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