Colonial Rules and Laws

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

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

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. The Waste Land Rules were introduced in the century.

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

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

1. True
2. False

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

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

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. by which acts pastoral communities were classified as criminal act?

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

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