Deforestation in India during Colonial Times

In the seventeenth century, population increased over the centuries and the demand for food went up and peasants extended their boundaries of cultivation. 

In the $1850$s, more than $35,000$ Trees were cut annually for sleepers in the Bombay Presidency. 

The process of deforestation became systematic and extensive under the colonial rule in India. 

In the$1820$s the Americans sent search parties to India in order to look for timber. 

The European planters cleared forests in different parts of India to plant tea and coffee.

By the early nineteenth century _____ forests were disappearing from England because of deforestation. (Oak/ Sandal)

Which of the following statement (s) is correct about the spread of railways in $1850$s?

Which of the following statements is/are correct about the Expansion of Plantation by the British in India? 

Turnip improved the _____ of soil. (Fertility/ Texture)

The _____ people of Australia plotted their land along the symbolic body of the first ancestor. (Ngarrindjeri/ Celtic)

The expansion of cultivation was seen as a sign of _____ by the British. (Progress/ Regress) 

To run _____ wood was needed as a fuel, and to lay railway lines sleepers were essential for handling colonial trade. (Locomotives/ Iron Ploughs)

The thorny bark of the Semur (Silk-Cotton) tree is used to grate vegetables. 

The new railway line constructed between Mutlan and Sukkur was known as the Indus Valley Railway line. 

Which of the following describes the reason for the expansion of cultivation in India during the colonial period? 

The _____ tracks guided the white settlers when they landed in Australia. (Aboriginal/ Celtic)

In the early 19th century, the disappearance of oak forests in England created a problem with timber supply from the _____.(Royal Navy/British Army)

Forest management in the colonial period did not affect the lives of the plantation owners.

In the interest of forest lands, industries were set up in areas unsuited for _____. (agriculture/pisciculture)

The term deforestation can be understood as the selling of trees to traders for various purposes.