21
The local name of shifting cultivation in South-East Asia is:
Answer: Lodang
Questions
22
Forests consisting of which type of trees was preferred by the Forest department?
Answer: Forest having trees suitable for building ships and railways
23
which of the following community are skilled forest cutters?
Answer: Kalangs of Java
24
Wooder planks lay across railway tracks to hold these tracks in a position are called:
Answer: Sleepers
26
Which of the following was the most essential for colonial trade and movement of goods?
Answer: Railways
27
Who among the following are skilled forests cutters?
Answer: Mundas of Chotanagpur
28
Villagers wanted forests to satisfy their following needs:
Answer: Fuel, fodder and fruit
30
Dietrich Brandis was the:
Answer: First Inspector General of forests in India
31
Colonial rules considered forests as unproductive because:
Answer: Forests did not yield revenue to enhance income of the state
32
Which forest community of Central India sent a petition against stopping of shifting cultivation in 1892?
Answer: Baigas
33
Which of the following was true under colonial rule?
Answer: Scale of hunting increased
34
What was not a factor in discouragement of shifting agriculture?
Answer: Many local communities were displaced
35
In which parts is Swidden agriculture practised?
Answer: Asia, Africa and S. America
37
500 different plant species can be found in one forest patch in
Answer: Amazon
38
Why did colonists need durable timber?
Answer: To build ships for the Royal Navy
40
Which of the following was the reason for forests disappearing near railway tracks?
Answer: Indiscriminate cutting of trees by contractors
