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A) Import and export trade services B) Large-scale industrial manufacturing C) Tourism and hospitality management D) Subsistence agriculture or hunting and gathering
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) 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) 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) Land leases B) Marriage alliances C) Government employment quotas D) Educational scholarships
A) Decreased interest in tribal territories B) A surge in tribal land ownership C) Government-mandated restoration of land D) Intense land pressure
A) Exchange for modern technology B) Debt, bribery, or leases C) Loss through environmental disasters D) Voluntary donation to the state
A) Convert to tribal religions B) Lobby to be classified as tribal C) Marry into tribal families D) Build schools and hospitals for tribes
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) State-run universities B) Government administrative centers C) Large-scale industrial factories D) Resident non-tribal shopkeepers
A) Cotton or castor-oil plants B) Wheat and rice C) Oranges and bananas D) Tea and coffee
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) Extreme poverty in the region C) Historically distinct political status and isolation 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) As a strategy to secure the border with China B) Due to international humanitarian pressure C) To preserve ancient tribal languages D) To promote tourism in the region
A) Tatya Tope B) Birsa Munda C) Rani of Jhansi D) Ramji Gond
A) Bhumij rebellion B) Halba rebellion C) Kol rebellion D) Santhal rebellion
A) Three B) Ten C) Seven D) Five
A) Over 2000 B) More than 700 C) Less than 100 D) Exactly 500
A) Exactly 500 B) More than 100 C) Exactly 50 D) Less than 20
A) Birsa Munda B) Tatya Tope C) Laxman Naik D) Ramji Gond
A) Semitic B) Romance C) Austro-Asiatic D) Slavic
A) 1856–57 B) 1776 C) 1910 D) 1817
A) Temsula Ao B) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay C) Rabindranath Tagore D) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
A) Khurda B) Adilabad C) Visakhapatnam district D) Banswara
A) Adilabad B) Bengal C) Banswara D) Odisha
A) Koli revolt B) Maria rebellion C) Kol rebellion D) Bhumkal
A) Bangaru Devi B) Ramji Gond C) Laxman Naik D) Jantya Bhil
A) Greek B) Sino-Tibetan C) Latin D) Arabic
A) Bada Meena B) A Gond Raja C) Bharmal D) Valmiki
A) 90% B) 26.2% C) 1.1% D) 8.6%
A) Scheduled Tribes B) Nomadic tribes C) Ethnic minority D) Animist groups
A) Tibeto-Burman B) Dravidian C) Munda D) Indo-Aryan
A) Hos B) Gonds C) Bhils D) Santals
A) Dravidian B) Indo-Aryan C) Sarnaist D) Tibeto-Burman
A) Hinduism B) Buddhism C) Sarnaism D) Christianity
A) Hinduism B) Animism C) Buddhism D) Christianity
A) Tea workers B) Rice farming C) Mining D) Nomadic herding
A) Around 10% B) More than 90% C) Around 20% D) Roughly 75%
A) Khasi B) Gonds C) Boyas/Valmikis D) Santals
A) Tripuri B) Khasi C) Chakma D) Marma
A) Forest dweller B) Ancient ruler C) Mountain people D) Beginning inhabitant
A) Dalit B) Dravidian C) Vanavāsi D) Janjati
A) Bangladesh B) Nepal C) Pakistan D) Sri Lanka
A) Ambedkar B) Gandhi C) Thakkar Bapa D) Jaipal Singh Munda
A) Article 169 B) Article 366 (25) C) Article 342 D) Article 107
A) Tea-tribes B) Vedda C) Dravidians 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) Kerala B) Jharkhand C) North East India D) West Bengal
A) Arabic B) Latin C) Austroasiatic D) Greek
A) British military generals B) Adivasi elders C) Zamindars D) Foreign investors only
A) 1947 B) 1857 C) 1789 D) 1832
A) Munda independence war B) The Great Kol Uprising C) Santal hul D) Bhumij rebellion
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 British government D) The Indian National Congress
A) Positively B) Enthusiastically C) Negatively D) Indifferently
A) Forest tribe B) Tribal animist C) Hill and forest tribe D) Primitive tribe
A) Forest tribe B) Animist C) Primitive tribe D) Tribes
A) Jharkhand B) Odisha C) Lakshadweep D) Madhya Pradesh
A) Greek B) Latin C) Sanskrit D) Persian
A) Worship of Indo-European deities B) Non-human entities possess a spiritual essence C) Monistic Vedic worship D) Reincarnation of the soul
A) 1931 B) 1921 C) 1911 D) 1941
A) A word used by indigenous people B) An anthropological construct C) A synonym for Hinduism D) A formal name for a religion
A) British period B) 14th century C) Post-independence D) 19th century
A) Holy woods B) Spirit worship C) Sacred grove D) Sun-Moon
A) Central-East India B) Arunachal Pradesh C) Nicobar Islands D) Nilgiri hills
A) Digital archives B) Oral traditions C) Written scriptures D) Formal schooling
A) Witch doctor B) Holy animal C) Sun deity D) Sacred grove
A) Nilgiri hills B) Arunachal Pradesh C) Central-East India D) Nicobar Islands
A) Rose B) Tulsi C) Sunflower D) Cactus
A) Cobra B) Tiger C) Eagle D) Lion
A) Maple B) Neem C) Pine D) Oak
A) Urban dwellers B) Sedentary farmers C) Nomadic traders D) Hunter gatherer
A) Vedic Ritualism B) Brahma Dharma C) The Kallar Reform Movement D) Shaivism
A) Sant Kubera B) Maharshi Matanga C) Sant Kalu Dev D) Kalean Guru (Kalean Murmu)
A) Water from a stream B) Half-eaten ber fruit C) Swine flesh D) Dried lotus flowers
A) Nishadha B) Bodo C) Kallar D) Santal
A) Guru Brahma B) Sant Dhira C) Sant Kubera D) Maharshi Matanga
A) Brahma Dharma Temple B) Lingaraja 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 Kubera B) Sant Tirumangai Alvar C) Sant Kalu Dev D) Sant Dhudhalinath
A) Equally civilised B) Technologically superior C) Less civilised D) More civilised
A) Joint military alliances B) Constant warfare C) Matrimonial relations D) Commercial trade agreements
A) 14 B) 632 C) 3 D) 51
A) 500 B) 1000 C) 632 D) 750
A) 8.5% B) 29.6% C) 40% D) 59%
A) Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh B) Tejgadh, Gujarat C) Asansol, West Bengal D) Kohima, Nagaland
A) 1991 B) 2011 C) 1999 D) 1961
A) Mizos B) Khasis C) Gonds D) Nagas
A) Moderate B) Very high C) Non-existent D) Very low
A) 13.8% B) 40.6% C) 37% D) 59%
A) Tribal Upliftment Scheme B) Green Revolution C) Forest Protection Drive D) Salwa Judum
A) By signing government contracts B) By filing land ownership petitions C) By bribing local officials D) By negotiating with tribal elders
A) Government bureaucrats B) Local merchant guilds C) Foreign corporations D) Missionaries
A) Sanskrit B) Hindi C) English D) Assamese
A) Jawaharlal Nehru B) Indira Gandhi C) Manmohan Singh D) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
A) The Red Corridor B) The Thar Desert C) The Western Ghats D) The Indo-Gangetic Plain
A) Gujjar B) Meena C) Bodo D) Meiteis |