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