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A) Tourism and hospitality management B) Subsistence agriculture or hunting and gathering C) Large-scale industrial manufacturing D) Import and export trade services
A) Advanced agricultural machinery B) Salt and iron C) Electronic goods and technology D) Gold and precious stones
A) Tribes were forced into urban migration B) Land was turned into protected national parks C) The government granted all land back to the tribes D) Migrants received free land for cultivation
A) As a common resource for whoever needed it B) As a commodity to be sold for profit 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) Marriage alliances B) Educational scholarships C) Land leases D) Government employment quotas
A) Decreased interest in tribal territories B) Government-mandated restoration of land C) Intense land pressure D) A surge in tribal land ownership
A) Debt, bribery, or leases B) Voluntary donation to the state C) Exchange for modern technology D) Loss through environmental disasters
A) Build schools and hospitals for tribes B) Marry into tribal families C) Lobby to be classified as tribal D) Convert to tribal religions
A) It restores land directly to tribal elders B) It proceeds slowly and often targets poor lower castes C) It results in complete removal of all outsiders D) It is highly efficient and swift
A) State-run universities B) Large-scale industrial factories C) Resident non-tribal shopkeepers D) Government administrative centers
A) Cotton or castor-oil plants B) Tea and coffee C) Wheat and rice D) Oranges and bananas
A) Forced enrollment in vocational schools B) Full cancellation of tribal debts C) Traders selling debtors to other merchants D) Government intervention to pay off all debts
A) Historically distinct political status and isolation B) Lack of natural resources C) Severe climate conditions D) Extreme poverty in the region
A) A strategy to mine the Himalayan foothills B) A ban on all agricultural activities C) A policy requiring special permission for non-Adivasi to enter D) A trade agreement between tribes and the British
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) Tatya Tope B) Rani of Jhansi C) Ramji Gond D) Birsa Munda
A) Santhal rebellion B) Kol rebellion C) Halba rebellion D) Bhumij rebellion
A) Seven B) Five C) Three D) Ten
A) Less than 100 B) Exactly 500 C) Over 2000 D) More than 700
A) Exactly 500 B) Exactly 50 C) Less than 20 D) More than 100
A) Ramji Gond B) Tatya Tope C) Birsa Munda D) Laxman Naik
A) Austro-Asiatic B) Semitic C) Romance D) Slavic
A) 1776 B) 1856–57 C) 1910 D) 1817
A) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay B) Rabindranath Tagore C) Raja Ram Mohan Roy D) Temsula Ao
A) Visakhapatnam district B) Banswara C) Khurda D) Adilabad
A) Adilabad B) Bengal C) Banswara D) Odisha
A) Maria rebellion B) Kol rebellion C) Koli revolt D) Bhumkal
A) Laxman Naik B) Ramji Gond C) Bangaru Devi D) Jantya Bhil
A) Arabic B) Greek C) Latin D) Sino-Tibetan
A) Valmiki B) A Gond Raja C) Bharmal D) Bada Meena
A) 90% B) 26.2% C) 1.1% D) 8.6%
A) Animist groups B) Ethnic minority C) Scheduled Tribes D) Nomadic tribes
A) Munda B) Dravidian C) Tibeto-Burman D) Indo-Aryan
A) Santals B) Gonds C) Hos D) Bhils
A) Dravidian B) Indo-Aryan C) Sarnaist D) Tibeto-Burman
A) Hinduism B) Buddhism C) Christianity D) Sarnaism
A) Hinduism B) Animism C) Christianity D) Buddhism
A) Rice farming B) Mining C) Nomadic herding D) Tea workers
A) Around 10% B) Around 20% C) Roughly 75% D) More than 90%
A) Gonds B) Khasi C) Boyas/Valmikis D) Santals
A) Chakma B) Marma C) Khasi D) Tripuri
A) Ancient ruler B) Forest dweller C) Beginning inhabitant D) Mountain people
A) Dalit B) Janjati C) Vanavāsi D) Dravidian
A) Nepal B) Bangladesh C) Pakistan D) Sri Lanka
A) Thakkar Bapa B) Gandhi C) Ambedkar D) Jaipal Singh Munda
A) Article 169 B) Article 107 C) Article 342 D) Article 366 (25)
A) Dravidians B) Vedda C) Indo-Aryans D) Tea-tribes
A) ILO Convention 169 B) The 1950 Constitutional Accord C) ILO Convention 107 D) UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
A) Kerala B) North East India C) Jharkhand D) West Bengal
A) Latin B) Greek C) Arabic D) Austroasiatic
A) Zamindars B) Foreign investors only C) British military generals D) Adivasi elders
A) 1857 B) 1789 C) 1832 D) 1947
A) Munda independence war B) The Great Kol Uprising C) Bhumij rebellion D) Santal hul
A) Permanent migration to Europe B) Mass migration to the Americas C) Internal migrations within India D) Return migration to their ancestral lands
A) The British government B) The East India Company C) The Indian National Congress D) The local tribal rajas
A) Positively B) Negatively C) Enthusiastically D) Indifferently
A) Hill and forest tribe B) Tribal animist C) Forest tribe D) Primitive tribe
A) Tribes B) Forest tribe C) Primitive tribe D) Animist
A) Madhya Pradesh B) Lakshadweep C) Jharkhand D) Odisha
A) Greek B) Sanskrit C) Latin D) Persian
A) Monistic Vedic worship B) Worship of Indo-European deities C) Reincarnation of the soul D) Non-human entities possess a spiritual essence
A) 1931 B) 1941 C) 1921 D) 1911
A) A synonym for Hinduism B) A formal name for a religion C) A word used by indigenous people D) An anthropological construct
A) 19th century B) Post-independence C) British period D) 14th century
A) Sacred grove B) Holy woods C) Spirit worship D) Sun-Moon
A) Nicobar Islands B) Nilgiri hills C) Arunachal Pradesh D) Central-East India
A) Written scriptures B) Oral traditions C) Digital archives D) Formal schooling
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) Tulsi C) Rose D) Sunflower
A) Eagle B) Lion C) Cobra D) Tiger
A) Pine B) Oak C) Maple D) Neem
A) Sedentary farmers B) Hunter gatherer C) Urban dwellers D) Nomadic traders
A) Brahma Dharma B) The Kallar Reform Movement C) Vedic Ritualism D) Shaivism
A) Sant Kalu Dev B) Sant Kubera C) Kalean Guru (Kalean Murmu) D) Maharshi Matanga
A) Swine flesh B) Half-eaten ber fruit C) Dried lotus flowers D) Water from a stream
A) Kallar B) Santal C) Bodo D) Nishadha
A) Sant Dhira B) Maharshi Matanga C) Guru Brahma D) Sant Kubera
A) Brahma Dharma Temple B) Lingaraja Temple C) Karppillikkavu Sree Mahadeva Temple D) Indraprastha Temple
A) Hunter B) Fisherman C) Temple priest D) Kallar (robber)
A) 5,000 B) 10,000 C) 20,000 D) 100,000
A) Sant Dhudhalinath B) Sant Kubera C) Sant Tirumangai Alvar D) Sant Kalu Dev
A) More civilised B) Equally civilised C) Technologically superior D) Less civilised
A) Matrimonial relations B) Commercial trade agreements C) Constant warfare D) Joint military alliances
A) 3 B) 14 C) 51 D) 632
A) 500 B) 632 C) 750 D) 1000
A) 40% B) 59% C) 8.5% D) 29.6%
A) Kohima, Nagaland B) Tejgadh, Gujarat C) Asansol, West Bengal D) Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
A) 2011 B) 1999 C) 1991 D) 1961
A) Nagas B) Khasis C) Gonds D) Mizos
A) Non-existent B) Moderate C) Very low D) Very high
A) 13.8% B) 59% C) 37% D) 40.6%
A) Green Revolution B) Forest Protection Drive C) Salwa Judum D) Tribal Upliftment Scheme
A) By filing land ownership petitions B) By signing government contracts C) By negotiating with tribal elders D) By bribing local officials
A) Foreign corporations B) Local merchant guilds C) Missionaries D) Government bureaucrats
A) English B) Assamese C) Sanskrit D) Hindi
A) Manmohan Singh B) Indira Gandhi C) Atal Bihari Vajpayee D) Jawaharlal Nehru
A) The Indo-Gangetic Plain B) The Western Ghats C) The Red Corridor D) The Thar Desert
A) Gujjar B) Bodo C) Meena D) Meiteis |