Choose the correct option:
Question 1.
Tendu leaves are used in making
(a) bidis
(b) plates
(c) baskets
(d) umbrellas
Answer
Answer: (a) bidis
Question 2.
The railway network expanded rapidly in India from the
(a) 1820s
(b) 1830s
(c) 1850s
(d) 1860s
Answer
Answer: (d) 1860s
Question 3.
The Imperial Forest Research Institute was set up at
(a) Allahabad
(b) Darjeeling
(c) Dehradun
(d) Shimla
Answer
Answer: (c) Dehradun
Question 4.
Baigas are a forest community of
(a) Central India
(b) North India
(c) South india
(d) North-east india
Answer
Answer: (a) Central India
Question 5.
The colonial power in Indonesia were the
(a) English
(b) Dutch
(c) French
(d) Portuguese
Answer
Answer: (b) Dutch
Question 6.
Who were the colonial power in Indonesia?
(a) British
(b) Dutch
(c) French
(d) Portuguese
Answer
Answer: (b) Dutch
Question 7.
Where did the Dutch start forest management in Indonesia?
(a) Java
(b) Sumatra
(c) Bali
(d) None of the above
Answer
Answer: (a) Java
Question 8.
The Kalangs resisted the Dutch in
(a) 1700
(b) 1750
(c) 1770
(d) 1800
Answer
Answer: (c) 1770
Question 9.
What was the system of ‘blandongdiensten’?
(a) A system of education
(b) Industrialisation
(c) First imposition of rent on land and then exemption
(d) None of the above
Answer
Answer: (c) First imposition of rent on land and then exemption
Question 10.
What was the policy followed by the British in India towards forests during the First and the Second World Wars?
(a) The forest department cut trees freely to meet British war needs
(b) Cutting of trees was strictly prohibited for everyone, including the British
(c) More and more trees were planted to give employment to Indians
(d) None of the above
Answer
Answer: (b) Cutting of trees was strictly prohibited for everyone, including the British
Question 11.
Who wrote the book ‘The Forests of India’ in the year 1923?
(a) David Spurr
(b) E.P. Stebbing
(c) Verrier Elvin
(d) John Middleton
Answer
Answer: (b) E.P. Stebbing
Question 12.
Indian Forest Service was set up in the year:
(a) 1865
(b) 1864
(c) 1854
(d) 1884
Answer
Answer: (b) 1864
Question 13.
The system of scientific forestry stands for:
(a)System whereby the local farmers were allowed to cultivate temporarily within a plantation
(b) System of cutting old trees and plant new ones
(c) Division of forest into three categories
(d) Disappearance of forests
Answer
Answer: (b) System of cutting old trees and plant new ones
Question 14.
In South-East Asia shifting agriculture is known as:
(A) Chitemene
(b) Tavy
(c) Lading
(d) Milpa
Answer
Answer: (c) Lading
Question 15.
Forests consisting of which type of trees were preferred by the Forest Department?
(a) Forests having trees which provided fuel, fodder and leaves
(b) Forests having soft wood
(c) Forests having trees suitable for building ships and railways
Answer
Answer: (c) Forests having trees suitable for building ships and railways
Question 16.
Which of the following is a community of skilled forest cutters?
(a) Maasais of Africa
(b) Mundas of Chotanagpur
(c) Gonds of Orissa
(d) Kalangs of Java
Answer
Answer: (d) Kalangs of Java
Question 17.
Wooden planks lay across railway tracks to hold these tracks in a position are called:
(a) Beams
(b) Sleepers
(c) Rail fasteners
(d) none of these
Answer
Answer: (b) Sleepers
Question 18.
Which of the following is a commercial crop?
(a) Rice
(b) Wheat
(c) Cotton
(d) Maize
Answer
Answer: (c) Cotton