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4. Which organisation has played a significant role in supporting pastoralist communities in various
parts of the world?

a. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)
b. World Health Organisation (WHO)

c. International Monetary Fund (IMF)
d. International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

5. What was the result of overgrazing pastures due to restriction on pastoral movements?
a. The quality of pastures declined

b. This led to deterioration of animal stock
c. Underfed cattle died in large numbers during scarcity and famine

d. All of these
6. What were the wasteland rules?
a. Uncultivated lands were taken over and given to selected individuals

b. These individuals were given various concessions to settle these lands

c. Some of them were made headmen of villages in the new cleared agency
d. All of these
7. Since when were the “wasteland” rules implemented in various parts of the country?

a. 17th century b. Early 18th century c. Mid 19th century d. Late 19th century
8. When did a severe drought take place, killing over half the cattle in the Maasai Reserves?

a. 1900 b. 1933 and 1934 c. 1931 and 1932 d. 1940
9. What are Bugyals?

a. Wastelands b. Pastures in the mountain’s foot area
c. Pastures above 12,000 feet high mountains d. They are deserts

10. Who was the deputy Conservator of Forests at Darjeeling in the year 1913?
a. H S Gibson b. Buchanan c. Francis Hamilton d. De Brett

Activity

1. Write your views in a notebook on the restrictions on grazing in forests, from the standpoint of:

a. a forester
b. a pastoralist
2. Imagine you are living in the 1890s. You belong to a community of nomadic pastoralists and
craftsmen. You learn that the Government has declared your community as a Criminal Tribe. Write

a letter to the local collector explaining why the Act is unjust; how it will affect your life and
request him to abolish such declaration.

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