Assertion-reason based questions:
Q1 Assertion (A): After the Forest Act was enacted in 1865, it was amended twice, once in 1878 and then in 1927.
Reason (R): The 1878 Act divided forests into three categories: reserved, protected and village forests.
Options:
- Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
- Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
- A is true but R is false.
- A is false but R is true.
Ans A. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
Q2 Assertion (A): The Forest Act meant severe hardship for villagers across the country.
Reason (R): After the Act, all their everyday practices – cutting wood for their houses, grazing their cattle, collecting fruits and roots, hunting and fishing – became legal.
Options:
- Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
- Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
- A is true but R is false.
- A is false but R is true.
Ans C. A is true but R is false.
Q3 Assertion (A): In shifting cultivation, the whole forest was cut and burnt in rotation.
Reason (R): Seeds are sown in the ashes after the first monsoon rains, and the crop is harvested by October-November.
Options:
- Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
- Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
- A is true but R is false.
- A is false but R is true.
Ans D. A is false but R is true.
Q4 Assertion (A): When a forest was burnt, there was the added danger of the flames spreading and burning valuable timber.
Reason (R): Shifting cultivation also made it easier for the government to calculate taxes.
Options:
- Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
- Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
- A is true but R is false.
- A is false but R is true.
Ans C. A is true but R is false.
Q5 Assertion (A): In India, hunting of tigers and other animals had been part of the culture of the court and nobility for centuries.
Reason (R): But under colonial rule the scale of hunting decreased to such an extent that various species became almost extinct.
Options:
- Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
- Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
- A is true but R is false.
- A is false but R is true.
Ans C. A is true but R is false.
Q6 Assertion (A): The Forest Department made new laws and rules to protect the new forests it was planting.
Reason (R): Through these rules, it tried to ensure that the old forests did not vanish completely but were cut more carefully.
Options:
- Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
- Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
- A is true but R is false.
- A is false but R is true.
Ans A. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
In the questions given below, there are two Statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Read the Statements and Choose the correct option: Options are:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is correct but (R) is wrong.
(D) (A) is wrong but (R) is correct.
Q.7. Assertion (A): In 1890s, Surontiko Samin a Teak Forest Villager began questioning state ownership of the forest.
Reason (R): He agreed that the state had created the wind, water, earth and wood, so it could own it.
➤ Show AnswerAnswer: (C)
Q.8. Assertion (A): The spread of Railway from the 1850s created a new demand.
Reason (R): Railway were essential for Colonial trade and for the Movement of Imperial troops.
➤ Show AnswerAnswer: (A)
Q.9. Assertion (A): The Colonial Power in Indonesia were the British.
Reason (R): Like the British, the Dutch Wanted timber from Java to build ships.
➤ Show AnswerAnswer: (D)
Q.10. Assertion (A): Forest Management had a great impact on shifting cultivators.
Reason (R): This type of cultivation also made difficult for the government to calculate taxes.
➤ Show AnswerAnswer: (B)
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