NCERT MCQ ON PASTORALISTS IN THE MODERN WORLD

Question 1 : Name the Pastoral Nomads of Jammu and Kashmir

  • a) Gujjar Bakarwals
  • b) Bhotiyas
  • c) Sherpas
  • d) Gaddis

Answer: Gujjar Bakarwals

Question 2: Pastoralists sustain by

  • a) All the options
  • b) Trade
  • c) Cultivation
  • d) Herding

Answer: All the options

Question 3: Nomadic Pastoralists are People Who

  • a) Move from one place to another with their herds to earn a living
  • b) Move from one area to another
  • c) Live in one place
  • d) Gonds, Dhurwas and Bhatros are some nomadic pastoralists of India

Answer: Move from one place to another with their herds to earn a living

Question 4 : Maasai means

  • a) My land
  • b) My people
  • c) My home
  • d) Maa

Answer: Myland

Question 5: The Serengeti National Park is located in

  • a) South Africa
  • b) Tanzania
  • c) Kenya
  • d) Namibia

Answer: South Africa

Question 6: Protected forests were

  • a) Customary rights were granted to pastoralists subject to severe restrictions on their movements
  • b) Pastoralists were granted grazing rights in these forests without preconditions
  • c) Access to these forests was prohibited
  • d) Forests which produced commercially viable timber

Answer: Customary rights were granted to pastoralists subject to severe restrictions on their movements

Question 7: In which of the following states are Banjara’s to be found

  • a) Punjab, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh
  • b) U.P., Punjab, Andhra Pradesh
  • c) Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka
  • d) U.P., Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir

Answer: Punjab, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh

Question 8: Pastoralists sustain by

  • a) All the options
  • b) Trade
  • c) Cultivation
  • d) Herding

Answer: All the options

Question 9: The alternation of monsoon and dry season defined the rhythm of

  • a) Gollas
  • b) Berbers
  • c) Gujjar Bakarwals
  • d) Gaddis

Answer: Gollas

Question 10: Which of the following was not a reason for Konkani peasants welcoming the herders

  • a) Dhangar flocks fed on the stubble of the rabi crop
  • b) They helped in kharif harvest
  • c) Shepherds received supplies of rice
  • d) They returned to the plateau with the onset of monsoons

Answer: Dhangar flocks fed on the stubble of the rabi crop

Question 11: Dhangars are pastoralists of

  • a) Maharashtra
  • b) U.P. hills
  • c) Garhwal
  • d) Jammu and Kashmir

Answer: Maharashtra

Question 12: Bugyals are

  • a) Semi-arid region in the Central Plateau of Maharashtra
  • b) Vast meadows in high mountains
  • c) Dry forested area below the foothills of Garhwal and Kumaon
  • d) Swampy wet coastal tracts

Answer: Semi-arid region in the Central Plateau of Maharashtra

Question 13: The cyclical movement of mountain pastoralists is defined by

  • a) Cold and snow
  • b) Dry season
  • c) Onset of monsoons
  • d) Prospects of trade

Answer: Cold and snow

Question 14: Bhabar

  • a) Dry forested area
  • b) Semi-arid region
  • c) Thick forests
  • d) Vast meadows

Answer: Dry forested area

Question 15: Name the significant feature of nomadic pastoralists

  • a) Cycle of seasonal movement
  • b) Shifting cultivation
  • c) Live on the edges of forests
  • d) Continuously on the move

Answer: Cycle of seasonal movement

Discover more from EduGrown School

Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.