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