Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 9 (CBSE) · Social Science
Chapter: Chapter 4 — Chapter 4: Forest Society and Colonialism
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. What act did the British introduce for forests? [1]
(A) The Indian Forest Act
(B) The Forest Rights Act
(C) The Wildlife Protection Act
(D) The Environmental Protection Act
2. How were forests classified under this act? [1]
(A) Reserved, protected and village forests
(B) Only reserved forests
(C) Only village forests
(D) No classification existed
3. What did forest classification restrict? [1]
(A) Local communities' traditional access
(B) Only commercial logging
(C) Nothing important
(D) Only wildlife movement
4. What were forests increasingly used for under colonial rule? [1]
(A) Commercial purposes like timber for railways
(B) Only conservation
(C) Only local community use
(D) Only religious purposes
5. What traditional farming method was banned? [1]
(A) Shifting cultivation
(B) Modern irrigation farming
(C) Organic farming
(D) Terrace farming
6. What did banning shifting cultivation disrupt? [1]
(A) Livelihoods of dependent communities
(B) Nothing significant
(C) Only commercial logging
(D) Only wildlife habitats
7. What did colonial forest policies often cause? [1]
(A) Conflict with forest-dependent communities
(B) Perfect cooperation always
(C) No conflict at all
(D) Only benefits for local communities
8. Why study colonial forest policies? [1]
(A) They show how colonial rule affected communities and environment
(B) No reason
(C) Only for history tests
(D) It's not useful
9. What traditional livelihoods were disrupted by forest restrictions? [1]
(A) Hunting, gathering and shifting cultivation
(B) Only fishing
(C) Only farming in cities
(D) Only factory work
10. What happened to many forest communities due to reserves? [1]
(A) They were displaced or relocated
(B) They received more land
(C) Nothing changed for them
(D) They gained full ownership of reserves
11. What did displacement cause for forest communities? [1]
(A) Loss of ancestral homes and traditional life
(B) No significant impact
(C) Improved living conditions always
(D) Increased wealth
12. What valuable knowledge do forest communities often have? [1]
(A) Traditional ecological knowledge
(B) No specific knowledge
(C) Only modern scientific knowledge
(D) Only urban planning knowledge
13. What does traditional ecological knowledge cover? [1]
(A) Plants, animals and sustainable resource use
(B) Only modern technology
(C) Only city planning
(D) Only industrial processes
14. What is the Forest Rights Act? [1]
(A) A 2006 law recognising forest community rights
(B) A law banning all forest use
(C) A colonial-era law
(D) A law with no relevance to communities
15. What does the Forest Rights Act aim to balance? [1]
(A) Conservation with community needs
(B) Only commercial interests
(C) Only government control
(D) Nothing specific
16. Why is recognising traditional knowledge important? [1]
(A) It supports sustainable resource use and community rights
(B) It has no value
(C) Only for historical records
(D) It's not important