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UPSC CDS World Geography — practice questions — page 3

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Bugyals, the vast natural pastures of the high Himalaya, lie above about:Read the answer and worked solution →The Gujjar Bakarwals, herders of goat and sheep, belong to:Read the answer and worked solution →A group of Bakarwal households travelling together on migration is called a:Read the answer and worked solution →The Gaddi shepherds, who summer in Lahul and Spiti, belong to:Read the answer and worked solution →Gujjar cattle herders of Garhwal and Kumaon winter in the dry forests of the:Read the answer and worked solution →Dhangars, numbering about 467,000 in the early twentieth century, were pastoralists of:Read the answer and worked solution →After harvesting bajra in October, Dhangar shepherds marched west to the:Read the answer and worked solution →In Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, which community herded cattle on the dry plateau?Read the answer and worked solution →The Raikas, who combined cultivation with camel and sheep herding, lived in the deserts of:Read the answer and worked solution →A Maru Raika camel herders' settlement is called a:Read the answer and worked solution →The Maldhari herders have their villages in the:Read the answer and worked solution →From the mid-nineteenth century, which Rules handed uncultivated grazing land to select individuals?Read the answer and worked solution →Forests producing valuable timber like deodar and sal were declared:Read the answer and worked solution →The Criminal Tribes Act, which classed many pastoral communities as criminal by birth, was passed in:Read the answer and worked solution →Between the 1850s and 1880s, the right to collect grazing tax was:Read the answer and worked solution →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 →

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Bugyals, the vast natural pastures of the high Himalaya, lie above about:

  1. 12,000 feet
  2. 2,000 feet
  3. 20,000 feet
  4. 5,000 feet
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Correct answer: A. 12,000 feet

1. They are under snow in winter and green after April. 2. Bugyals lie above 12,000 feet. 3. Gujjar herders take cattle up to them in summer. _Source: syllabus India and the Contemporary World I, Chapter 5, Pastoralists in the Modern World._

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The Gujjar Bakarwals, herders of goat and sheep, belong to:

  1. Rajasthan desert
  2. Jammu and Kashmir
  3. Himachal Pradesh
  4. Uttarakhand hills
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Correct answer: B. Jammu and Kashmir

1. They winter in the low Siwalik hills. 2. They are from Jammu and Kashmir. 3. In summer they cross the Pir Panjal into the valley. _Source: syllabus India and the Contemporary World I, Chapter 5, Pastoralists in the Modern World._

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A group of Bakarwal households travelling together on migration is called a:

  1. Kafila
  2. Dhandi
  3. Mandap
  4. Bugyal
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Correct answer: A. Kafila

1. Several households join for the journey. 2. The group is a kafila. 3. A dhandi is a Raika camel settlement. _Source: syllabus India and the Contemporary World I, Chapter 5, Pastoralists in the Modern World._

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