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