Colonial Rules and Laws

Q. Who among the following were regarded as criminal tribes under the Criminal Tribes Act?

1. Nomads
2. Pastoralists
3. Mobile traders
4. Farmers

Q.

Give reasons to explain why the Maasai community lost their grazing lands.

Q. The Waste Land Rules were introduced in the century.

1. mid-nineteenth
2. mid-seventeenth
3. mid-eighteenth
4. mid-sixteenth

Q. Assertion [A]: Nomads were seen as criminals by the British government.

Reason [R]: The British wanted the nomads to settle down in villages, so they could tax them.

1. [A] is true and [R] is false
2. [R] is true and [A] is false
3. Both [A] and [R] are true, and [R] explains [A]
4. Both [A] and [R] are true, but [R] does not explain [A]

Q. Which of the following best explains why the British classified grazing lands as waste lands?

1. Lack of production of agricultural products required for exports
2. Production of agricultural products required for exports
3. Lack of generation of revenue on the grazing lands
4. Generation of revenue on the grazing lands

Q. Which of the following best explains the reason for the mass death of cattle, after the British government restricted the movement of pastoralists?

1. Cattle were offered as tax payment
2. Demand for animal meat increased
3. Decline in grazing lands
4. Surge of attacks by wild animals

Q. The British viewed nomads as peaceable and law abiding.

1. True
2. False

Q. Which of the following did the British want to turn into cultivable lands?

1. Gardens
2. Grazing lands
3. Farms
4. Forests

Q. Assertion :The lives of pastoralists in India underwent dramatic changes under colonial rule. Reason: In most areas the lands regularly used by pastoralists for grazing were taken over by the colonial state and given to select individuals for cultivation.

1. A is true, R is false.
2. A is false, R is true.
3. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
4. Both A and R are true and R is the correction explanation of A.

Q. The British levied tax on the Pastoralists who had to pay tax on ______.

1. every animal they grazed on the pastures
2. the houses they were living in
3. number of animals they had
4. All of the above

Q. What was the result of overgrazing the pastures due to the restrictions on pastoral movements?

1. This created deterioration of animal stock.
2. Under fed cattle died in large numbers during scarcity and famine.
3. All of these
4. The quality of pastures declined.

Q. Select the resources/items that were not typically required to be imported to England, from India.

1. Glass
2. Jute
3. Automobiles
4. Weapons
5. Cotton
6. Wheat
7. Military Tanks
8. Warships

Q. The British introduced a grazing tax which forced pastoralists to pay ____________________________.

1. increasing taxes for each pasture grazed.
2. decreasing taxes for each pasture grazed.
3. decreasing taxes with each extra animal.
4. increasing taxes with each extra animal.