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