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