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NTSE SAT History - Modern World: Pastoralist, Peasants, and Farmers Sample Practice Questions

NTSE SAT History - Modern World: Pastoralist, Peasants, and Farmers

Exam Duration: 45 Mins Total Questions : 30

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 are:

(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 rhythm 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 )

Agricultural Revolution first occurred in:

(a)
England
(b)
France
(c)
USA
(d)
India

12 )

Captain Swing was a:

(a)
farmer
(b)
army chief
(c)
mythical name
(d)
labourer

13 )

Before late 18^th century English countryside was:

(a)
open fields
(b)
enclosed
(c)
partitioned
(d)
common land

14 )

Which of the following was not a feature of strip cultivation?

(a)
Cultivable land around villages was divided into strips.
(b)
Beginning of each year villagers were allocated a number of strips to cultivate
(c)
Strips were a mix of good and bad lan(d)
(d)
Common land was divided into strips

15 )

The Strip cultivation was practiced by:

(a)
peasants in England
(b)
tribals
(c)
nomadic pastoralists
(d)
shifting cultivators

16 )

Which of the following was not a feature of Common Land?

(a)
All villagers had access to the commons
(b)
Commons helped sustain the meagre income of the poor
(c)
Here the poor fished in ponds, collected fuel, food and fodder
(d)
Villagers cultivated land and shared the produce

17 )

16th century enclosures were driven by:

(a)
land grab
(b)
parliamentary legislation
(c)
desire to increase grain production
(d)
to improve breeding and expand wool production

18 )

Unlike 16th century enclosures those in the 18^th century were undertaken to:

(a)
increase grain production
(b)
created by individuals
(c)
lacked state support
(d)
result of pressure from landowners

19 )

Factor in increased food grain production in post-1780 Britain was

(a)
radical innovations in technology
(b)
population expansion
(c)
urbanisation
(d)
simple innovations and new lands under cultivation

20 )

Cultivation of which crops improved fertility of soil:

(a)
wheat and maize
(b)
fodder crops
(c)
turnip and potatoes
(d)
turnip and clover

21 )

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

22 )

Genealogists:

(a)
Recount history of a family
(b)
Recount history of a community
(c)
Predict the future
(d)
Train camels

23 )

Colonial state regarded grazing land as:

(a)
wasteland
(b)
habitat of wild
(c)
woodland
(d)
reserved land

24 )

Protected forests were:

(a)
forests which produced commercially viable timber
(b)
access to these forests was prohibited
(c)
pastoralists were granted grazing rights in these forests without preconditions
(d)
customary rights were granted to pastoralists subject to severe restrictions on their movements

25 )

Find the odd one out.