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Under the 1878 Act, the best forests from which villagers could take nothing were called:
ASacred forests
BReserved forests
CProtected forests
DVillage forests
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Reserved forests
1. Forests were reserved, protected or village.
2. Reserved forests were closed to villagers entirely.
3. Wood for houses came from protected or village forests.
_Source: NCERT Class 9 India and the Contemporary World I, Chapter 4, Forest Society and Colonialism._
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