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UPSC CDS Environment & Ecology — practice questions — page 3

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In Birsa's movement, the outsiders blamed for enslaving tribal people were called:Read the answer and worked solution →Shifting cultivation on burnt forest patches, practised by many tribes, is called:Read the answer and worked solution →The Khonds, who lived by collective hunts and forest produce, belonged to the forests of:Read the answer and worked solution →Which central Indian tribe thought it below their dignity to work as labourers for others?Read the answer and worked solution →The Van Gujjars of the Punjab hills and the Labadis of Andhra Pradesh were:Read the answer and worked solution →Which British anthropologist lived among the Baigas and Khonds in the 1930s and 1940s?Read the answer and worked solution →Among the Mundas of Chottanagpur, land traditionally belonged to:Read the answer and worked solution →Which settled tribal groups did British officials see as more civilised than shifting cultivators?Read the answer and worked solution →Where did jhum cultivators successfully insist on continuing shifting cultivation?Read the answer and worked solution →Forests producing timber the British wanted were classified as:Read the answer and worked solution →To secure cheap labour for cutting sleepers, the Forest Department set up:Read the answer and worked solution →Songram Sangma's revolt against forest laws took place in 1906 in:Read the answer and worked solution →In Hazaribagh, the Santhals reared cocoons and were paid how much per thousand?Read the answer and worked solution →In the 1920s, about what share of miners in the Jharia and Raniganj coal mines were tribals?Read the answer and worked solution →The Santhals rose in revolt in:Read the answer and worked solution →The Warli Revolt of 1940 took place in:Read the answer and worked solution →Birsa was born in the mid-1870s and grew up around the forests of:Read the answer and worked solution →Birsa's vision of a golden age when Mundas lived honestly was called:Read the answer and worked solution →Birsa was arrested for rioting in 1895 and jailed for:Read the answer and worked solution →Birsa's followers raised which flag as the symbol of Birsa Raj?Read the answer and worked solution →Birsa Munda died of cholera in:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the tribal groupsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the tribal revoltsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the tribal revolt yearsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the tribal wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Tribal or outsiderRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the tribal livelihoodsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Tribals and dikus bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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In Birsa's movement, the outsiders blamed for enslaving tribal people were called:

  1. Mahants
  2. Dikus
  3. Sirdars
  4. Ryots
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Correct answer: B. Dikus

1. Traders, moneylenders and missionaries were included. 2. The word was dikus. 3. Birsa promised freedom from their slavery. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts III, Chapter 4, Tribals, Dikus and the Vision of a Golden Age._

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Shifting cultivation on burnt forest patches, practised by many tribes, is called:

  1. Jhum
  2. Ryoti
  3. Satta
  4. Khadin
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Correct answer: A. Jhum

1. Ash rich in potash fertilised the soil. 2. This was jhum cultivation. 3. Seeds were broadcast rather than sown after ploughing. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts III, Chapter 4, Tribals, Dikus and the Vision of a Golden Age._

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The Khonds, who lived by collective hunts and forest produce, belonged to the forests of:

  1. Punjab
  2. Orissa
  3. Assam
  4. Kashmir
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Correct answer: B. Orissa

1. They divided the meat among themselves. 2. The Khonds lived in Orissa. 3. They sold kusum and palash flowers to dyers. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts III, Chapter 4, Tribals, Dikus and the Vision of a Golden Age._

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