Read the following factors of migration carefully and choose the correct option related to pull factors:
I. Peace and stability
II. Unfavourable climate
III. Protection of property
IV. Economic backwardness
Only II and III are correct.
Pull factors in migration refer to positive conditions that attract individuals to a particular location.
Peace and stability (I) and Protection of property (III) are examples of pull factors, while Unfavourable climate (II) and Economic backwardness (IV) are push factors.
Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Hunting and Food Gathering
The earliest human beings depended on their immediate environment for their sustenance. They subsisted on: (a) animals which they hunted; and (b) the edible plants which they gathered from forests in the vicinity. Primitive societies depended on wild animals. People located in very cold and extremely hot climates survived on hunting. The people in the coastal areas still catch fish though fishing has experienced modernisation due to technological development. Many species, now have become extinct or endangered due to illegal hunting (poaching). The early hunters used primitive tools made of stones, twigs or arrows so the number of animals killed was limited. Gathering and hunting are the oldest economic activity known. These are carried out at different levels with different orientations. Gathering is practised in regions with harsh climatic conditions. It often involves primitive societies, who extract both plants and animals to satisfy their needs for food, shelter and clothing. This type of activity requires a small amount of capital investment and operates at very low levels of technology. The yield per person is very low and little or no surplus is produced.
