Practice What happened to the shifting cultivators? - 4.2.2 | 4. Tribals, Dikus and the Vision of a Golden Age | CBSE 8 History
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Question 1

Easy

What is jhum cultivation?

💡 Hint: Think about how farmers would traditionally move from one field to another.

Question 2

Easy

Who were the dikus?

💡 Hint: Consider who the tribal people blamed for their financial struggles.

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Interactive Quizzes

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Question 1

What was jhum cultivation?

  • A method of fixed farming
  • A type of shifting agriculture
  • A practice of ranching

💡 Hint: Remember how farmers might change locations to farm.

Question 2

True or False: Dikus are considered beneficial to the tribal communities.

  • True
  • False

💡 Hint: Consider how the tribal people viewed outsiders.

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Challenge Problems

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Question 1

Critically assess how British policies altered the economic structure of tribal societies during the colonial period.

💡 Hint: Consider both immediate and long-term effects on their economies.

Question 2

What lessons can modern societies learn from the resistance movements of shifting cultivators in response to colonial oppression?

💡 Hint: Think about current movements and their parallels with historical resistance.

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