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