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Project
Make a PPT on the topic “Pastoralism in Africa”.
Assertion-Reason Type Questions
Each question consists of two statements, namely, Assertion (A) and Reason (R). For selecting the correct
answer, use the following code:
a. Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
b. Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, but Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
c. Assertion (A) is true and Reason (R) is false.
d. Assertion (A) is false and Reason (R) is true.
1. A: The disappearance of forests is referred to as deforestation.
R: It is not a recent problem.
2. A: Dhangars in an important pastoral community of Maharashtra.
R: They follow winter and summer cycle of seasons.
3. A: In the 19th century, African pastoralists could move over vast areas in search of pastures.
R: New Forest Acts checked their movement.
4. A: British officials were suspicious of nomadic people.
R: They trusted mobile craftsmen and traders who hawked their goods in villages, and pastoralists
who changed their places of residence every season, moving in search of good pastures for their
herds.
Case Study-based Questions
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:
In most places in colonial Africa, the police were given instructions to keep a watch on the movements
of pastoralists, and prevent them from entering white areas. The following is one such instruction given
by a magistrate to the police, in south-west Africa, restricting the movements of the pastoralists of
Kaokoland in Nambia:
“Passes to enter the Territory should not be given to these Natives unless exceptional circumstances
necessitate their entering. The object of the above proclamation is to restrict the number of natives
entering the Territory and to keep a check on them, and ordinary visiting passes should therefore never
be issued to them.”
1. Why did the police prevent the movements of pastoralists?
2. What was the object of the above proclamation?
3. What was the aim of the pastoralists movement?
Viva Voce Questions
1. What are the major activities of the pastoral communities of Africa?
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