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