CBSE - Forest Society and Colonialism

1 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

2 FOREST SOCIETY AND COLONIALISM 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

3 FOREST SOCIETY AND COLONIALISM Where did the Dutch start forest management in Indonesia? (1) Java (2) Sumatra (3) Bali (4) None of the above

4 FOREST SOCIETY AND COLONIALISM Which of the following term is not associated with shifting agriculture in India? (1) Penda (2) Bewar (3) Khandad (4) Lading

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 Indian Forest Service was set up in the year: (1) 1865 (2) 1864 (3) 1854 (4) 1884

7 FOREST SOCIETY AND COLONIALISM Which place is now famous as a rice-producing island in Indonesia? (1) Java (2) Sumatra (3) Borneo (4) Kalimantan

8 FOREST SOCIETY AND COLONIALISM According to the forest laws enacted by the Dutch in Java, (1) Villagers’ access to forest was restricted (2) Wood could be cut only for specified purposes like making river boats or constructing houses (3) Villagers were punished for grazing cattle (4) All the above

9 FOREST SOCIETY AND COLONIALISM In which year the Baster rebellion took place? (1) 1910 (2) 1909 (3) 1911 (4) 1912

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