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A) Subsistence agriculture or hunting and gathering B) Import and export trade services C) Large-scale industrial manufacturing D) Tourism and hospitality management
A) Gold and precious stones B) Electronic goods and technology C) Salt and iron D) Advanced agricultural machinery
A) Land was turned into protected national parks B) Tribes were forced into urban migration C) The government granted all land back to the tribes D) Migrants received free land for cultivation
A) As a strictly inherited private asset B) As land belonging exclusively to the state C) As a common resource for whoever needed it D) As a commodity to be sold for profit
A) The government seized all land by force B) They moved away to find better jobs C) They were prohibited from farming their own land D) They did not prioritize obtaining formal land titles
A) Educational scholarships B) Marriage alliances C) Government employment quotas D) Land leases
A) Decreased interest in tribal territories B) Government-mandated restoration of land C) A surge in tribal land ownership D) Intense land pressure
A) Voluntary donation to the state B) Exchange for modern technology C) Debt, bribery, or leases D) Loss through environmental disasters
A) Build schools and hospitals for tribes B) Marry into tribal families C) Lobby to be classified as tribal D) Convert to tribal religions
A) It is highly efficient and swift B) It results in complete removal of all outsiders C) It restores land directly to tribal elders D) It proceeds slowly and often targets poor lower castes
A) State-run universities B) Government administrative centers C) Large-scale industrial factories D) Resident non-tribal shopkeepers
A) Oranges and bananas B) Wheat and rice C) Tea and coffee D) Cotton or castor-oil plants
A) Full cancellation of tribal debts B) Traders selling debtors to other merchants C) Government intervention to pay off all debts D) Forced enrollment in vocational schools
A) Extreme poverty in the region B) Lack of natural resources C) Severe climate conditions D) Historically distinct political status and isolation
A) A strategy to mine the Himalayan foothills B) A ban on all agricultural activities C) A trade agreement between tribes and the British D) A policy requiring special permission for non-Adivasi to enter
A) Due to international humanitarian pressure B) To preserve ancient tribal languages C) As a strategy to secure the border with China D) To promote tourism in the region
A) Tatya Tope B) Rani of Jhansi C) Ramji Gond D) Birsa Munda
A) Bhumij rebellion B) Kol rebellion C) Halba rebellion D) Santhal rebellion
A) Five B) Ten C) Three D) Seven
A) Less than 100 B) Exactly 500 C) More than 700 D) Over 2000
A) Less than 20 B) More than 100 C) Exactly 500 D) Exactly 50
A) Laxman Naik B) Birsa Munda C) Tatya Tope D) Ramji Gond
A) Austro-Asiatic B) Semitic C) Romance D) Slavic
A) 1856–57 B) 1776 C) 1910 D) 1817
A) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay B) Rabindranath Tagore C) Raja Ram Mohan Roy D) Temsula Ao
A) Khurda B) Visakhapatnam district C) Adilabad D) Banswara
A) Bengal B) Banswara C) Adilabad D) Odisha
A) Bhumkal B) Kol rebellion C) Maria rebellion D) Koli revolt
A) Laxman Naik B) Ramji Gond C) Jantya Bhil D) Bangaru Devi
A) Arabic B) Sino-Tibetan C) Greek D) Latin
A) A Gond Raja B) Bada Meena C) Valmiki D) Bharmal
A) 1.1% B) 8.6% C) 26.2% D) 90%
A) Animist groups B) Scheduled Tribes C) Nomadic tribes D) Ethnic minority
A) Tibeto-Burman B) Munda C) Dravidian D) Indo-Aryan
A) Bhils B) Hos C) Santals D) Gonds
A) Sarnaist B) Tibeto-Burman C) Indo-Aryan D) Dravidian
A) Hinduism B) Sarnaism C) Christianity D) Buddhism
A) Animism B) Hinduism C) Christianity D) Buddhism
A) Nomadic herding B) Tea workers C) Mining D) Rice farming
A) Around 10% B) Around 20% C) More than 90% D) Roughly 75%
A) Khasi B) Gonds C) Boyas/Valmikis D) Santals
A) Chakma B) Tripuri C) Marma D) Khasi
A) Beginning inhabitant B) Ancient ruler C) Forest dweller D) Mountain people
A) Dalit B) Janjati C) Dravidian D) Vanavāsi
A) Bangladesh B) Sri Lanka C) Pakistan D) Nepal
A) Jaipal Singh Munda B) Thakkar Bapa C) Gandhi D) Ambedkar
A) Article 366 (25) B) Article 342 C) Article 107 D) Article 169
A) Vedda B) Indo-Aryans C) Tea-tribes D) Dravidians
A) The 1950 Constitutional Accord B) ILO Convention 169 C) ILO Convention 107 D) UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
A) North East India B) Kerala C) West Bengal D) Jharkhand
A) Latin B) Austroasiatic C) Arabic D) Greek
A) Zamindars B) Adivasi elders C) Foreign investors only D) British military generals
A) 1947 B) 1832 C) 1789 D) 1857
A) Santal hul B) Munda independence war C) The Great Kol Uprising D) Bhumij rebellion
A) Mass migration to the Americas B) Internal migrations within India C) Permanent migration to Europe D) Return migration to their ancestral lands
A) The East India Company B) The local tribal rajas C) The British government D) The Indian National Congress
A) Negatively B) Positively C) Indifferently D) Enthusiastically
A) Primitive tribe B) Tribal animist C) Hill and forest tribe D) Forest tribe
A) Animist B) Tribes C) Primitive tribe D) Forest tribe
A) Lakshadweep B) Madhya Pradesh C) Odisha D) Jharkhand
A) Greek B) Persian C) Sanskrit D) Latin
A) Non-human entities possess a spiritual essence B) Reincarnation of the soul C) Monistic Vedic worship D) Worship of Indo-European deities
A) 1931 B) 1941 C) 1921 D) 1911
A) A word used by indigenous people B) A synonym for Hinduism C) A formal name for a religion D) An anthropological construct
A) 14th century B) 19th century C) British period D) Post-independence
A) Spirit worship B) Sun-Moon C) Sacred grove D) Holy woods
A) Arunachal Pradesh B) Central-East India C) Nilgiri hills D) Nicobar Islands
A) Oral traditions B) Written scriptures C) Formal schooling D) Digital archives
A) Sacred grove B) Sun deity C) Witch doctor D) Holy animal
A) Central-East India B) Nilgiri hills C) Arunachal Pradesh D) Nicobar Islands
A) Sunflower B) Tulsi C) Rose D) Cactus
A) Eagle B) Cobra C) Tiger D) Lion
A) Pine B) Maple C) Neem D) Oak
A) Nomadic traders B) Sedentary farmers C) Urban dwellers D) Hunter gatherer
A) Shaivism B) Brahma Dharma C) The Kallar Reform Movement D) Vedic Ritualism
A) Sant Kubera B) Maharshi Matanga C) Sant Kalu Dev D) Kalean Guru (Kalean Murmu)
A) Dried lotus flowers B) Water from a stream C) Swine flesh D) Half-eaten ber fruit
A) Kallar B) Bodo C) Santal D) Nishadha
A) Sant Dhira B) Guru Brahma C) Sant Kubera D) Maharshi Matanga
A) Karppillikkavu Sree Mahadeva Temple B) Indraprastha Temple C) Brahma Dharma Temple D) Lingaraja Temple
A) Temple priest B) Fisherman C) Hunter D) Kallar (robber)
A) 20,000 B) 100,000 C) 5,000 D) 10,000
A) Sant Kalu Dev B) Sant Tirumangai Alvar C) Sant Dhudhalinath D) Sant Kubera
A) Technologically superior B) Equally civilised C) More civilised D) Less civilised
A) Joint military alliances B) Commercial trade agreements C) Matrimonial relations D) Constant warfare
A) 3 B) 632 C) 14 D) 51
A) 750 B) 500 C) 632 D) 1000
A) 40% B) 59% C) 29.6% D) 8.5%
A) Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh B) Kohima, Nagaland C) Tejgadh, Gujarat D) Asansol, West Bengal
A) 2011 B) 1999 C) 1991 D) 1961
A) Gonds B) Khasis C) Nagas D) Mizos
A) Very low B) Moderate C) Non-existent D) Very high
A) 13.8% B) 59% C) 37% D) 40.6%
A) Tribal Upliftment Scheme B) Salwa Judum C) Green Revolution D) Forest Protection Drive
A) By filing land ownership petitions B) By negotiating with tribal elders C) By bribing local officials D) By signing government contracts
A) Foreign corporations B) Missionaries C) Government bureaucrats D) Local merchant guilds
A) English B) Hindi C) Sanskrit D) Assamese
A) Indira Gandhi B) Manmohan Singh C) Jawaharlal Nehru D) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
A) The Western Ghats B) The Thar Desert C) The Red Corridor D) The Indo-Gangetic Plain
A) Gujjar B) Bodo C) Meiteis D) Meena |