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