Class 9 Social Science History MCQ Forest Society and Colonialism

Question :Where is Bastar located?
(a) In Andhra Pradesh
(b) In Orissa
(c) In Southernmost parts of Chhattisgarh
(d) In Madhya Pradesh.

Question :In which country the similar situation prevailed as in the forest of Bastar?
(a) In Somalia
(b) In Indonesia
(c) In Malaysia
(d) In Sri Lanka

Question :Which of the following is the causes of Forest Act enacted in 1865 ?
(a) Forests were divided into four categories.
(b) Forests were divided into three categories.
(c) Villagers could take nothing from ” these forests.
(d) Villagers could take anything from these forests.

Question :Between 1700 to 1995, how much area of forest cover in the world cleared for industrial use ?
(a) 9.3%
(b) 8.3%
(c) 3.9%
(d) 8.5%

Question :Which of the following community or tribe live in Bastar?
(a) Maria
(b) Gaddis
(c) Gonds
(d) Halbas

Question :Who were Kalangs?
(a) Community of skilled labourers
(b) Community of skilled craftpersons
(c) Community of skilled forest cutters and shifting cultivator
(d) Skilled laboures and craftpersons who lived in central Java.

Question :Dutch began their scientific forestry in.
(a) Sumatra
(b) Java
(c) Kalimantan
(d) West Irian

Question :Sacred Groves are known as:
(i) Sarnas (b) Devarakudu (c) Kan (d) Rac
(a) (i) and (d)
(b) (c) and (d)
(c) only (d) is correct
(d) All are correct.

Question :India’s landmass under cultivation in 1600 AD was:
(a) About 1/6th of the India’s landmass
(b) About 1/8th of the India’s landmass
(c) About 1/4th of the India’s landmass
(d) About 1/3rd of the India’s landmass

Question :India forest service was set up in:
(a) 1764
(b) 1794
(c) 1864
(d) 1866

Question :When was Indian Forest Act implemented?
(a) In 1795
(b) In 1865
(c) In 1845
(d) In 1885

Question :What was the total length of railway tracks in 1890 ?
(a) 765000 km
(b) 66500 km
(c) 25500 km
(d) 45500 km

Question :How many trees were alone cut down annually in Madras Presidency in the early 1850s to build sleepers ?
(a) About 30800 trees
(b) About 35000 trees
(c) About 40000 trees
(d) About 40500 trees

Question :Each mile of railway track required between and sleepers.
(a) 1760,2000
(b) 1800,2040
(c) 2000,2040
(d) 2000,2060

Question :Large areas of natural forests were cleared to make way for:
(a) Tea Plantation
(b) Coffee Plantation
(c) Rubber Plantation
(d) Rice, Millet and Cotton growing

Question :Who was Dietrich Brandis?
(a) The first Inspector General of Police in India.
(b) The first Inspector General of Forest in India.
(c) The first Viceroy of Forest conservation committee
(d) The first President of Forest Survey Commission

Question :When was Forest Act amended after its implementation in 1865?
(a) In 1878 and in 1927
(b) In 1876 and in 1907
(c) In 1878 and in 1907
(d) In 1876 and in 1917.

Question :According to Forest Act 1878, forests were divided in three categories, these are:
(a) Reserved, Protected and Community forest.
(b) Open, Registered and Village Forest.
(c) Natural forests, Reserved and Protected forest.
(d) Reserved, Protected and Village forests.

Question : About 1800 to 3000 sleepers were required for each mile of railway track.

Question : About one-sixth of India’s landmass was under cultivation in 1600 A.D.

Question : The reserved and protected forests were considered as best forests.

Question : The Imperial Forest Research Institute was set up in 1907 at Dehradun.

Question : Bastar is located at the southern most part of Chattisgarh.

Question : Dietrich Brandis was a German expert who was made the first- inspector General of forest in India.

Question : The wages of the tea workers was low and condition of work was very bad.

Question : The central part of Bastar is on a plateau.

Question : Every village did not contribute smoothly to the rebellion expenses.

Question : The Dutch started forest management in Java.

Question : In 1600, the population of Java was an estimated 2.4 million.

Question : The Kalangs of Java were a community of skilled forest cutters and shifting cultivators.

Question : In the Western Ghats, it is possible to find as many as ……………. different plant species in one forest patch.

Question : The absence of cultivation in a place does not mean the land was ……………. .

Question : Between 1880 and 1920, cultivated area rose by ……………. million hectares.

Question : As early as the 1850s, in the ……………. Presidency alone, 35000 trees were being cut annually.

Question : Large area of ……………. forests were cleared to make way for tea, coffee and rubber plantation.

Question : The ……………. Act divided forests into three categories : reserved, protected and village forests.

Question : The Forest Act meant severe hardship for ……………. across the country.

Question : ……………. cultivation was a system in which local farmers were allowed to cultivate temporarily within a plantation.

Question : The river ……………. winds across Bastar east to west.