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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 →From the mid-nineteenth century, which Rules handed uncultivated grazing land to select individuals?Read the answer and worked solution →Forests producing valuable timber like deodar and sal were declared:Read the answer and worked solution →The Criminal Tribes Act, which classed many pastoral communities as criminal by birth, was passed in:Read the answer and worked solution →Between the 1850s and 1880s, the right to collect grazing tax was:Read the answer and worked solution →

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In 1905 the colonial government proposed to reserve what share of Bastar's forest?

  1. One-tenth
  2. Two-thirds
  3. One-third
  4. One-half
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Correct answer: B. Two-thirds

1. It also planned to stop shifting cultivation and hunting. 2. Two-thirds was to be reserved. 3. Famines of 1899-1900 and 1907-08 added to the anger. _Source: syllabus India and the Contemporary World I, Chapter 4, Forest Society and Colonialism._

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Which figure from village Nethanar is remembered as a leader of the Bastar rebellion?

  1. Alluri Raju
  2. Siddhu Kanu
  3. Gunda Dhur
  4. Birsa Munda
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Correct answer: C. Gunda Dhur

1. The Dhurwas of Kanger forest took the initiative. 2. Gunda Dhur of Nethanar is remembered. 3. The British never captured him. _Source: syllabus India and the Contemporary World I, Chapter 4, Forest Society and Colonialism._

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In the 1970s, which body proposed replacing 4,600 hectares of Bastar sal forest with tropical pine?

  1. Asian Bank
  2. United Nations
  3. Forest Dept
  4. World Bank
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Correct answer: D. World Bank

1. The pine was to give pulp for paper. 2. The World Bank made the proposal. 3. Local protests stopped the project. _Source: syllabus India and the Contemporary World I, Chapter 4, Forest Society and Colonialism._

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