MCQ Class 9 History Chapter 5 Pastoralists In The Modern World Advertisement MCQ’s For All Chapters – History Class 9th 1. Why were the Maasai confined to small reserves?To promote peaceTo restrict their mobilityTo train themTo increase tradeQuestion 1 of 152. What happened to Maasai cattle during droughts?They were sold to BritishThey died in large numbersThey migrated to townsThey were exportedQuestion 2 of 153. What year did the Maasai lose half their cattle due to drought?191019201933–19341945–1946Question 3 of 154. Maasai society was divided into which two main groups?Rich and PoorFarmers and TradersElders and WarriorsChiefs and WorkersQuestion 4 of 155. What did the elders in Maasai society do?Hunted animalsManaged community affairsCollected taxesWorked as labourersQuestion 5 of 156. What was the main responsibility of warriors?Managing farmsHerding cattleProtecting the communityTeaching childrenQuestion 6 of 157. Who appointed chiefs among the Maasai?EldersColonial British governmentWarriorsTradersQuestion 7 of 158. What type of income helped chiefs survive drought?Only trade incomePastoral and non-pastoral incomeGovernment salaries onlyDonationsQuestion 8 of 159. What happened to poor pastoralists during famine?Became wealthyLost everythingMoved abroadBecame officialsQuestion 9 of 1510. What new distinction developed in Maasai society under colonial rule?Educated and uneducatedWealthy and poor pastoralistsOld and youngTraders and farmersQuestion 10 of 1511. What did some poor Maasai become after losing livestock?PriestsCharcoal burners or labourersPoliticiansSoldiersQuestion 11 of 1512. What do environmentalists today believe about pastoralism?It is outdatedIt is wastefulIt is ecologically viableIt should be bannedQuestion 12 of 1513. What did pastoralists do when pastures disappeared?Left herdingFound new routes and adjustedBecame traders onlyStopped movingQuestion 13 of 1514. What is the main theme of this chapter?Growth of industriesLife of nomadic herders and impact of colonialismBritish rule in IndiaAgriculture in EuropeQuestion 14 of 1515. What lesson does the chapter convey about pastoralists?They belong to the pastThey are unimportantThey adapt and survive in modern timesThey cannot exist todayQuestion 15 of 15 Loading...
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