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