(i) Search parties of Great Britain were sent to explore the forest regions of India. (ii) Within a decade, trees were being felled on a massive scale and vast quantities of timber were being exported fi-om India.
(i) Search parties of Great Britain were sent to explore the forest regions of India.
(ii) Within a decade, trees were being felled on a massive scale and vast quantities of timber were being exported fi-om India.
They considered them to be wild and wasteful. Needs to be brought under cultivation so that the land could yield agricultural products and reverse and enhance the income of the state.
They considered them to be wild and wasteful. Needs to be brought under cultivation so that the land could yield agricultural products and reverse and enhance the income of the state.
How could English ships be built without a regular supply of strong and durable timber?
(i) Search parties of Great Britain were sent to explore the forest regions of India. (ii) Within a decade, trees were being felled on a massive scale and vast quantities of timber were being exported fi-om India.
(i) Search parties of Great Britain were sent to explore the forest regions of India.
See less(ii) Within a decade, trees were being felled on a massive scale and vast quantities of timber were being exported fi-om India.
Why were forests considered unproductive by the British?
They considered them to be wild and wasteful. Needs to be brought under cultivation so that the land could yield agricultural products and reverse and enhance the income of the state.
They considered them to be wild and wasteful. Needs to be brought under cultivation so that the land could yield agricultural products and reverse and enhance the income of the state.
See lessWhich commercial crops were grown by British after deforestation?
Jute, sugar, wheat and cotton were the commercial crops grown by the British in India to feed the growing population of Europe.
Jute, sugar, wheat and cotton were the commercial crops grown by the British in India to feed the growing population of Europe.
See lessWhat is water harvesting?
Water harvesting is collection and storage of rain water for use later in the non-rainy season. It also recharge the aquifers of underground water.
Water harvesting is collection and storage of rain water for use later in the non-rainy season. It also recharge the aquifers of underground water.
See lessWhat is acid rain?
Acid rain is rain with a pH of less than 5 due to dissolution of sulphur dioxide. nitrogen oxides and hyrochloric acid in it.
Acid rain is rain with a pH of less than 5 due to dissolution of sulphur dioxide. nitrogen oxides and hyrochloric acid in it.
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