Pastoralism in the Modern World MCQ
1. Nomadic Pastoralists are People Who
(a) Live in one place
(b) Move from one area to another
(c) Move from one place to another with their herds to earn a living
(d) Gonds, Dhurwas and Bhatros are some nomadic pastoralists of India
2. Pastoral Nomads of Jammu and Kashmir
(a) Bhotiyas
(b) Gujjar Bakarwals
(c) Sherpas
(d) Gaddis
3. 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
4- Bhabar
(a) Thick forests
(b) Semi-arid region
(c) Dry forested area
(d) Vast meadows
5. The cyclical movement of mountain pastoralists is defined by
(a) cold and snow
(b) dry season
(c) onset of monsoons
(d) prospects of trade
6. Bugyals are
(a) dry forested area below the foothills of Garhwal and Kumaun
(b) vast meadows in high mountains
(c) semi-arid region in the Central Plateau of Maharashtra
(d) swampy wet coastal tracts
7. Dhangars are pastoralists of
(a) Jammu and Kashmir
(b) Garhwal
(c) U.P. hills
(d) Maharashtra
8. 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
9. The alternation of monsoon and dry season defined the rythm of
(a) Gaddis
(b) Gujjar Bakarwals
(c) Berbers
(d) Gollas
10. Pastoralists sustain by'
(a) herding
(b) cultivation
(c) trade
(d) all of these
11. In which of the following states are Banjara's to be found?
(a) U.P., Punjab, Andhra Pradesh
(b) Punjab, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh
(c) Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka
(d) U.P., Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir
ANSWERS
1. (c) 2. (b) 3. (a) 4. (c) 5. (a) 6. (6) 7. (d) 8. (a) 9. (d) 10. (d) 11. (b)
