Forest Society and Colonialism MCQs with answers

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Q. Tendu leaves are used in making
  • (A) bidis
  • (B) plates
  • (C) baskets
  • (D) umbrellas
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) bidis
Q. Which of the following is a commercial crop?
  • (A) Rice
  • (B) Wheat
  • (C) Cotton
  • (D) Maize
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βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Cotton
Q. Wooden planks lay across railway tracks to hold these tracks in a position are called:
  • (A) Beams
  • (B) Sleepers
  • (C) Rail fasteners
  • (D) none of these
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βœ… Correct Answer: (B) Sleepers
Q. Which of the following is a community of skilled forest cutters?
  • (A) Maasais of Africa
  • (B) Mundas of Chotanagpur
  • (C) Gonds of Orissa
  • (D) Kalangs of Java
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) Kalangs of Java
Q. Forests consisting of which type of trees were preferred by the Forest Department?
  • (A) Forests having trees which provided fuel, fodder and leaves
  • (B) Forests having soft wood
  • (C) Forests having trees suitable for building ships and railways
  • (D) None of these
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βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Forests having trees suitable for building ships and railways
Q. In South-East Asia shifting agriculture is known as:
  • (A) Milpa
  • (B) Lading
  • (C) Tavy
  • (D) Chitemene
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βœ… Correct Answer: (B) Lading
Q. The railway network expanded rapidly in India from the
  • (A) 1850s
  • (B) 1860s
  • (C) 1830s
  • (D) 1820s
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βœ… Correct Answer: (B) 1860s
Q. The Imperial Forest Research Institute was set up at
  • (A) Allahabad
  • (B) Darjeeling
  • (C) Dehradun
  • (D) Shimla
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βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Dehradun
Q. Baigas are a forest community of
  • (A) Central India
  • (B) North India
  • (C) South india
  • (D) North-east india
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βœ… Correct Answer: (A) Central India
Q. The colonial power in Indonesia were the
  • (A) Portuguese
  • (B) French
  • (C) Dutch
  • (D) English
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Dutch
Q. Who were the colonial power in Indonesia?
  • (A) British
  • (B) Dutch
  • (C) French
  • (D) Portuguese
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βœ… Correct Answer: (B) Dutch
Q. Where did the Dutch start forest management in Indonesia?
  • (A) Java
  • (B) Sumatra
  • (C) Bali
  • (D) None of the above
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βœ… Correct Answer: (A) Java
Q. The Kalangs resisted the Dutch in
  • (A) 1700
  • (B) 1750
  • (C) 1770
  • (D) 1800
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βœ… Correct Answer: (C) 1770
Q. What was the system of β€˜blandongdiensten’?
  • (A) A system of education
  • (B) Industrialisation
  • (C) First imposition of rent on land and then exemption
  • (D) None of the above
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βœ… Correct Answer: (C) First imposition of rent on land and then exemption
Q. What was the policy followed by the British in India towards forests during the First and the Second World Wars?
  • (A) The forest department cut trees freely to meet British war needs
  • (B) Cutting of trees was strictly prohibited for everyone, including the British
  • (C) More and more trees were planted to give employment to Indians
  • (D) None of the above
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βœ… Correct Answer: (B) Cutting of trees was strictly prohibited for everyone, including the British
Q. Who wrote the book β€˜The Forests of India’ in the year 1923?
  • (A) David Spurr
  • (B) E.P. Stebbing
  • (C) Verrier Elvin
  • (D) John Middleton
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βœ… Correct Answer: (B) E.P. Stebbing
Q. The system of scientific forestry stands for:
  • (A) System whereby the local farmers were allowed to cultivate temporarily within a plantation
  • (B) System of cutting old trees and plant new ones
  • (C) Division of forest into three categories
  • (D) Disappearance of forests
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βœ… Correct Answer: (B) System of cutting old trees and plant new ones
Q. Indian Forest Service was set up in the year:
  • (A) 1865
  • (B) 1864
  • (C) 1854
  • (D) 1884
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βœ… Correct Answer: (B) 1864

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