RAS question
Walara is a farming system of which tribe?
Correct answer: (A) Bhil.
Walara, also called Dajiya, is the shifting slash-and-burn cultivation system associated with the Bhil tribe in the hilly areas of southern Rajasthan.
Explanation
Walara is linked to the Bhil tribe because it describes a form of cultivation used in difficult hilly terrain where normal ploughing is not possible. Hindwi Dictionary explains the practice as a special method of farming in which Bhil people cut wood at different spots on hilly or stony ground, pile it, burn it, and use the ash as manure before digging the soil and sowing crops such as maize. Walara or Dajiya is the Bhil practice of shifting, slash-and-burn cultivation in the hills of southern Rajasthan. The key exam point is the tribe-term association: Walara belongs to Bhil agricultural practice, not to the other listed tribes.
Why the other options are wrong
- (B) Garasia is wrong because Walara is identified with Bhil cultivation, not Garasia practice.
- (C) Meena is wrong because Bhil people use this farming method on hilly ground where ploughing is not possible.
- (D) Saharia is wrong because Walara or Dajiya is a Bhil shifting-cultivation system in southern Rajasthan's hilly areas.
Concept
This tests Rajasthan tribal culture through a tribe-specific agricultural term. Such terms recur in RAS because they connect communities, terrain, and traditional economic practices in a compact factual association.