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