What problems did shifting cultivators face under
British rule?
Three vertices of a rectangle are (3, 2), (– 4, 2) and (– 4, 5). Plot these points and find the coordinates of the fourth vertex.
State whether true or false:
(a) Jhum cultivators plough the land and sow seeds.
(b) Cocoons were bought from the Santhals and sold
by the traders at five times the purchase price.
(c) Birsa urged his followers to purify themselves,
give up drinking liquor and stop believing in
witchcraft and sorcery.
(d) The British wanted to preserve the tribal way of
life.
Taking 0.5 cm as 1 unit, plot the following points on the graph paper :
A (1, 3), B (– 3, – 1), C (1, – 4), D (– 2, 3), E (0, – 8), F (1, 0)
Fill in the blanks:
(a) The British described the tribal people as
____________.
(b) The method of sowing seeds in jhum cultivation
is known as ____________.
(c) The tribal chiefs got _________ titles in central
India under the British land settlements.
(d) Tribals went to work in the __________ of Assam
and the ____________ in Bihar.
Find the coordinates of the point
(i) which lies on x and y axes both.
(ii) whose ordinate is – 4 and which lies on y-axis.
(iii) whose abscissa is 5 and which lies on x-axis.
A point lies on the x-axis at a distance of 7 units from the y-axis. What are its coordinates? What will be the coordinates if it lies on y-axis at a distance of –7 units from x-axis?
Which of the following points lie on y-axis?
A (1, 1), B (1, 0), C (0, 1), D (0, 0), E (0, – 1),
F (– 1, 0), G (0, 5), H (– 7, 0), I (3, 3).
What were the circumstances which led to the
eventual collapse of indigo production in Bengal?