Pastoralists in the Modern World (Class - IX)
| Description: Pastoralists in the Modern World | |
| Number of Questions: 15 | |
| Created by: Priya Bakshi | |
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Gujjar Bakarwals are the natives of which of the following Indian states?
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.
Which of the following were an important pastoral community of Maharashtra?
Which of the following communities combined cultivation with pastoralism?
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. |
Kharif crops are usually harvested between the months of
The Criminal Tribes Act was passed by the colonial government of India in which of the following years?
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
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
From the mid-nineteenth century, which of the following changes was brought about by the enactment of Waste Land Rules?
Half of the world's pastoral population lives in Africa. Which of the following communities is not African?
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
The colonial government imposed taxes to increase its revenue. On which of the following items was tax imposed?
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.
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.