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