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Whom we can call a politically aware citizen?

  1. One who is always alert about protecting his rights.

  2. One who performs his duties on his own initiative.

  3. Both A and B

  4. Neither A nor B


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Rights and duties are like the two sides of a coin. A politically aware and responsible citizen should value both rights and duties equally. So both A and B are correct. 

What is the biggest strength of any citizen?

  1. Cultural right

  2. Voting right

  3. Social right

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B

Which of the following are the characteristics of an alert voter?

  1. Voting for capable candidates.

  2. Not choosing their candidates based on relations, caste, and religion.

  3. Always keeping the welfare of nation in mind at the time of voting.

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D

Which of the following African pastoral groups lived in the regions of Kenya and Tanzania?

  1. Somali

  2. Bedouin

  3. Boran

  4. Maasai

  5. None of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The Maasai cattle herders live primarily in east Africa: 300, 000 in southern Kenya and another 150,000 in Tanzania. 

How did the life of the Pastoralist's changed under the colonial rule?

  1. Their grazing grounds shrank

  2. Their movement were regulated

  3. They had to pay increased revenue

  4. All the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Large areas of forest were cleared for tea, rubber and coffee plantation. They also cleared the forest for timber. Moreover, the forests were also enclosed for commercial purposes. This led to wide scale deforestation and loss of livelihood for people who depended upon forest resources. For the pastoral communities it meant shrinking of grazing grounds for their cattle. Some of them were labelled as criminal tribes and were forced to work in factorie, mines and plantation.

'Once you cultivate land, it is no longer suitable for grazing.' Which African pastrol tribe of Africa thought crop farming a crime against nature

  1. Boran

  2. Maasai

  3. Bedouins

  4. Turkana


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
The Maasai pastoral tribes thought of farming as a crime against nature as cultivated land is no longer suitable for grazing.

Find out the correct match:

  1. Dhangars : Garhawal

  2. Gaddis: Himachal Pradesh

  3. Bakarwals: Karnataka

  4. Raikas: Andhra Pradesh


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The Gaddis belong to Himachal Pradesh while Dhangars, to Maharashtra, Bakarwals, to Kashmir and Raikas, to Rajasthan.

Dhangars are an important pastoral community of which state?

  1. Himachal Pradesh

  2. Maharashtra

  3. Jammu and Kashmir

  4. Rajasthan


Correct Option: B

Waste land Rules were enacted by the colonial officials in order to _________.

  1. Harass the pastoralists of Indian

  2. Uplift the condition of the Indian pastoralists

  3. Turn the uncultivated lands into cultivable lands

  4. Turn cultivable lands into forests


Correct Option: C

The word 'Maasai' is derived from the word Maa. Maa-sai which means ______.

  1. My people

  2. Mother and people

  3. Their people

  4. Tribal people


Correct Option: A