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