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Class 9 History Chapter 4 Forest Society And Colonialism Quiz 5 (25 MCQs)

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1. What challenge did Surontiko Samin of Randublatung village in Java present to state ownership of the forest?
2. Fill in the blank:By the early ..... century, ..... forests in England were disappearing. This created a problem of timber supply for the Royal Navy.
3. What system did the Dutch enact in Java in the nineteenth century to restrict villagers' access to forests?
4. Which British administrator killed 400 tigers and viewed large animals as signs of a wild, primitive, and savage society in India?
5. What role did Dietrich Brandis play in forestry in India during the colonial period?
6. Which of the following was not the specialty of 'scientific forestry'?
7. What is scientific forestry?
8. What impact did European colonialism have on the trade of forest products?
9. Which movement initiated by Amrita Devi Bishnoi to protect trees from being felled is famous in Indian history?
10. Why did the British consider forests unproductive in the early 19th century?
11. Who challenged state ownership of forests in Java around 1890, questioning the Dutch right to own the wind, water, earth, and wood?
12. During which period was a significant amount of forest cleared for industrial uses, cultivation, and fuelwood?
13. The Imperial Forest Research Institute was set up at
14. Which of the following is a new development in forestry?
15. Which of the following is a community of skilled forest cutters?
16. What are some names for sacred groves protecting dense forests in India?
17. What happened to the customary practice of hunting after the forest laws?
18. What law, enacted in 1865, divided forests into reserved, protected, and village categories?
19. What role did railways play in the exploitation of India's forests in the 19th century?
20. What were the causes of deforestation by the British in India?
21. Who was the leader of the 1910 rebellion in Bastar against forest laws?
22. Dietrich Brandis was the first .....
23. What is shifting cultivation, and why did the British discourage it?
24. The passage mentions two arguments used by the British in the early 19th century to justify deforestation. Which of the following is NOT one of those arguments?
25. The Indian Forest Act was amended in ..... and .....
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