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Class 9 History Chapter 4 Forest Society And Colonialism Quiz 1 (25 MCQs)

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1. What is forest management?

Correct Answer: A) A system of cutting trees controlled by the forest department.

2. What was the main motive behind the establishment of 'Reserved Forests' during colonial rule?

Correct Answer: B) To ensure a steady supply of timber for the British industries.

3. What major impact did the Forest Act have on forest dwellers' lives?

Correct Answer: A) Deprivation of customary hunting rights.

4. What term is used for a traditional agricultural practice involving cutting and burning parts of the forest in rotation, found in many parts of Asia, Africa, and South America?

Correct Answer: A) Shifting cultivation or swidden agriculture.

5. What was the impact of the Forest Act on the lives of forest dwellers in India?

Correct Answer: A) Everyday practices became illegal.

6. The term 'Tribal Revolts' in the context of colonial forest policies refers to:

Correct Answer: C) Protests by tribal people against the restrictions on their access to forests.

7. Forest Management is

Correct Answer: D) Controlled cutting of trees by forest department.

8. What was prohibited by the forest laws, leading to punishment for poaching?

Correct Answer: A) Hunting.

9. What was the system of 'blandongdiensten'?

Correct Answer: C) First imposition of rent on land and then exemption.

10. Where is Birsa Munda?

Correct Answer: C) Chhotanagpur.

11. Which tribe in the Andaman Islands was severely affected by the British colonial policies of forest conservation?

Correct Answer: B) Great Andamanese.

12. What was the impact of forest laws on shifting cultivation?

Correct Answer: A) Shifting cultivation was regarded as harmful and banned.

13. Who was Dietrich Brandis, and what role did he play in Indian forestry?

Correct Answer: B) The first Inspector General of Forests in India.

14. In which type of cultivation parts of forest are cut and burnt in rotation?

Correct Answer: A) Shifting cultivation.

15. What is the practice of clearing forests with mixed trees and planting one kind of trees in straight rows called?

Correct Answer: A) Scientific Forestry.

16. How did the British view large animals like tigers in India during colonial rule?

Correct Answer: A) Signs of a wild, primitive society.

17. Who was Dietrich Brandis?

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.

18. What term is used for sacred groves protected by villages in India, contributing to the survival of dense forests?

Correct Answer: A) Sarnesh is a goddess.

19. How did the Forest Act of 1865 affect forest dwellers?

Correct Answer: D) It restricted their traditional practices like hunting and gathering.

20. How did the Forest Act affect the customary rights of villagers in India in the late 19th and early 20th centuries?

Correct Answer: A) Customary rights were severely restricted.

21. Since the 1980s, what has become a more important goal for governments across Asia and Africa in terms of forestry?

Correct Answer: A) Conservation of Forests.

22. How many kilometers of railway track had been laid in India by 1890?

Correct Answer: B) 25, 500 km.

23. Bastar is located in

Correct Answer: B) Chhattisgarh.

24. When did Brandis set up the Imperial Forest Research Institute?

Correct Answer: A) 1906.

25. What were the consequences of the Forest Act on the everyday practices of forest-dwelling people?

Correct Answer: C) Their practices became illegal, and they had to steal wood from the forests.

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