CBSE Class 9 History Pastoralists In The Modern World MCQs

Question: Pastoralists sustain by

a) All the options

b) Trade

c) Cultivation

d) Herding

Answer: All the options

Question: 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 Kumaun

d) Swampy wet coastal tracts

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

Question: 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: Maasai means

a) Myland

b) My people

c) My home

d) Maa

Answer: Myland

Question: The Serengeti National Park is located in

a) South Africa

b) Tanzania

c) Kenya

d) Namibia

Answer: South Africa

Question: Which of the following was not a reason for Maasai loss of grazing lands

a) Cultivated fields were converted into pasture lands

b) White settlements

c) Imperial powers scramble for colonies

d) Game reserves

Answer: Cultivated fields were converted into pasture lands

Question: Which of the following constitute pastoral communities of Africa

a) Bedouins, Berbers, Boran, Maasai, Somali, Turkana

b) Gollas, Kurumas, Kurubes, Dhangar, Gujjars, Gaddis

c) Korava, Karacha, Yerukula

d) Chena, Milpa, Lading Dhya, Penda

Answer: Bedouins, Berbers, Boran, Maasai, Somali, Turkana

Question: The Maasais are cattle herders of

a) East Africa

b) India

c) South Africa

d) Indonesia

Answer: East Africa

Question: What was the tax imposed by colonists on pastoralists

a) Grazing tax

b) Canal water tax

c) Land tax

d) Salt tax

Answer: Grazing tax

Question: The Criminal Tribes Act was passed in

a) 1871

b) 1781

c) 1817

d) 1787

Answer: 1871

Question: Find the odd one out

a) Nomadic population was easy to identify and control

b) To colonial officers all grazing land appeared unproductive

c) Nomadic were classified as criminal tribes

d) British officials were suspicious of nomadic people

Answer: Nomadic population was easy to identify and control

Question: 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: Colonial state regarded grazing land as

a) Wasteland

b) Habitat of wild

c) Reserved land

d) Woodland

Answer: Wasteland

Question: Genealogists

a) Recount history of a community

b) Recount history of a family

c) Predict the future

d) Train camels

Answer: Recount history of a community

Question: 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: Pastoralists sustain by

a) All the options

b) Trade

c) Cultivation

d) Herding

Answer: All the options

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

a) Gollas

b) Berbers

c) Gujjar Bakarwals

d) Gaddis

Answer: Gollas

Question: 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: Dhangars are pastoralists of

a) Maharashtra

b) U.P. hills

c) Garhwal

d) Jammu and Kashmir

Answer: Maharashtra

Question: 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 Kumaun

d) Swampy wet coastal tracts

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

Question: 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: Bhabar

a) Dry forested area

b) Semi-arid region

c) Thick forests

d) Vast meadows

Answer: Dry forested area

Question: 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

Question: 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: Name the Pastoral Nomads of Jammu and Kashmir

a) Gujjar Bakarwals

b) Bhotiyas

c) Sherpas

d) Gaddis

Answer: Gujjar Bakarwals