Question

The_____of Java was a community of skilled forest cutters and shifting cultivators.
A. Bihangs
B. Nihangs
C. Rihangs
D. Kalangs

Answer 1

Hint:- Java is an island situated in Indonesia, With a population of over 41 million.
It is bordered by the Indian Ocean on the south and the Java Sea on the north.
The capital of Indonesia is Jakarta, situated on the northwestern coast.
Java emerged as the powerful center of Hindu-Buddhist empires, the Islamic sultanates, and the core of the colonial Dutch East Indies.

 Complete answer:
The Kalangs of Java were a community of skilled forest cutters and shifting cultivators. So C is the right answer. In 1755 when the Mataram kingdom of Java split, the 6,000 Kalang families were equally divided between the two kingdoms. During the 18th century, the Dutch began to colonize Java, including they took control of the forests of Java and forcefully tried to push Kalinga to work under them. Against this, in 1770, the Kalangs resisted the Dutch government. The Kalangs of Java used shifting cultivation, harvested teak and for this, they used skilled forest cutters. They were so skilled that it was impossible to build king palaces.
So they were a very significant community that after the Mataram kingdom split, the 6000 Kalang families were equally divided among the two kingdoms.

Hence, answer D is the right option.

Note: Kalang house (Javanese Omah Kalang, Indonesian Rumah Kalang) is the name of the houses of the Kalang people. Features of the Kalanga’s houses are usually grand-sized and heavily ornamented houses with an eclectic mixture of Javanese traditional principle and Western Romanticism.
The houses of the Kalang people are mainly located in the cities of Kotagede, Yogyakarta, and Surakarta.