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Unlike pre-capitalist conquerors who took tribute, British colonialism directly interfered with the:Read the answer and worked solution →Colonial Forest Acts most affected which group by shutting them out of forests?Read the answer and worked solution →Colonial forest policy in Assam turned interventionist because of the demand for:Read the answer and worked solution →By the end of the nineteenth century, forests under the department in Assam province covered what share of its area?Read the answer and worked solution →Under colonialism, people from present-day Jharkhand moved to work on tea plantations in:Read the answer and worked solution →From 1834 to 1920, ships carried Indians to work for at least five years on plantations in:Read the answer and worked solution →Capitalism is an economic system in which the means of production are:Read the answer and worked solution →Before which war were passports not widely used for international travel?Read the answer and worked solution →Industrialisation refers to machine production based on inanimate power such as:Read the answer and worked solution →The first society to undergo industrialisation was:Read the answer and worked solution →By 1900 what share of Britain's population lived in towns of over 10,000 people?Read the answer and worked solution →London's population grew from about 1.1 million in 1800 to over how many million by 1900?Read the answer and worked solution →Indian cotton and silk exports declined in the face of competition from:Read the answer and worked solution →Which cities declined further in the colonial period while Bombay and Madras grew?Read the answer and worked solution →Unlike Britain, the initial impact of British industrialisation in India pushed more people into:Read the answer and worked solution →Calcutta exported jute to which Scottish city?Read the answer and worked solution →In 1690 Job Charnock leased three villages by the Hugli to set up a trading post, giving rise to:Read the answer and worked solution →Fort William was established by the Hugli in:Read the answer and worked solution →The tea industry began in India in:Read the answer and worked solution →In 1903 the tea industry employed how many permanent workers?Read the answer and worked solution →Tea garden labourers in Assam were recruited under the Transport of Native Labourers Act of:Read the answer and worked solution →Nehru visualised a modern India built on giant steel plants, power stations and:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the colonial citiesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the tea plantation wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the colonial yearsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the colonial wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Grew or declinedRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the conceptsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Structural change bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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Unlike pre-capitalist conquerors who took tribute, British colonialism directly interfered with the:

  1. Economic base
  2. Royal courts
  3. Temple rituals
  4. Village festivals
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Correct answer: A. Economic base

1. Earlier rulers skimmed tribute from the surplus. 2. British capitalism changed the economic base itself. 3. It decided even which crops to grow. _Source: syllabus Social Change and Development in India, Chapter 1, Structural Change._

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Colonial Forest Acts most affected which group by shutting them out of forests?

  1. Weaver men
  2. Pastoralists
  3. Merchants
  4. Priestly men
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Correct answer: B. Pastoralists

1. Forests had provided forage for cattle. 2. Pastoralists were kept out of many forests. 3. Trees were cleared for tea plantations. _Source: syllabus Social Change and Development in India, Chapter 1, Structural Change._

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Colonial forest policy in Assam turned interventionist because of the demand for:

  1. Railway sleepers
  2. Wooden ship masts
  3. Tea packing boxes
  4. Household firewood
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Correct answer: A. Railway sleepers

1. Railways came to Bengal, then including Assam. 2. Sleepers made forests a revenue source. 3. Reserved forests grew from 269 to 3,683 square miles. _Source: syllabus Social Change and Development in India, Chapter 1, Structural Change._

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