Rise of Commercial Forestry
Rise of Commercial Forestry: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as, Introduction of Forest Management in Colonial India, Scientific Forestry in Colonial India, Rise of Trading in Forest Products in Colonial Rule & Trade Regulations by the British Government and their Impact etc.
Important Questions on Rise of Commercial Forestry
Who invited Dietrich Brandis to India?
In Imperial Forest Research Institute was set up in which city?
Which of the following decision was taken by the Indian Forest Act ?
Choose the incorrect statement:
After reading the Assertion and Reason given, choose the correct option.
Assertion (A): Dietrich Brandis was made the first inspector general of forest in India under British rule.
Reason(R): The use of forests by local people and the reckless felling of trees by traders would destroy forests.
After reading the Assertion and Reason given, choose the correct option.
Assertion (A): British officials were suspicious of the nomadic people of India.
Reason(R): British wanted the rural people to live in villages, in fixed places with fixed rights on particular fields as a settled population which was easy to identify and control.
Which Brazilian community began to sell latex to traders?
Oil for cooking is procured from which tree?
Which of these is a community in Central India?
How much leaves does a bundle of Tendu consist of?
Forced labour involved in the extraction of Rubber in Putumayo was called?
Taungya cultivation was first practiced in which nation?
Why did the British ban shifting cultivation?
Why did the villagers start stealing wood from trees?
What type of trees were used for building ships and railway sleepers?
Which act divided forests into three types?
Which communities were called 'Criminal Tribes' by the British?
Which of the following is correct about scientific forestry?
For what purpose were forests being cut in the s?
Which British Administrator killed Tigers?
