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A) Import and export trade services B) Large-scale industrial manufacturing C) Subsistence agriculture or hunting and gathering D) Tourism and hospitality management
A) Electronic goods and technology B) Salt and iron C) Gold and precious stones D) Advanced agricultural machinery
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
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
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
A) Land leases B) Marriage alliances C) Educational scholarships D) Government employment quotas
A) Decreased interest in tribal territories B) Government-mandated restoration of land C) Intense land pressure D) A surge in tribal land ownership
A) Voluntary donation to the state B) Debt, bribery, or leases C) Loss through environmental disasters D) Exchange for modern technology
A) Marry into tribal families B) Convert to tribal religions C) Build schools and hospitals for tribes D) Lobby to be classified as tribal
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
A) Government administrative centers B) Resident non-tribal shopkeepers C) State-run universities D) Large-scale industrial factories
A) Oranges and bananas B) Tea and coffee C) Wheat and rice D) Cotton or castor-oil plants
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
A) Historically distinct political status and isolation B) Extreme poverty in the region C) Severe climate conditions D) Lack of natural resources
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
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
A) Birsa Munda B) Tatya Tope C) Rani of Jhansi D) Ramji Gond
A) Bhumij rebellion B) Santhal rebellion C) Kol rebellion D) Halba rebellion
A) Five B) Ten C) Seven D) Three
A) Over 2000 B) More than 700 C) Less than 100 D) Exactly 500
A) More than 100 B) Exactly 50 C) Less than 20 D) Exactly 500
A) Ramji Gond B) Birsa Munda C) Laxman Naik D) Tatya Tope
A) Romance B) Semitic C) Austro-Asiatic D) Slavic
A) 1776 B) 1910 C) 1817 D) 1856–57
A) Temsula Ao B) Raja Ram Mohan Roy C) Rabindranath Tagore D) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
A) Khurda B) Adilabad C) Banswara D) Visakhapatnam district
A) Banswara B) Bengal C) Odisha D) Adilabad
A) Bhumkal B) Kol rebellion C) Maria rebellion D) Koli revolt
A) Jantya Bhil B) Bangaru Devi C) Ramji Gond D) Laxman Naik
A) Sino-Tibetan B) Greek C) Arabic D) Latin
A) Bada Meena B) Valmiki C) A Gond Raja D) Bharmal
A) 26.2% B) 1.1% C) 8.6% D) 90%
A) Nomadic tribes B) Animist groups C) Ethnic minority D) Scheduled Tribes
A) Munda B) Indo-Aryan C) Dravidian D) Tibeto-Burman
A) Hos B) Santals C) Gonds D) Bhils
A) Tibeto-Burman B) Sarnaist C) Indo-Aryan D) Dravidian
A) Sarnaism B) Hinduism C) Christianity D) Buddhism
A) Hinduism B) Christianity C) Animism D) Buddhism
A) Tea workers B) Mining C) Rice farming D) Nomadic herding
A) Roughly 75% B) Around 20% C) Around 10% D) More than 90%
A) Santals B) Boyas/Valmikis C) Gonds D) Khasi
A) Chakma B) Khasi C) Marma D) Tripuri
A) Forest dweller B) Mountain people C) Beginning inhabitant D) Ancient ruler
A) Vanavāsi B) Dravidian C) Janjati D) Dalit
A) Sri Lanka B) Bangladesh C) Nepal D) Pakistan
A) Gandhi B) Jaipal Singh Munda C) Thakkar Bapa D) Ambedkar
A) Article 107 B) Article 342 C) Article 366 (25) D) Article 169
A) Tea-tribes B) Vedda C) Dravidians D) Indo-Aryans
A) UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples B) ILO Convention 107 C) The 1950 Constitutional Accord D) ILO Convention 169
A) North East India B) West Bengal C) Kerala D) Jharkhand
A) Latin B) Austroasiatic C) Arabic D) Greek
A) Adivasi elders B) Zamindars C) Foreign investors only D) British military generals
A) 1947 B) 1789 C) 1832 D) 1857
A) Bhumij rebellion B) Munda independence war C) Santal hul D) The Great Kol Uprising
A) Permanent migration to Europe B) Internal migrations within India C) Return migration to their ancestral lands D) Mass migration to the Americas
A) The British government B) The East India Company C) The Indian National Congress D) The local tribal rajas
A) Negatively B) Enthusiastically C) Positively D) Indifferently
A) Tribal animist B) Hill and forest tribe C) Forest tribe D) Primitive tribe
A) Primitive tribe B) Animist C) Tribes D) Forest tribe
A) Jharkhand B) Odisha C) Lakshadweep D) Madhya Pradesh
A) Persian B) Sanskrit C) Latin D) Greek
A) Monistic Vedic worship B) Reincarnation of the soul C) Non-human entities possess a spiritual essence D) Worship of Indo-European deities
A) 1931 B) 1941 C) 1911 D) 1921
A) A synonym for Hinduism B) An anthropological construct C) A word used by indigenous people D) A formal name for a religion
A) Post-independence B) British period C) 19th century D) 14th century
A) Sacred grove B) Spirit worship C) Holy woods D) Sun-Moon
A) Nilgiri hills B) Nicobar Islands C) Arunachal Pradesh D) Central-East India
A) Oral traditions B) Written scriptures C) Formal schooling D) Digital archives
A) Holy animal B) Sacred grove C) Witch doctor D) Sun deity
A) Arunachal Pradesh B) Central-East India C) Nilgiri hills D) Nicobar Islands
A) Rose B) Cactus C) Sunflower D) Tulsi
A) Cobra B) Tiger C) Eagle D) Lion
A) Oak B) Maple C) Neem D) Pine
A) Nomadic traders B) Urban dwellers C) Sedentary farmers D) Hunter gatherer
A) Brahma Dharma B) The Kallar Reform Movement C) Shaivism D) Vedic Ritualism
A) Kalean Guru (Kalean Murmu) B) Sant Kalu Dev C) Sant Kubera D) Maharshi Matanga
A) Dried lotus flowers B) Swine flesh C) Half-eaten ber fruit D) Water from a stream
A) Santal B) Kallar C) Bodo D) Nishadha
A) Guru Brahma B) Maharshi Matanga C) Sant Dhira D) Sant Kubera
A) Lingaraja Temple B) Brahma Dharma Temple C) Karppillikkavu Sree Mahadeva Temple D) Indraprastha Temple
A) Fisherman B) Temple priest C) Hunter D) Kallar (robber)
A) 10,000 B) 20,000 C) 100,000 D) 5,000
A) Sant Kubera B) Sant Kalu Dev C) Sant Tirumangai Alvar D) Sant Dhudhalinath
A) Technologically superior B) More civilised C) Equally civilised D) Less civilised
A) Matrimonial relations B) Constant warfare C) Commercial trade agreements D) Joint military alliances
A) 51 B) 3 C) 14 D) 632
A) 1000 B) 750 C) 500 D) 632
A) 59% B) 40% C) 8.5% D) 29.6%
A) Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh B) Asansol, West Bengal C) Kohima, Nagaland D) Tejgadh, Gujarat
A) 1991 B) 2011 C) 1961 D) 1999
A) Gonds B) Mizos C) Khasis D) Nagas
A) Very low B) Moderate C) Non-existent D) Very high
A) 40.6% B) 37% C) 59% D) 13.8%
A) Forest Protection Drive B) Tribal Upliftment Scheme C) Green Revolution D) Salwa Judum
A) By signing government contracts B) By negotiating with tribal elders C) By filing land ownership petitions D) By bribing local officials
A) Government bureaucrats B) Foreign corporations C) Missionaries D) Local merchant guilds
A) Hindi B) Assamese C) English D) Sanskrit
A) Atal Bihari Vajpayee B) Jawaharlal Nehru C) Indira Gandhi D) Manmohan Singh
A) The Indo-Gangetic Plain B) The Thar Desert C) The Red Corridor D) The Western Ghats
A) Bodo B) Meiteis C) Meena D) Gujjar |