CBSE - Forest Society and Colonialism

1 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

2 FOREST SOCIETY AND COLONIALISM What is the goal of governments across Asia and Africa since the 1980s? (1) Conservation of forests (2) Collection of timber (3) Settling people in forest areas (4) Destroying old forests and growing new ones

3 FOREST SOCIETY AND COLONIALISM Which of the following is a community of skilled forest cutters? (1) Maasais of Africa (2) Mundas of Chotanagpur (3) Gonds of Orissa (4) Kalangs of Java

4 FOREST SOCIETY AND COLONIALISM Which of the following is not associated with Sweden agriculture? (1) Karacha (2) Jhum (3) Bewar (4) Penda

5 FOREST SOCIETY AND COLONIALISM Which of the following was the most essential for the colonial trade and movement of goods? (1) Roadways (2) Railways (3) Airways (4) River ways

6 FOREST SOCIETY AND COLONIALISM 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

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

8 FOREST SOCIETY AND COLONIALISM The Kalangs resisted the Dutch in (1) 1700 (2) 1750 (3) 1770 (4) 1800

9 FOREST SOCIETY AND COLONIALISM The system of scientific forestry stands for: (1) System whereby the local farmers were allowed to cultivate temporarily within a plantation (2) System of cutting old trees and plant new ones (3) Division of forest into three categories (4) Disappearance of forests

10 FOREST SOCIETY AND COLONIALISM Who were ‘Kalangs’ of Java? (1) Dynasty of rulers (2) Skilled forest cutters and shifting cultivators (3) A community of moneylenders (4) none of the above