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