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       In winter, when the high mountains were covered with snow, they lived with their herds in the low hills of the Siwalik range. The Dry Scrub forests here provided pasture for their herds. By the end of April, they began their Northern March for their summer grazing grounds. Several households came together for this journey, forming what is known as a kafila. They crossed the Pir Panjal passes and entered the valley of Kashmir. Read the above passage and answer the following questions (a) Give two reasons for the seasonal movement of Gujjar Bakarwals of Jammu and Kashmir. (b) What values do you imbibe from the above passage?           

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                  (a) The two reasons for the seasonal movement of Gujjar Bakarwals are (i) In winter, when the high mountains were covered with snow, Gujjar Bakarwals lived with their herds in the low hills of the Siwalik range. Because the dry scrub forests of this region provided food for their catties. (ii) By the end of April, they began their  Northern March for their summer grazing grounds. In the summer, the snow melted and the area was covered with variety of grasses which provided nutritious forage for the catties. (b) From the above passage I have learnt, the importance of nature in human life.