Forest Society and Colonialism Social Science - Forest Society and Colonialism

The Imperial Forest Research Institute was set up at.

Which among the following is not a tribal community from the Bastar district?

Who was Gunda Dhur?

Which of the following was not a tribal community?

Across India, from Mizoram to Kerala, many forests thrived because government restricted cutting of trees. (True/False)

The new system introduced by the Imperial Forest Institute was Scientific farming. (True/False)

Latex can be collected from the ________ tree.

Who was Gunda Dhur?

Which tribes of India were recruited to work on tea plantations?

Which animals were frequently used to lift heavy timber in the colonial period?

What was the use of a dried scooped-out gourd?

Name the leader who rebelled against the British.

Against whom Surontiko Samin started a movement?

What restrictions were imposed by the Dutch in Java forest laws?

What were the provisions of the Indian Forest Act of 1878?

On what condition were some villages of Bastar allowed to stay on in the reserved forests?
Or
Explain forest villages'.

Discuss how the changes in forest management in the colonial period affected the following group of people:
Plantation owners.

Why did the ‘forests acts' mean severe hardship to the villagers?

What were the main causes of the revolt of Bastar?

How did the people of Bastar react against the British forest policies? What were its consequences?

Write a short note on shifting cultivation.

There are many tribes living in India. Visit any one of them and give a brief on the life led by the tribals.

Assertion (A) : Forest Management had a great impact on shifting cultivators.

Reason (R) : This type of cultivation also made difficult for the government to calculate taxes.

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

(B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

(C) (A) is correct but (R) is wrong.

(D) (A) is wrong but (R) is correct.

Assertion (A) : The Colonial Power in Indonesia were the British.

Reason (R) : Like the British, the Dutch Wanted timber from Java to build ships.

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

(B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

(C) (A) is correct but (R) is wrong.

(D) (A) is wrong but (R) is correct.

Assertion (A) : The spread of Railway from the 1850s created a new demand.

Reason (R) : Railway were essential for Colonial trade and for the Movement of Imperial troops.

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

(B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

(C) (A) is correct but (R) is wrong.

(D) (A) is wrong but (R) is correct.

Assertion (A) : In 1890s, Surontiko Samin a Teak Forest Villager began questioning state ownership of the forest.
Reason (R) : He agreed that the state had created the wind, water, earth and wood, so it could own it.

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

(B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

(C) (A) is correct but (R) is wrong.

(D) (A) is wrong but (R) is correct.