M.L.

Convent school, Jalaun

Worksheet 2
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Class 9 Subject Social science
Chapter Forest Society and Colonialism.
Answer the following questions briefly: (1 marks)

1. What is plantation?
2. What was Forest act of 1878?
3. Mention two effects of Forest Acts on the pastoralists?
4. What was the condition on which some villagers were allowed to stay in the reserved
forests ?
5. What was the objective of Dutch management of forests in Java?
6. How did Samin question the state ownership of the forests?
7. Mention one way for conservation of forests in India ?
8. How did new forest laws affect the hunter forest dwellers?
9. What was scorched earth policy?

Short Answer Questions (3 marks)

1. Why did Samin challenge the Dutch in Java ?
2. Why was Brandis invited in India ? What were his suggestions and how were they
implemented?
3. In what ways did British regulate forest trade?
4. How did Indian labour suffer at the British hands in the plantation ?
5. What was the Blandondeinsten system ?
6. What was the effect of laying down of railway lines on forests?
7. How were people benefitted with the trade in forest products?

Long Answer Questions (5 marks)

1. Describe the causes, events and effects of the rebellion by the people of Bastar
against the colonial rule?
2. Describe the events that led to the revolt in Bastar against the British?
3. How is forest conservation carried out by the Asian and African countries now?
4. How was Java, an Indonesian Island taken over by Dutch and how were its forests
affected?
5. Describe the effects of Forest Acts on Kings/British officers engaged in shikar?
6. Who was Samin and how did he protest against the Dutch?
7. How did the peole of Bastir live before 1905? Explain

Mark and Identify following places on political map of India.

1. Area of Korava, Karacha & Yerukula pastorlist and nomadic communities Madras
2. Area of forest communities
a) Santhals Assam
b) Oraons Jharkhand
c) Gonds Chattisgarh
3. Places where the following leaders belong:
a) Birsa Munda Chhotanagpur

b) Alluri Sitarama Raju Andhra Pradesh

c) Gunda Dhur Kanger