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C. Answer the following questions.

1. What do you understand by shifting cultivation?
2. How did the British dispossess the tribal of their land? What was its impact on the tribal?
3. The tribal were ‘people of the forest’. Explain this statement.

4. What were the grievances of the tribal against the British?
5. Discuss the role of tribal chiefs under the British.

6. Why were the British successful in suppressing the tribal uprisings easily?
7. Besides revolting against the British rule, Birsa Munda also wanted to revive the tribal
society. Why?
H TS Question
H TS Question

Read about Birsa Munda, on the internet, and write an essay on him.
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Activity
Activity
A. A Class Project India is home to many tribal communities. Choose any two tribal
communities, preferably from two different regions, and make a project. You can
include the following points to make your project interesting.
w A map of their geographical location
w Their main festivals
w Their language
w Their current population

w Their music and dance
w Their food habits

B. Like Birsa Munda, Alluri Sita Rama Raju united the tribal to fight against the British in Andhra
Pradesh. As an awestruck journalist, write a newspaper report highlighting the similarities
and dissimilarities between the two. You can surf the following site the help.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alluri_Sita_Rama_Raju

Value Based Question
Value Based Question
No society is a homogenous society. There is diversity in the society on the basis of age, gender,
caste, class, creed and occupation. Imagine you are a member of a social group that enjoys a
majority – minority? Write it in your notebook.

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