Life Under Colonial Rule

Q.

What is the meaning of ranching?

Q. Forests containing _________ and ___________ were classified as reserved forests.

1. Deodar
2. Teak
3. Sal
4. Eucalyptus

Q.

Which tax was imposed by the colonial government on the pastoralists?

1. Water Tax

2. Salt Tax

3. Goods Tax

4. Grazing Tax

Q. Customary grazing rights allowed _______ access to forests.

1. unlimited
2. complete
3. extended
4. limited

Q. The penalty for overstaying in protected forests was .

1. flogging
2. public execution
3. paying a fine
4. being jailed

Q. A few forests that housed deodar or sal trees were declared as forests.

1. protected
2. reserved
3. prohibited
4. restricted

Q. Statement 1: The British imposed rules prohibiting grazing in all forests.
Statement 2: The pastoralists who violated these rights were hanged.

1. Statement 1 is true
2. Statement 2 is true
3. Both statements are false.
4. Both statements are true

Q. Pastoralists were allowed to let their cattle graze in any part of a protected forest for as long as they liked.

1. True
2. False

Q. What distinguished reserved forests from protected and village forests?

Q. The British classified forests as _______ and _______.

1. reserved, private
2. protected, private
3. private, public
4. reserved, protected