Chapter 5 Pastoralists in the Modern World Assertation & Reasoning Questions Class 9th Social Science

In the questions given below, there are two Statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Read the Statements and Choose the correct option: Options are:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is correct but (R) is wrong.
(D) (A) is wrong but (R) is correct.

Q.1. Assertion (A): The Forest Acts changed the lives of Pastoralists.
Reason (R): They were not Prevented from entering many forests that had earlier provided valuable for age for their cattle.

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Q.2. Assertion (A): Not all Pastoralists operated in the mountains.

Reason (R): They were also to be found in Plateaus, Plains and Deserts of India.

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Q.3. Assertion (A): The Maasai Cattle herders lived Primarily in the West Africa.
Reason (R): Maasailand stretched over a vast area from North Kenya to the steppes of Northern Tanzania.

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Q.4. Assertion (A): With the onset of the Monsoon the Dhangars left the konkan and the coastal areas with their flocks and returned to their settlements on the dry Plateau.
Reason (R): The sheep could not tolerate the wet monsoon conditions.

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Assertion-reason based questions:

Q5 Assertion (A): British officials were suspicious of nomadic people. 

Reason (R): They trusted mobile craftsmen and traders who hawked their goods in villages, and pastoralists who changed their places of residence every season, moving in search of good pastures for their herds. 

Options: 

1. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A. 
2. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A 
3. A is true but R is false. 
4. A is false but R is true.

Ans C. A is true but R is false.

Q6 Assertion (A): In 1871, the colonial government in India passed the Criminal Tribes Act. 

Reason (R ): By this Act many communities of craftsmen, traders and pastoralists were classified as Criminal Tribes.

Options: 

1. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A. 
2. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A 
3. A is true but R is false. 
4. A is false but R is true.

Ans A. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.