Question

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

• A. Some rich pastoralists started buying land and settling down giving up their nomadic life.
• B. Some became settled peasants cultivating land, others took to more extensive trading.
• C. The poor pastoralists became labourers, working on fields or in small towns.
• D. All of these

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

All of these

• Some of the pastoralists reduced the number of cattle in their herds. Some others discovered new pastures. For example; when the Raikas could no longer move into Sindh after the partition of 1947; they began to migrate to Haryana in search of new pastures.
• Some rich pastoralists began to buy land to settle down and gave up their nomadic life. While some of them became peasants, some others took to more extensive trading.
• But the poor pastoralists had to borrow from moneylenders in order to survive. Most of them finally lost their cattle and sheep and became labourers. They began to work in fields or in small towns.