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