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