Large areas of natural forests were cleared to make way for tea, coffee and _______plantations.
Cardamom
Pepper
Rubber
Coconut
As population and demand for food increased, peasants extended the boundaries of ____________.
cultivation
houses
playgrounds
efficies
The colonial government gave vast areas to ______________ planters at cheap rates.
Indian
European
African
American
Between 1700 and 1995 ___________ square kilometer of forest was cleared for industrial uses.
13.9
13.9 million
3 lakh
10 lakh
Baigas are a forest community of __________.
Southern India
Central India
South Africa
Central America
As in India, the need to manage forests for ship building and railway led to the introduction of a _____________in Java also.
railway service
transport service
forest service
fire service
In ______ century the Dutch enacted Forest laws in Java.
18th
19th
17th
20th
How many types of plants are possible to find in one forest patch?
about 500
200
350
1000
How many tigers were killed during the period 1875 - 1925?
50,000
4,000
80,000
2,00,000
By the early nineteenth century, ___________ forests in England were disappearing.
teek
Mahagany
oak
coconut