CBSE - Forest Society and Colonialism

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

2 FOREST SOCIETY AND COLONIALISM What did Surontiko Samin of Randublatung village, a teak forest village, begin questioning? (1) The foreign policy of the Dutch (2) State ownership of the forest (3) The export policy of the Dutch (4) none of the above

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

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

5 FOREST SOCIETY AND COLONIALISM What was the system of ‘blandongdiensten’? (1) A system of education (2) Industrialisation (3) First imposition of rent on land and then exemption (4) None of the above

6 FOREST SOCIETY AND COLONIALISM What was the policy followed by the British in India towards forests during the First and the Seco nd World Wars? (1) The forest department cut trees freely to meet British war needs (2) Cutting of trees was strictly prohibited for everyone, including the British (3) More and more trees were planted to give employment to Indians (4) None of the above

7 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

8 FOREST SOCIETY AND COLONIALISM Which of the following was not a tribal community? (1) Karacha (2) Jhum (3) Korava (4) Yerukula

9 FOREST SOCIETY AND COLONIALISM Who wrote the book ‘The Forests of India’ in the year 1923? (1) David Spurr (2) E.P. Stebbing (3) Verrier Elvin (4) John Middleton

10 FOREST SOCIETY AND COLONIALISM Which of the following is a commercial crop? (1) Rice (2) Wheat (3) Cotton (4) Maize