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The Maharaja of Sarguja alone shot how many tigers up to 1957?Read the answer and worked solution →Which pastoral and nomadic communities of the Madras Presidency came to be called criminal tribes?Read the answer and worked solution →The forest rebellion discussed in detail took place in the kingdom of Bastar in:Read the answer and worked solution →Bastar lies in the southernmost part of:Read the answer and worked solution →In 1905 the colonial government proposed to reserve what share of Bastar's forest?Read the answer and worked solution →Which figure from village Nethanar is remembered as a leader of the Bastar rebellion?Read the answer and worked solution →In the 1970s, which body proposed replacing 4,600 hectares of Bastar sal forest with tropical pine?Read the answer and worked solution →Which skilled forest-cutter community of Java attacked a Dutch fort at Joana in 1770?Read the answer and worked solution →In 1882, how many sleepers were exported from Java alone?Read the answer and worked solution →The Dutch system of exempting forest villages from rent in return for free labour and buffaloes was called:Read the answer and worked solution →Around 1890, who of Randublatung village began questioning Dutch state ownership of Java's forests?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the shifting cultivation namesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the forest rebelsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the forest datesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the forest wordsRead the answer and worked solution →India or JavaRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the forest categoriesRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Forest society bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Bugyals, the vast natural pastures of the high Himalaya, lie above about:Read the answer and worked solution →The Gujjar Bakarwals, herders of goat and sheep, belong to:Read the answer and worked solution →A group of Bakarwal households travelling together on migration is called a:Read the answer and worked solution →The Gaddi shepherds, who summer in Lahul and Spiti, belong to:Read the answer and worked solution →Gujjar cattle herders of Garhwal and Kumaon winter in the dry forests of the:Read the answer and worked solution →Dhangars, numbering about 467,000 in the early twentieth century, were pastoralists of:Read the answer and worked solution →After harvesting bajra in October, Dhangar shepherds marched west to the:Read the answer and worked solution →In Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, which community herded cattle on the dry plateau?Read the answer and worked solution →The Raikas, who combined cultivation with camel and sheep herding, lived in the deserts of:Read the answer and worked solution →A Maru Raika camel herders' settlement is called a:Read the answer and worked solution →The Maldhari herders have their villages in the:Read the answer and worked solution →

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The Maharaja of Sarguja alone shot how many tigers up to 1957?

  1. 1,400
  2. 1,157
  3. 2,157
  4. 1,570
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Correct answer: B. 1,157

1. Tigers became sporting trophies. 2. He shot 1,157 tigers and 2,000 leopards. 3. George Yule killed 400 tigers. _Source: syllabus India and the Contemporary World I, Chapter 4, Forest Society and Colonialism._

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Which pastoral and nomadic communities of the Madras Presidency came to be called criminal tribes?

  1. Maria, Muria, Dhurwa
  2. Bhotiya, Sherpa, Kinnauri
  3. Korava, Karacha, Yerukula
  4. Santhal, Oraon, Gond
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Correct answer: C. Korava, Karacha, Yerukula

1. Trade in forest produce was handed to European firms. 2. The Korava, Karacha and Yerukula lost their livelihoods. 3. They were forced into factories, mines and plantations. _Source: syllabus India and the Contemporary World I, Chapter 4, Forest Society and Colonialism._

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The forest rebellion discussed in detail took place in the kingdom of Bastar in:

  1. 1905
  2. 1857
  3. 1899
  4. 1910
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Correct answer: D. 1910

1. Siddhu, Kanu and Birsa Munda led other revolts. 2. Bastar rose in 1910. 3. It began in the Kanger forest area. _Source: syllabus India and the Contemporary World I, Chapter 4, Forest Society and Colonialism._

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