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