Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Geography

Chapter

Fundamentals of Human Geography: Primary Activities

Question:

A seasonal movement of herdsmen with their livestock on mountain slope is known as:

Options:

Gathering

Hunting

Transhumance

Commercial livestock rearing

Correct Answer:

Transhumance

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (3) → Transhumance

  • 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.
  • Similarly, in the tundra regions, the nomadic herders move from south to north in summers and from north to south in winters