Choose the correct answer:
Question 1.
The local weavers and leather workers turned to ………………… for supplies of Kusum and Palash flowers.
(a) Santhals
(b) Mundas
(c) Khonds
(d) Labadis
Answer
Answer: (c) Khonds
Question 2.
The Bastar Rebellion in Central India broke out in
(a) 1900
(b) 1910
(c) 1920
(d) 1940
Answer
Answer: (b) 1910
Question 3.
Which revolt was popular in Maharashtra in 1940?
(a) The Kols
(b) The Bastar
(c) The Warli
(d) Birsa movement
Answer
Answer: (c) The Warli
Question 4.
The Khonds lived in
(a) Karnataka
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Bihar
(d) Odisha
Answer
Answer: (d) Odisha
Question 5.
What type of lives did the herders live?
(a) Sophisticated
(b) Settled
(c) Nomadic
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (c) Nomadic
Question 6.
…………….. tribe practised settled agriculture.
(a) Khonds
(b) Santhals
(c) Labadis of Andhra Pradesh
(d) Mundas of Chottanagpur Plateau
Answer
Answer: (d) Mundas of Chottanagpur Plateau
Question 7.
Jhum cultivation is practised these days in
(a) eastern states of India
(b) western states of India
(c) northern states of India
(d) southern states of India
Answer
Answer: (a) eastern states of India
Question 8.
Santhals tribe rose in revolt in the year
(a) 1900
(b) 1855
(c) 1920
(d) 1930
Answer
Answer: (b) 1855
Question 9.
In many regions Forest Department set up forest villages to ensure
(a) a regular supply of cheap labour
(b) a regular supply of forest produce
(c) a regular supply of agricultural produce
(d) none of the above
Answer
Answer: (a) a regular supply of cheap labour
Question 10.
The revolt of Songram Sangma rose in the year 1906 in
(a) Bengal
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Assam
(d) Odisha
Answer
Answer: (c) Assam
Question 11.
The forest Satyagraha rose in the central provinces in
(a) 1910
(b) 1920
(c) 1930
(d) 1940
Answer
Answer: (c) 1930
Question 12.
Birsa spent time in the company of …………….. preachers.
(a) Buddha
(b) Vaishnav
(c) Sikhs
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (b) Vaishnav
Match the following:
Column A | Column B |
(i) Mahua | (a) A deciduous forest’s tree which provides timber |
(ii) Vaishnav | (b) The name given to Jhum cultivation |
(iii) Diku | (c) A flower which is used to make alcohol |
(iv) Baigas | (d) Tribal people who live in Central India |
(v) Bewar | (e) Worshippers of Vishnu |
(vi) Sal | (f) A person who comes from outside |
Answer
Answer:
Column A | Column B |
(i) Mahua | (c) A flower which is used to make alcohol |
(ii) Vaishnav | (e) Worshippers of Vishnu |
(iii) Diku | (f) A person who comes from outside |
(iv) Baigas | (d) Tribal people who live in Central India |
(v) Bewar | (b) The name given to Jhum cultivation |
(vi) Sal | (a) A deciduous forest’s tree which provides timber |
State whether true or false:
1. Birsa himself declared that God had appointed him to rule his people,
Answer
Answer: True
2. The British described the tribal people as diku.
Answer
Answer: False
3. Birsa was born in a family of Santhal.
Answer
Answer: False
4. Bakkarwalas of Kashmir are shepherds.
Answer
Answer: False
5. Birsp was arrested in 1895.
Answer
Answer: True
6. Birs’q, died in 1900.
Answer
Answer: True
Fill in the blanks:
1. Birsa wanted to set up a ……………….
Answer
Answer: Munda Raj
2. The British made effort to settle ………………. cultivators.
Answer
Answer: Jhum
3. All members of the ………………. were regarded as descendants of the original settler.
Answer
Answer: Clan
4. ………………. were bought from the Santhals and sold by the traders at five times the purchase price.
Answer
Answer: Cocoons