Which act divided forests into three types?
Important Questions on Forest Society and Colonialism
The Indian Forest Service was set up in the _____ year. ()
The statements given below make an Assertion (A) which is followed by a Reason (R). After carefully reading both the Assertion (A) and Reason (R), identify which amongst the options (1-4) given below is applicable to the question:
Assertion (A): The British wanted to transform all grazing lands into cultivated farms.
Reason (R): Land revenue was negligible source of British finances.
1. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
2. Both A and Rare true and R is not the correct explanation of A
3. A is true and R is false.
4. A is false but R is true.
The Forest Act was enacted in , and was amended once in .
Read the statements below carefully and choose the correct option.
Statement 1: Roughly from 1294-1798, people of France were expected to strictly follow 'sumptuary laws' which controlled the behaviour of socially inferior people.
Statement 2: Post French Revolution, the items of clothing a person could purchase per year was regulated by income and by social rank.
Statement 3: In medieval France, only royalty could wear expensive materials like ermine and fur, or silk, velvet and brocade.
The siadi (Bauhinia vahlii) creeper can be used to make _____. (baskets / ropes)
After reading The Assertion and Reason given, choose the correct option.
Assertion(A): Pastoralists had to pay tax on every animal they grazed on pastures.
Reason(R): To expand its revenue income,the colonial government looked for every possible source of taxation.
Read the statements below carefully and choose the correct option.
Statement 1 : Under the British rule, forests were cleared for tea, coffee and rubber plantation.
Statement 2 : Villagers want forests with a mixer of species to satisfy different needs like fuel, fodder, leaves.
Statement 3 : India Forest Act of 1878 divided forests into two categories - reserved and protected.
In scientific forestry, forests had lots of different types of trees which were planted in a straight row.
Why was practice of shifting cultivation regarded harmful by European experts?
