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UPSC CDS Modern Indian History — practice questions — page 25

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By 1890, about how many km of railway track had been laid in India?Read the answer and worked solution →Which German expert became the first Inspector General of Forests in India?Read the answer and worked solution →The Indian Forest Service was set up by Brandis in:Read the answer and worked solution →The Imperial Forest Research Institute was set up in 1906 at:Read the answer and worked solution →The Forest Act of 1865 was amended in 1878 and again in:Read the answer and worked solution →Under the 1878 Act, the best forests from which villagers could take nothing were called:Read the answer and worked solution →Shifting cultivation is called chena in which country?Read the answer and worked solution →Plots in shifting cultivation were left fallow for the forest to regrow for about:Read the answer and worked solution →Between 1875 and 1925, how many tigers were killed for reward in India?Read the answer and worked solution →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 →

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By 1890, about how many km of railway track had been laid in India?

  1. 25,500 km
  2. 2,550 km
  3. 255,000 km
  4. 765,000 km
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Correct answer: A. 25,500 km

1. The network grew rapidly from the 1860s. 2. About 25,500 km existed by 1890. 3. By 1946 it was over 765,000 km. _Source: syllabus India and the Contemporary World I, Chapter 4, Forest Society and Colonialism._

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Which German expert became the first Inspector General of Forests in India?

  1. Verrier Elwin
  2. Dietrich Brandis
  3. George Yule
  4. William Ward
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Correct answer: B. Dietrich Brandis

1. The British feared reckless felling would destroy forests. 2. Dietrich Brandis was invited for advice. 3. He set up the Indian Forest Service. _Source: syllabus India and the Contemporary World I, Chapter 4, Forest Society and Colonialism._

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The Indian Forest Service was set up by Brandis in:

  1. 1878
  2. 1906
  3. 1864
  4. 1865
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Correct answer: C. 1864

1. He wanted a legal system of forest management. 2. The Service came in 1864. 3. The Indian Forest Act followed in 1865. _Source: syllabus India and the Contemporary World I, Chapter 4, Forest Society and Colonialism._

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