CBSE Class 9 History Chapter 4 Forest Society and Colonialism Important Questions

Chapter 4 of CBSE Class 9 History will take the students into the forest and tell them about the variety of ways the forests were used by communities living within them. It will show how in the nineteenth century the growth of industries and urban centres, ships and railways, created a new demand on the forests for timber and other forest products. New demands led to new rules of forest use, new ways of organising the forest. CBSE Class 9 History Chapter 4 Forest Society and Colonialism Important Questions will also cover these concepts and help students to revise the Chapter for the exams.

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Forest Society and Colonialism

1. How did Forest Rules Affect Cultivation?

2. Explain the term deforestation. How are the increasing population responsible for deforestation?

3. How have the changes in forest management in the colonial period affected shifting cultivators?

4. What are the causes for large scale deforestation?

5. What are the similarities between colonial management of the forests in Bastar and in Java?

6. Between 1880 and 1920, forest cover in the Indian subcontinent declined by 9.7 million hectares, from 108.6 million hectares to 98.9 million hectares. Discuss the role of Shipbuilding in this decline.

7. Why are forests affected by wars?

8. What is the impact of disappearing Oak forests in England?

9. Between 1880 and 1920, forest cover in the Indian subcontinent declined by 9.7 million hectares, from 108.6 million hectares to 98.9 million hectares. What was the role of Adivasis and other peasant users in this decline?

10. Explain scientific forestry.

11. What was the role of agriculture expansion in deforestation?

12. What is Bastar Rebellion? Who started it?

13. What were the two major contributions of Adivasis and other peasant users? Give reasons for why he was invited to India.

14. Write a short note about the Forest Act.

15. Write about Samin’s Challenge.

16. Explain about the Rubber extraction in the Putumayo.

17. What is known as shifting cultivation? Why did European foresters consider this practice as harmful for forests?

18. What were the three provisions of the forest laws passed by the Dutch?

19. Discuss how the changes in forest management in the colonial period affected Nomadic and pastoralist communities or Kings/British officials engaged in shikar (hunting).

20. Write about ‘Kalangs’ of Java.

21. In shifting cultivation, when are the seeds sown?

22. Which are the three categories of forests mentioned in the Act of 1878?

23. What are the new development in forestry?