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