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