) All the above reasons

In South-East Asia shifting agriculture is known as: (1) Chitemene (2) Tavy (3) Lading (4) Milpa

Wooden planks lay across railway tracks to hold these tracks in a position are called: (1) Beams (2) Sleepers (3) Rail fasteners (4) none of these

Who were the colonial power in Indonesia? (1) British (2) Dutch (3) French (4) Portuguese