Q73. What kind of life is led by the tribals of Bastar?

Or

Give a brief account of the people of Bastar.

Or

Describe the life of the tribal people of Bastar.

 

Q74. Why was Dietrich Brandis invited by the British government? What steps were taken by him to protect forests?

 

Q75. Discuss how the changes in forest management in the colonial period affected the following groups of people:

  • Shifting cultivators
  • Nomadic and pastoralist communities
  • Firms trading in timber/forest produce
  • Plantation owners
  • Kings/British officials engaged in shikar

 

Q76. 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 the following factors in this decline:

  • Railways
  • Shipbuilding
  • Agricultural expansion
  • Commercial   farming
  • Tea/Coffee plantations
  • Adivasis and other peasant users

Or

Explain any five causes of deforestation in India under colonial rule.

 

 

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