sample paper forest society chapter

CBSE TEST PAPER-01

Class –IX Social Science (Forest Society and Colonialism)

1.Who were the people who move from one place to the other to herd their sheep, goat and cattle? 1

]2. How much area of forest cover in the world was cleared for industrial uses, cultivation, pastures and firewood, between the years of 1700 to 1995? [1]

3. How much India’s landmass had been under cultivation in 1600? [1]

4. How much sleepers were required for each mile railway track? [1]

5. Explain any three reasons for the rapid expansion of cultivation during colonial rule. [3]

6. Write some products which we get from the forests. [3]

7.What are the main reasons for rapid disappearance of forests? [3]

8.Why it was necessary to bring more area under cultivation? [3]

9.Who was Richard Harding?[3]

10.on the given out line Map of Indonesia mark and show the following

A. Malaya States, B. Borneo Island, C. Celebes Island [3]

11. How forest products are useful for Tribal people? Explain with examples? [5]

12. The Forest Acts meant severe hardship for villager across the country”. Elaborate the statement with suitable reasons.

Test 2

1.When was the Indian Forest Service set-up?[1]

2.Name the act which was passed in 1865 to save forests. [1]

3.Where was the Imperial Forest Research Institute set up in 1906? [1]

4.Name the forest act according to which forests was divided into three categories. [1]

5.Elaborate the main features of Lakota Tribe of North America?[3]

6.How did the expansion of railway become a major reason of deforestation?[3]

7. What is scientific forestry? Why was it introduced?[3]

8.Highlight different forest Acts made by Britishers to control the forests? [3]

9. Highlight some local names of shifting agriculture.[3]

10.On the given political map locate and label the following with appropriate symbol. A. Jagdalpur B.Konta C. Bailadiala Hills [3]

11. Summarize the role of any five factors that ledto the decline of the forest cover in the Indian subcontinent during colonial period. [5]

12. Explain any five ways in which the lives of thevillagers were affected by the Forest Acts. [5]

Test 3

1.How many tigers by killed between the years 1875-1925?[1]

2.Name the present state of India in which Bastar located. [1]

3.Name the trees which are useful for building ships and railways? [1]

4.Java was in the possession of which colonial power?[1]

5.Why the Colonial Governments thought that the forests were unproductive? Give reasons. [3]

6.Write about the wood cutters of Java.[3]

7.Elaborate the role played by Samin in the forest movement? [3]

8. What steps have been taken to conserve forests since 1980? [3]

9.How did the changes in forest management in the colonial period affect the life of shifting cultivators?[3]

10. Two features A and B are marked in the given map of Bastar. Identify these features with the help of the following information and write their correct names on the lines marked on the map

A. A place associated with a centre of colonial administration in Bastar

B. A river which flows East to West in Bastar region On the same political map locate and label the following C. Kanger – The forest in which the rebellion against colonial rule started first. [3]

11.Can you write a brief outline of the ideas given by Dietrich Brandis for the management of forests  India? [5]

12. What type of forest products were used by forest people before the implementation of forest law in India?

Test 4

1.Name the country which occupied Indonesia during the Second World War?[1]

2. Who led the forest Movement in Chhotanagpur region against the British?[1]

3. Which river flows through the Bastar region?[1]

4. What is Dand? [1]

5.Why the vast quantities of timber were being exported from India to England?[3]

6. How did the changes in forest management in the colonial period affect the life of

nomadic and pastoral communities? [3]

7. How did the changes in forest management in the colonial period affect the firms trading in forest produce? [3]

8. How did the changes in forest management in the colonial period affect the life of plantation owners? [3]

9. How did the changes in forest management in the colonial period affect the hobby of hunting of Kings and British officials? [3]10. (a) Two features A and B are marked in the given political map of Indonesia. Identify these features with the help of the following information and write their correct names on the lines marked on the map

A. A place where Dutch started Scientific Forestry

B. The island under British Control

(b) On the same political map locate and label the following C. Sumatra Island [3]

11.How did the British exploit the forests resources of India for their economic development? [5]

12.Describe the events that led to the revolt in Bastar against the British.[5]