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