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After 1947, the Raikas could no longer graze camels on the banks of the Indus in:Read the answer and worked solution →Over how many Africans depend on some form of pastoral activity today?Read the answer and worked solution →The Maasai cattle herders live mainly in southern Kenya and:Read the answer and worked solution →In 1885, Maasailand was cut in half by a boundary between British Kenya and:Read the answer and worked solution →The Maasai lost about what share of their pre-colonial lands?Read the answer and worked solution →Serengeti National Park was created over how much Maasai grazing land?Read the answer and worked solution →Tanganyika united with Zanzibar to form Tanzania in:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Indian pastoralistsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the African herdersRead the answer and worked solution →Run the pastoral datesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the pastoral wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Mountain or plateauRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the colonial measuresRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Pastoralists bingoRead the answer and worked solution →The East India Company received its charter of sole right to trade with the East in 1600 from:Read the answer and worked solution →Vasco da Gama discovered the sea route to India in:Read the answer and worked solution →The first English factory in Bengal was set up on the banks of the Hugli in:Read the answer and worked solution →Nawab Sirajuddaulah marched with 30,000 soldiers to the English factory at:Read the answer and worked solution →Robert Clive defeated Sirajuddaulah at Plassey in:Read the answer and worked solution →Whose forces never fought at Plassey, having been promised the nawabship by Clive?Read the answer and worked solution →Mir Qasim was defeated by the Company at Buxar in:Read the answer and worked solution →In 1765 the Mughal emperor appointed the Company as Diwan of the provinces of:Read the answer and worked solution →Company officials who returned to Britain flaunting Indian wealth were mocked as:Read the answer and worked solution →Under Governor-General Richard Wellesley, the Nawab of Awadh surrendered half his territory in:Read the answer and worked solution →Tipu Sultan ruled Mysore from 1782 to:Read the answer and worked solution →Tipu Sultan died defending his capital Shrirangapatnam on:Read the answer and worked solution →After Tipu's death, Mysore was placed under which former ruling dynasty?Read the answer and worked solution →The Marathas' dream of ruling from Delhi was shattered at the Third Battle of Panipat in:Read the answer and worked solution →The first Anglo-Maratha war ended in 1782 with the Treaty of:Read the answer and worked solution →

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After 1947, the Raikas could no longer graze camels on the banks of the Indus in:

  1. Malwa
  2. Sindh
  3. Punjab
  4. Kutch
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Correct answer: B. Sindh

1. New borders stopped their movement. 2. Sindh was closed to them. 3. They now migrate to Haryana after harvests. _Source: syllabus India and the Contemporary World I, Chapter 5, Pastoralists in the Modern World._

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Over how many Africans depend on some form of pastoral activity today?

  1. 220 million
  2. 50 million
  3. 22 million
  4. 2 million
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Correct answer: C. 22 million

1. Over half the world's pastoralists live in Africa. 2. Over 22 million Africans are pastoralists. 3. They include Bedouins, Berbers, Maasai and Turkana. _Source: syllabus India and the Contemporary World I, Chapter 5, Pastoralists in the Modern World._

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The Maasai cattle herders live mainly in southern Kenya and:

  1. Uganda
  2. Ethiopia
  3. Namibia
  4. Tanzania
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Correct answer: D. Tanzania

1. About 300,000 live in Kenya. 2. Another 150,000 live in Tanzania. 3. Maasailand once ran from north Kenya to northern Tanzania. _Source: syllabus India and the Contemporary World I, Chapter 5, Pastoralists in the Modern World._

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