Question

Surontiko Samin of Randublatung village, a teak forest village, began questioning _______.

• A. The foreign policy of the Dutch ownership of the forest
• B. State ownership of forests
• C. The export policy of the Dutch
• D. Import policy of government

Answer 1

The correct option is B State ownership of forests

Around 1890, Surontiko Samin of Randublatung village, a teak forest village, began questioning state ownership of the forest. He argued that the state had not created the wind, water, earth and wood, so it could not own it.