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