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Q 2MCQ (1 Mark)1 Mark
Which among the following is not a tribal community from the Bastar district?
  • A
    Muria Gonds.
  • B
    Dhurwas.
  • C
    Halbas.
  • Santhals.

Answer: D.

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Q 3MCQ (1 Mark)1 Mark
Who was Gunda Dhur?
  • A
    A rebel of Java.
  • B
    First inspector General.
  • C
    A leader of Santhal rebellion.
  • A leader of Dhurva tribe.

Answer: D.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Why were some forests classified as protected?

  • A
    In these, the customary grazing rights of pastorals were granted but their movements were severely restricted.
  • B
    The colonial officials believed that grazing destroyed the saplings and young shoots of trees that germinated on the forest floor.
  • C
    Both (a) and (b).
  • D
    None of these.
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Why were forests cleared off rapidly during the colonial period?

  • A
    To fulfil the demand of commercial crops.
  • B
    Forests were considered to be wasteland.
  • C
    To fulfil the demand of timber.
  • D
    All the above.
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Why were forest cleared off rapidly during the colonial period?

  • A
    To fulfil the demand of commercial crops.
  • B
    Forests were considered to be wasteland.
  • C
    To fulfil the demand of timber.
  • D
    All the above.
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Between 1880 and 1920, forest cover in the Indian subcontinent declined by 9.7 million hectares, from 108.6 million hectares to 98.9 million hectares. Discuss the role of the following factors in this decline:
  • Railways.
  • Shipbuilding.
  • Agricultural expansion.
  • Commercial farming.
  • Tea/Coffee plantations.
  • Adivasis and other peasant users.
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