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