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Pastoralists in the Modern World (Class - IX)

Pastoralists in the Modern World

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Gujjar Bakarwals are the natives of which of the following Indian states?

  1. Maharashtra
  2. Manipur
  3. Haryana
  4. Jammu and Kashmir
  5. Assam
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements is/are false?

a. The Gujjars of Gharwal and Kumaon come down to bugyals in winters and go up to bhabar in summers.
b. By April, the Gaddi shepherds move north and spend the summer in Lahul and Spiti.
c. The Bakarwals cross the Pir Panjal passes to enter the Kashmir valley.

  1. Only a
  2. Only a and b
  3. Only b
  4. Only b and c
  5. Only c
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following were an important pastoral community of Maharashtra?

  1. Bhotiyas
  2. Raikas
  3. Sherpas
  4. Dhangars
  5. Kinnauris
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following communities combined cultivation with pastoralism?

  1. Raikas
  2. Kurumas
  3. Gujjars
  4. Banjaras
  5. Gollas
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Match the following:

 
a. Bhabar 1. These are the people that move from one place to another to earn their living.
b. Bugyal 2. These are the vast meadows in the high mountains.
c. Nomads 3. It is a dry forested area below the foothills of Garhwal and Kumaun.
  1. a - 1, b - 2, c - 3
  2. a - 3, b - 2, c - 1
  3. a - 2, b - 3, c - 1
  4. a - 1, b - 3, c - 2
  5. a - 3, b - 1, c - 2
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Kharif crops are usually harvested between the months of

  1. January and February
  2. March and April
  3. May and June
  4. July and August
  5. September and October
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The Criminal Tribes Act was passed by the colonial government of India in which of the following years?

  1. 1864
  2. 1878
  3. 1871
  4. 1906
  5. 1902
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The alternation of the monsoon and dry seasons defined the seasonal rhythms of the movements of which of the following communities?

a. The Gollas
b. The Bhotiyas
c. The Kurubas
d. The Sherpas

  1. Only a and b
  2. Only b and c
  3. Only a and c
  4. Only b and d
  5. Only a and d
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following communities of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh reared sheep and goats, and sold woven blankets?

a. The Gollas
b. The Kurumas
c. The Kurubas

  1. Only a
  2. Only a and b
  3. Only b
  4. Only b and c
  5. Only c
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

From the mid-nineteenth century, which of the following changes was brought about by the enactment of Waste Land Rules?

  1. The Himalayan tribes were forced to settle in the deserts.
  2. Uncultivated lands were taken over and given to the select individuals.
  3. The Raikas were barred from grazing their camel.
  4. All cultivated lands were acquired for turning them into forests.
  5. Farmers were compelled to cultivate waste lands.
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Half of the world's pastoral population lives in Africa. Which of the following communities is not African?

  1. Turkana
  2. Bedouins
  3. Berbers
  4. Maasai
  5. Maldharis
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The Maasai cattle herders lived primarily in which of the following parts of the world?

a. Eastern Africa
b. Southern Kenya
c. Tanzania
d. Southern Nigeria

  1. Only a and d
  2. Only a, b and d
  3. Only a, b and c
  4. Only c and d
  5. Only b, c and d
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The colonial government imposed taxes to increase its revenue. On which of the following items was tax imposed?

  1. Land
  2. Canal water
  3. Grazing of animals
  4. Trade goods
  5. All of the above
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements is/are false?

a. Maasailand was cut into half in 1885 with an international boundary between British Kenya and German Tanganyika.
b. The elders of the Maasai society formed the ruling group and decided on the affairs of the community and settled disputes.
c. Pastoralists, like Maasai, were allowed to enter the markets in white areas.

  1. Only a
  2. Only a and b
  3. Only b
  4. Only b and c
  5. Only c
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements is/are false?

a. Under the various Forest Acts, the forests that produced commercially viable timber like deodar or sal were declared 'protected'.
b. By the 1880s, the pastoralists were paying taxes directly to the government.
c. Under the Criminal Tribes Act, many communities of craftsmen, traders and pastoralists were classified as criminal tribes.

  1. Only a
  2. Only a and b
  3. Only b
  4. Only b and c
  5. Only c
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