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Multiple choice pastoral nomand and their movements pastoralists in the modern world history

What percentage of the grazing lands did Maasai lose when European imperial powers divided Africa into different colonies?

  1. $50$%
  2. $49$%
  3. $80$%
  4. $60$%
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Historical records indicate that the Maasai lost approximately 60 percent of their traditional grazing lands due to colonial land partitioning and the creation of reserves.

Multiple choice pastoral nomand and their movements pastoralists in the modern world history

Why did the colonial government introduce the Grazing Tax in the mid $19th$ century?

  1. To expand its revenue

  2. To ban cattle herder from entering grazing tracts

  3. Both (a) and (b)

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The Grazing Tax was introduced to increase colonial revenue and to control the movement of pastoralists by restricting their access to grazing tracts.

Multiple choice pastoral nomand and their movements pastoralists in the modern world history

When did European imperial powers divide Africa into different colonies?

  1. In $1805$
  2. in $1882$
  3. In $1885$
  4. In $1815$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The Berlin Conference of 1884-1885 was the event where European powers formally divided Africa into colonies, a process often referred to as the Scramble for Africa.

Multiple choice pastoral nomand and their movements pastoralists in the modern world history

Which of these are the pastoral communities of the mountains?

  1. Bhotiyas and Sherpas

  2. Gujjars

  3. Gaddis

  4. All of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation
The Gujjar cattle herders live in Garhwal and Kumaon. During winter, they come down to the dry forests of the bhabar. During summer, they go up to the high meadows, the bugyals. Many of them migrated from Jammu to the hills of UP in the nineteenth century. Bhotiyas, Sherpas and Kinnauris are some other pastoral communities of the Himalayas that also follow the cyclical movement between and summer and winter pastures. The Gaddis spend winter in the low hills of Shiwalik. By April, they move towards north to spend summers in Lahul and Spiti. 
Multiple choice pastoral nomand and their movements pastoralists in the modern world history

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

  1. Some rich pastoralists started buying land and settling down giving up their nomadic life.

  2. Some became settled peasants cultivating land, others took to more extensive trading.

  3. The poor pastoralists became labourers, working on fields or in small towns.

  4. All of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation
  • Some of the pastoralists reduced the number of cattle in their herds. Some others discovered new pastures. For example; when the Raikas could no longer move into Sindh after the partition of 1947; they began to migrate to Haryana in search of new pastures.
  • Some rich pastoralists began to buy land to settle down and gave up their nomadic life. While some of them became peasants, some others took to more extensive trading.
  • But the poor pastoralists had to borrow from moneylenders in order to survive. Most of them finally lost their cattle and sheep and became labourers. They began to work in fields or in small towns.

 

Multiple choice pastoral nomand and their movements pastoralists in the modern world history

Dhangars were an important pastoral community of _________.

  1. Gujarat

  2. Maharashtra

  3. U.P

  4. Assam
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Dhangars were an important pastoral community of Maharashtra. In the early twentieth century, their population in this region was estimated to be 467,000. Most of them were shepherds, some were blanket weavers, and still, others were buffalo herders. The Dhangar shepherds stayed in the central plateau of Maharashtra during the monsoon

Multiple choice pastoral nomand and their movements pastoralists in the modern world history

Gaddis are an important pastoral community of _____.

  1. Maharashtra

  2. Chhattisgarh

  3. Himachal Pradesh

  4. Gujarat
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The Gaddi Shepherd tribe of Himachal Pradesh also uses the low hills of the Siwalik as their winter base. By April, they move towards the mountains and spend the summer in Lahul and Spiti. As the snow melts, they move further up the mountains.