Peasants and Farmers

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Question

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Question 1 :

The continuous movement of the pastoral communities helps in

1. Recovery of the pastures
2. prevention of their overuse
3. Reduction in the demand of houses
4. both A and B
Answer
27130

Question 2 :

which practice disappeared by 1800, drastically changing the lives of the labourers?

1.

Till 1800, the labourers lived with landowners, ate with their masters and helped themthroughout the year doing various jobs
2. Now they were paid wages and employed only during harvest times
3. To increase their profits the landlords cut the amount they had to spend on their workers
4. All the above
Answer

27131

Question 3 :

why did the white settlers want to push away the Indian Americans from their lands?

1. The land possessed by the Indians could be turned into cultivated fields
2. Forest timber could be exported, animals hunted for skins, mountains mined for gold and Minerals
3. It was a committed policy of the US Government
4. Both (a) and (b)
Answer
27132

Question 4 :

Who was Captain Swing?

1. A farmer
2. A labourer
3. A mythical name
4. A landlord
Answer
27133

Question 5 :

Which of these reasons led to a radical transformation of the landscape by the early 20th century?

1. White Americans had moved westward
2. Local tribes were displaced
3. Entire landscape was carved into different agricultural belts in the USA
4. All the above
Answer
27134