Question 1.
The local weavers and leather workers turned to ………………… for supplies of Kusum and Palash flowers.
(a) Santhals
(b) Mundas
(c) Khonds
(d) Labadis
Question 2.
The Bastar Rebellion in Central India broke out in
(a) 1900
(b) 1910
(c) 1920
(d) 1940
Question 3.
Which revolt was popular in Maharashtra in 1940?
(a) The Kols
(b) The Bastar
(c) The Warli
(d) Birsa movement
Question 4.
The Khonds lived in
(a) Karnataka
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Bihar
(d) Odisha
Question 5.
What type of lives did the herders live?
(a) Sophisticated
(b) Settled
(c) Nomadic
(d) None of these
Question 6.
…………….. tribe practised settled agriculture.
(a) Khonds
(b) Santhals
(c) Labadis of Andhra Pradesh
(d) Mundas of Chottanagpur Plateau
Question 7.
Jhum cultivation is practised these days in
(a) eastern states of India
(b) western states of India
(c) northern states of India
(d) southern states of India
Question 8.
Santhals tribe rose in revolt in the year
(a) 1900
(b) 1855
(c) 1920
(d) 1930
Question 9.
In many regions Forest Department set up forest villages to ensure
(a) a regular supply of cheap labour
(b) a regular supply of forest produce
(c) a regular supply of agricultural produce
(d) none of the above
Question 10.
The revolt of Songram Sangma rose in the year 1906 in
(a) Bengal
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Assam
(d) Odisha
Question 11.
The forest Satyagraha rose in the central provinces in
(a) 1910
(b) 1920
(c) 1930
(d) 1940
Question 12.
Birsa spent time in the company of …………….. preachers.
(a) Buddha
(b) Vaishnav
(c) Sikhs
(d) None of these
Match the following:
Column A Column B
(i) Mahua (a) A deciduous forest’s tree which provides timber
(ii) Vaishnav (b) The name given to Jhum cultivation
(iii) Diku (c) A flower which is used to make alcohol
(iv) Baigas (d) Tribal people who live in Central India
(v) Bewar (e) Worshippers of Vishnu
(vi) Sal (f) A person who comes from outside
State whether true or false:
1. Birsa himself declared that God had appointed him to rule his people,
2. The British described the tribal people as diku.
3. Birsa was born in a family of Santhal.
4. Bakkarwalas of Kashmir are shepherds.
5. Birsp was arrested in 1895.
6. Birs’q, died in 1900.
Fill in the blanks:
1. Birsa wanted to set up a ……………….
2. The British made effort to settle ………………. cultivators.
3. All members of the ………………. were regarded as descendants of the original settler.
4. ………………. were bought from the Santhals and sold by the traders at five times the purchase price.
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