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Class 9 Social Science: Forest Society and Colonialism Worksheet (with Answers)

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  1. 1. Deforestation means the:
    • (a) clearing of forests
    • (b) planting of forests
    • (c) study of forests
    • (d) protection of forests
  2. 2. Forests were cut to supply timber for:
    • (a) schools
    • (b) railway sleepers
    • (c) temples
    • (d) roads only
  3. 3. The British system of managing forests was called:
    • (a) shifting cultivation
    • (b) plantation farming
    • (c) scientific forestry
    • (d) settled farming
  4. 4. The Forest Acts divided forests into reserved, protected and ___ forests.
    • (a) royal
    • (b) open
    • (c) private
    • (d) village
  5. 5. Why were forests cleared under colonial rule?
  6. 6. What was scientific forestry?
  7. 7. How did colonial rule lead to deforestation and changes in forest management in India?
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  1. 1. (a) clearing of forests — It means clearing forests.
  2. 2. (b) railway sleepers — Timber was needed for railway sleepers.
  3. 3. (c) scientific forestry — It was scientific forestry.
  4. 4. (d) village — Reserved, protected and village forests.
  5. 5. For farmland and revenue, timber for railways and ships, and commercial plantations.
  6. 6. A system of managing forests by planting single species in rows for timber.
  7. 7. Colonial rule brought rapid deforestation and a complete change in how forests were managed. The British cleared vast areas of forest for several reasons: to expand cultivation and increase land revenue, to obtain timber for railway sleepers and shipbuilding, and to set up commercial plantations of crops like tea and coffee. They regarded uncultivated forest as unproductive. To control the valuable timber, the colonial government established a Forest Department and introduced 'scientific forestry', in which natural forests were replaced by neat rows of a single, useful species. The Forest Acts then divided forests into reserved, protected and village forests, sharply restricting the traditional rights of local people to use the forest. Thus, both the extent of forests and the way they were used were transformed by colonial policy.
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