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
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Option: 1 Solution : -. |
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
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Option: 3 Solution : -. |
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
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Option: 2 Solution : -. |
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
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Option: 4 Solution : -. |
FOREST SOCIETY AND COLONIALISM In which year the Baster rebellion took place? (1) 1910 (2) 1909 (3) 1911 (4) 1912
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Option: 1 Solution : -. |
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
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Option: 2 Solution : -. |
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
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Option: 2 Solution : -. |
FOREST SOCIETY AND COLONIALISM The Gond forest community belongs to which of the following (1) Chhattisgarh (2) Jharkhand (3) Jammu and Kashmir (4) Gujarat
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| B. | Option 2 |
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Option: 1 Solution : -. |
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
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| B. | Option 2 |
| C. | Option 3 |
| D. | Option 4 |
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Option: 2 Solution : -. |
