Test: Primary Activities- 1 - UPSC MCQ

Pastoralism is concerned with animal rearing. It is animal husbandry, in which herders raise the livestock for food, clothing, shelters, tools and transport.

Because it is a labour intensive crop.

Because in these countries secondary and other activities are more important.

The process of migration from plain areas to pastures on mountains during summers and again from mountain pastures to plain areas during winters is known as transhumance. In mountain regions, such as Himalayas, Gujjars, Bakarwals, Gaddis and Bhotiyas migrate from plains to the mountains in summers and to the plains from the high altitude pastures in winters.

This is a common practice in the Himalayan region. In this region, the nomads constantly move, in search of pastures, with their animals.

This is mainly practiced for food production. Subsistence agriculture is one in which the farming areas consume all, or nearly so, of the products locally grown.

Correct Answer :- a

Explanation : New Zealand, Australia, Argentina, Uruguay and United States of America are important countries where commercial livestock rearing is practised.

Gathering is the oldest economic activity. It is carried out at different levels with different orientations.

Hematite is the mineral form of iron (III) oxide (Fe₂O₃), one of several iron oxides. The kinds of coal are peat, lignite, bituminous, and anthracite.

In nomadic herding, herders move from one place to another along with their livestock, depending on the amount and quality of pastures and water.