How was timber linked with revenue in commercial forestry?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: Sale and control of timber could bring government income
Commercial forestry treated forests as sources of useful products and government income rather than only as shared local resources. Timber was valuable because it could be cut, transported, and sold for construction, railway sleepers, shipbuilding, fuel, and other purposes. Colonial governments therefore created rules to control forests, reserve selected areas, regulate cutting, and collect revenue from forest produce. This connected the economic value of timber with state finances.
The correct idea is not simply that trees existed in forests; it is that official control made timber a marketable resource. Sale of timber and permits or other controls over its use could bring money to the government. The other choices deny its economic importance, give it an unrelated local use, or make the impossible claim that timber came from the sea. Therefore option A is correct.
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What is the correct answer to this question?
Sale and control of timber could bring government income
Why is this the correct answer?
Commercial forestry treated forests as sources of useful products and government income rather than only as shared local resources. Timber was valuable because it could be cut, transported, and sold for construction, railway sleepers, shipbuilding, fuel, and other purposes. Colonial governments therefore created rules to control forests, reserve selected areas, regulate cutting, and collect revenue from forest produce. This connected the economic value of timber with state finances.
The correct idea is not simply that trees existed in forests; it is that official control made timber a marketable resource. Sale of timber and permits or other controls over its use could bring money to the government. The other choices deny its economic importance, give it an unrelated local use, or make the impossible claim that timber came from the sea. Therefore option A is correct.
Which subject and chapter does this question cover?
This is a Class 9 History question. Chapter: Forest Society and Colonialism. Topic: The Rise of Commercial Forestry.
