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