Adivasi - Quiz
Adivasi
  • 1. What was the traditional economy of most tribes according to the text?
A) Import and export trade services
B) Large-scale industrial manufacturing
C) Subsistence agriculture or hunting and gathering
D) Tourism and hospitality management
  • 2. Which items were historically traded by tribes with outsiders?
A) Electronic goods and technology
B) Salt and iron
C) Gold and precious stones
D) Advanced agricultural machinery
  • 3. What happened to tribal land ownership around 1900 under the British government?
A) Migrants received free land for cultivation
B) Land was turned into protected national parks
C) Tribes were forced into urban migration
D) The government granted all land back to the tribes
  • 4. How did Adivasi traditionally view land?
A) As land belonging exclusively to the state
B) As a strictly inherited private asset
C) As a common resource for whoever needed it
D) As a commodity to be sold for profit
  • 5. Why did many Adivasis lose the opportunity to claim their lands?
A) They moved away to find better jobs
B) They did not prioritize obtaining formal land titles
C) They were prohibited from farming their own land
D) The government seized all land by force
  • 6. What is a loophole that allowed non-Adivasi to gain access to tribal land?
A) Land leases
B) Marriage alliances
C) Educational scholarships
D) Government employment quotas
  • 7. What characterized the 1970s in relation to Adivasi land?
A) Decreased interest in tribal territories
B) Government-mandated restoration of land
C) Intense land pressure
D) A surge in tribal land ownership
  • 8. How did many Adivasis lose their land titles in the 1970s?
A) Voluntary donation to the state
B) Debt, bribery, or leases
C) Loss through environmental disasters
D) Exchange for modern technology
  • 9. What did some non-Adivasis do to gain competitive advantages over established tribes?
A) Marry into tribal families
B) Convert to tribal religions
C) Build schools and hospitals for tribes
D) Lobby to be classified as tribal
  • 10. What often happens when the government attempts to evict illegal non-tribal occupiers?
A) It proceeds slowly and often targets poor lower castes
B) It is highly efficient and swift
C) It results in complete removal of all outsiders
D) It restores land directly to tribal elders
  • 11. What has been a permanent feature of many tribal villages since the 1960s and 1970s?
A) Government administrative centers
B) Resident non-tribal shopkeepers
C) State-run universities
D) Large-scale industrial factories
  • 12. What are examples of cash crops mentioned in the text?
A) Oranges and bananas
B) Tea and coffee
C) Wheat and rice
D) Cotton or castor-oil plants
  • 13. What is an extreme consequence of the widespread indebtedness of Adivasis?
A) Forced enrollment in vocational schools
B) Government intervention to pay off all debts
C) Full cancellation of tribal debts
D) Traders selling debtors to other merchants
  • 14. Why are tribes in the Himalayan foothills less pressured by non-tribal intrusion?
A) Historically distinct political status and isolation
B) Extreme poverty in the region
C) Severe climate conditions
D) Lack of natural resources
  • 15. What was the 'Inner Line' policy?
A) A ban on all agricultural activities
B) A strategy to mine the Himalayan foothills
C) A trade agreement between tribes and the British
D) A policy requiring special permission for non-Adivasi to enter
  • 16. Why do post-colonial governments protect the Himalayan tribes?
A) As a strategy to secure the border with China
B) To promote tourism in the region
C) Due to international humanitarian pressure
D) To preserve ancient tribal languages
  • 17. Who was one of the Adivasis involved in the Indian independence movement?
A) Birsa Munda
B) Tatya Tope
C) Rani of Jhansi
D) Ramji Gond
  • 18. Which rebellion occurred between 1774 and 1779?
A) Bhumij rebellion
B) Santhal rebellion
C) Kol rebellion
D) Halba rebellion
  • 19. How many linguistic groupings are tribal languages categorized into?
A) Five
B) Ten
C) Seven
D) Three
  • 20. Approximately how many tribal groups are there in India?
A) Over 2000
B) More than 700
C) Less than 100
D) Exactly 500
  • 21. In how many languages is Adivasi literature composed?
A) More than 100
B) Exactly 50
C) Less than 20
D) Exactly 500
  • 22. Who started the Bhil rebellion in Banswara in 1858?
A) Ramji Gond
B) Birsa Munda
C) Laxman Naik
D) Tatya Tope
  • 23. Which of the following is listed as a linguistic grouping for tribal languages?
A) Romance
B) Semitic
C) Austro-Asiatic
D) Slavic
  • 24. When did the Santhal rebellion take place?
A) 1776
B) 1910
C) 1817
D) 1856–57
  • 25. Who is a prominent tribal writer mentioned in the text?
A) Temsula Ao
B) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
C) Rabindranath Tagore
D) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
  • 26. In which district did the Rampa Rebellion of 1922–1924 take place?
A) Khurda
B) Adilabad
C) Banswara
D) Visakhapatnam district
  • 27. The Chuar rebellion took place in which region?
A) Banswara
B) Bengal
C) Odisha
D) Adilabad
  • 28. Which rebellion occurred in 1910?
A) Bhumkal
B) Kol rebellion
C) Maria rebellion
D) Koli revolt
  • 29. Who started the Gond rebellion in Adilabad in 1860?
A) Jantya Bhil
B) Bangaru Devi
C) Ramji Gond
D) Laxman Naik
  • 30. Which of these is a linguistic category for tribal languages?
A) Sino-Tibetan
B) Greek
C) Arabic
D) Latin
  • 31. Who composed the Ramayana and is acknowledged for having Adivasi origins?
A) Bada Meena
B) Valmiki
C) A Gond Raja
D) Bharmal
  • 32. What percentage of India's population do Scheduled Tribes constitute?
A) 26.2%
B) 1.1%
C) 8.6%
D) 90%
  • 33. How are tribal communities designated in Bangladesh?
A) Nomadic tribes
B) Animist groups
C) Ethnic minority
D) Scheduled Tribes
  • 34. Which language group is found in northern Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand?
A) Munda
B) Indo-Aryan
C) Dravidian
D) Tibeto-Burman
  • 35. Which tribe is an example of an Indo-Aryan speaking tribe in the western region?
A) Hos
B) Santals
C) Gonds
D) Bhils
  • 36. What language family dominates the central tribal region covering parts of Chhattisgarh and Odisha?
A) Tibeto-Burman
B) Sarnaist
C) Indo-Aryan
D) Dravidian
  • 37. What is the primary religion followed by Adivasi in Jharkhand?
A) Sarnaism
B) Hinduism
C) Christianity
D) Buddhism
  • 38. What religion do the Chakma and Marma people of the Chittagong Hill Tracts follow?
A) Hinduism
B) Christianity
C) Animism
D) Buddhism
  • 39. What is the main occupation of the Adivasis in Assam?
A) Tea workers
B) Mining
C) Rice farming
D) Nomadic herding
  • 40. What percentage of the total tribal population lives in the tribal belt stretching from Gujarat to West Bengal?
A) Roughly 75%
B) Around 20%
C) Around 10%
D) More than 90%
  • 41. Which group near Bellary, Karnataka, is a large concentration of tribal people?
A) Santals
B) Boyas/Valmikis
C) Gonds
D) Khasi
  • 42. In Bangladesh, which Adivasi group follows Christianity?
A) Chakma
B) Khasi
C) Marma
D) Tripuri
  • 43. What does the term Adivasi literally mean?
A) Forest dweller
B) Mountain people
C) Beginning inhabitant
D) Ancient ruler
  • 44. Which of the following is an alternative term for Adivasi that means 'forest dwellers'?
A) Vanavāsi
B) Dravidian
C) Janjati
D) Dalit
  • 45. In which country are Adivasi officially recognized as 'Ethnic minorities'?
A) Sri Lanka
B) Bangladesh
C) Nepal
D) Pakistan
  • 46. Who chaired the Drafting Committee of the Constitution of India?
A) Gandhi
B) Jaipal Singh Munda
C) Thakkar Bapa
D) Ambedkar
  • 47. Which article of the Indian Constitution defines Scheduled Tribes?
A) Article 107
B) Article 342
C) Article 366 (25)
D) Article 169
  • 48. Which group of people in Sri Lanka are referred to as Adivasi?
A) Tea-tribes
B) Vedda
C) Dravidians
D) Indo-Aryans
  • 49. Which international convention did India refuse to sign, despite having ratified its predecessor?
A) UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
B) ILO Convention 107
C) The 1950 Constitutional Accord
D) ILO Convention 169
  • 50. Where was the term Adivasi initially popularized?
A) North East India
B) West Bengal
C) Kerala
D) Jharkhand
  • 51. Which language family provided ancestry to Adivasi communities?
A) Latin
B) Austroasiatic
C) Arabic
D) Greek
  • 52. Who were the individuals designated by the British to hold legal property rights to land?
A) Adivasi elders
B) Zamindars
C) Foreign investors only
D) British military generals
  • 53. In what year was the colonial presence established on the Andaman Islands?
A) 1947
B) 1789
C) 1832
D) 1857
  • 54. Which rebellion occurred between 1855 and 1856?
A) Bhumij rebellion
B) Munda independence war
C) Santal hul
D) The Great Kol Uprising
  • 55. What kind of migration did economic deprivation trigger among some adivasis?
A) Permanent migration to Europe
B) Internal migrations within India
C) Return migration to their ancestral lands
D) Mass migration to the Americas
  • 56. Which governing body suppressed Adivasi revolts after 1858?
A) The British government
B) The East India Company
C) The Indian National Congress
D) The local tribal rajas
  • 57. How did the adivasi rajas generally view British administrative innovations?
A) Negatively
B) Enthusiastically
C) Positively
D) Indifferently
  • 58. In the 1891 Census of India, how were Adivasi people described?
A) Tribal animist
B) Hill and forest tribe
C) Forest tribe
D) Primitive tribe
  • 59. Which term was used to describe Adivasi in the 1901 Census of India?
A) Primitive tribe
B) Animist
C) Tribes
D) Forest tribe
  • 60. Where are Adivasi people who follow Islam primarily located?
A) Jharkhand
B) Odisha
C) Lakshadweep
D) Madhya Pradesh
  • 61. What is the etymological origin of the word 'animism'?
A) Persian
B) Sanskrit
C) Latin
D) Greek
  • 62. According to the text, what is the core belief of animism?
A) Monistic Vedic worship
B) Reincarnation of the soul
C) Non-human entities possess a spiritual essence
D) Worship of Indo-European deities
  • 63. In what year were Adivasi recorded as 'tribes' in the census?
A) 1931
B) 1941
C) 1911
D) 1921
  • 64. How does the text describe the term 'animism' in an anthropological context?
A) A synonym for Hinduism
B) An anthropological construct
C) A word used by indigenous people
D) A formal name for a religion
  • 65. When are Adivasi in Lakshadweep believed to have embraced Islam?
A) Post-independence
B) British period
C) 19th century
D) 14th century
  • 66. What does the name 'Donyi-Polo' mean?
A) Sacred grove
B) Spirit worship
C) Holy woods
D) Sun-Moon
  • 67. Where are the followers of Donyi-Polo primarily located?
A) Nilgiri hills
B) Nicobar Islands
C) Arunachal Pradesh
D) Central-East India
  • 68. How is the Sarna religion passed down through generations?
A) Oral traditions
B) Written scriptures
C) Formal schooling
D) Digital archives
  • 69. What does the word 'Sarna' mean in the context of the religion?
A) Holy animal
B) Sacred grove
C) Witch doctor
D) Sun deity
  • 70. Where do the Nayaka people live?
A) Arunachal Pradesh
B) Central-East India
C) Nilgiri hills
D) Nicobar Islands
  • 71. Which plant is considered sacred according to the text regarding Adivasi influences on Hinduism?
A) Rose
B) Cactus
C) Sunflower
D) Tulsi
  • 72. Which animal is mentioned as potentially having had totemic importance in Adivasi tribes?
A) Cobra
B) Tiger
C) Eagle
D) Lion
  • 73. Which tree is listed as having sacred status possibly derived from Adivasi culture?
A) Oak
B) Maple
C) Neem
D) Pine
  • 74. What term describes the Nayaka people's lifestyle?
A) Nomadic traders
B) Urban dwellers
C) Sedentary farmers
D) Hunter gatherer
  • 75. Which movement was founded by Sant Gurudev Kalicharan Brahma?
A) Brahma Dharma
B) The Kallar Reform Movement
C) Shaivism
D) Vedic Ritualism
  • 76. Who was the 'Nagam Guru' of the Santal tribes in the 14th century?
A) Kalean Guru (Kalean Murmu)
B) Sant Kalu Dev
C) Sant Kubera
D) Maharshi Matanga
  • 77. What did Bhakta Shabari offer to Shri Rama and Shri Laxmana?
A) Dried lotus flowers
B) Swine flesh
C) Half-eaten ber fruit
D) Water from a stream
  • 78. To which community did Sant Kalu Dev belong?
A) Santal
B) Kallar
C) Bodo
D) Nishadha
  • 79. Who was the guru of Bhakta Shabari?
A) Guru Brahma
B) Maharshi Matanga
C) Sant Dhira
D) Sant Kubera
  • 80. Which temple allows Badu (tribal) priests to bathe and adorn the deity?
A) Lingaraja Temple
B) Brahma Dharma Temple
C) Karppillikkavu Sree Mahadeva Temple
D) Indraprastha Temple
  • 81. What was the occupation of the avatar Kaladutaka (Vaikunthanatha)?
A) Fisherman
B) Temple priest
C) Hunter
D) Kallar (robber)
  • 82. How many followers did Sant Kubera have in his time?
A) 10,000
B) 20,000
C) 100,000
D) 5,000
  • 83. Which sant composed the six Vedangas in beautiful Tamil verse?
A) Sant Kubera
B) Sant Kalu Dev
C) Sant Tirumangai Alvar
D) Sant Dhudhalinath
  • 84. How did the British government perceive Adivasi society compared to caste society?
A) Technologically superior
B) More civilised
C) Equally civilised
D) Less civilised
  • 85. What existed between some Gond and Rajput Rajas prior to the British Raj?
A) Matrimonial relations
B) Constant warfare
C) Commercial trade agreements
D) Joint military alliances
  • 86. How many delegates cast their vote for 'Sari Dhorom' as the religion code at the 2011 conference?
A) 51
B) 3
C) 14
D) 632
  • 87. What was the total number of delegates present at the All India Adivasi Conference in 2011?
A) 1000
B) 750
C) 500
D) 632
  • 88. What is the literacy rate for Scheduled Tribes recorded in 1999–2000?
A) 59%
B) 40%
C) 8.5%
D) 29.6%
  • 89. Where is the Adivasi Academy located?
A) Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
B) Asansol, West Bengal
C) Kohima, Nagaland
D) Tejgadh, Gujarat
  • 90. When was the Adivasi Academy for teaching and preserving languages established?
A) 1991
B) 2011
C) 1961
D) 1999
  • 91. Which agrarian tribe is specifically mentioned as being reluctant to send their children to school?
A) Gonds
B) Mizos
C) Khasis
D) Nagas
  • 92. What is the trend of tribal student dropout rates during school education?
A) Very low
B) Moderate
C) Non-existent
D) Very high
  • 93. What is the literacy rate for tribal males in 1999–2000?
A) 40.6%
B) 37%
C) 59%
D) 13.8%
  • 94. Which campaign in central India were Adivasis victims of due to the Naxalite insurgency?
A) Forest Protection Drive
B) Tribal Upliftment Scheme
C) Green Revolution
D) Salwa Judum
  • 95. How did non-Adivasis often secure the use of reserved forest lands?
A) By signing government contracts
B) By negotiating with tribal elders
C) By filing land ownership petitions
D) By bribing local officials
  • 96. Which group played a significant role in the early education of Northeastern tribes?
A) Government bureaucrats
B) Foreign corporations
C) Missionaries
D) Local merchant guilds
  • 97. What language was taught at most levels in the Northeastern education system by the early 1980s?
A) Hindi
B) Assamese
C) English
D) Sanskrit
  • 98. Who described the economic alienation of Adivasis as a 'systematic failure' in 2009?
A) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Indira Gandhi
D) Manmohan Singh
  • 99. Which area is identified as being affected by Naxalite unrest linked to Adivasi exploitation?
A) The Indo-Gangetic Plain
B) The Thar Desert
C) The Red Corridor
D) The Western Ghats
  • 100. Which group in Manipur has cited the lack of ST status as an economic disadvantage?
A) Bodo
B) Meiteis
C) Meena
D) Gujjar
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