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