Adivasi - Quiz
Adivasi
  • 1. What was the traditional economy of most tribes according to the text?
A) Subsistence agriculture or hunting and gathering
B) Import and export trade services
C) Large-scale industrial manufacturing
D) Tourism and hospitality management
  • 2. Which items were historically traded by tribes with outsiders?
A) Salt and iron
B) Gold and precious stones
C) Advanced agricultural machinery
D) Electronic goods and technology
  • 3. What happened to tribal land ownership around 1900 under the British government?
A) Migrants received free land for cultivation
B) Tribes were forced into urban migration
C) Land was turned into protected national parks
D) The government granted all land back to the tribes
  • 4. How did Adivasi traditionally view land?
A) As a strictly inherited private asset
B) As land belonging exclusively to the state
C) As a common resource for whoever needed it
D) As a commodity to be sold for profit
  • 5. Why did many Adivasis lose the opportunity to claim their lands?
A) The government seized all land by force
B) They moved away to find better jobs
C) They did not prioritize obtaining formal land titles
D) They were prohibited from farming their own land
  • 6. What is a loophole that allowed non-Adivasi to gain access to tribal land?
A) Government employment quotas
B) Land leases
C) Educational scholarships
D) Marriage alliances
  • 7. What characterized the 1970s in relation to Adivasi land?
A) A surge in tribal land ownership
B) Intense land pressure
C) Decreased interest in tribal territories
D) Government-mandated restoration of land
  • 8. How did many Adivasis lose their land titles in the 1970s?
A) Loss through environmental disasters
B) Exchange for modern technology
C) Voluntary donation to the state
D) Debt, bribery, or leases
  • 9. What did some non-Adivasis do to gain competitive advantages over established tribes?
A) Lobby to be classified as tribal
B) Convert to tribal religions
C) Marry into tribal families
D) Build schools and hospitals for tribes
  • 10. What often happens when the government attempts to evict illegal non-tribal occupiers?
A) It is highly efficient and swift
B) It restores land directly to tribal elders
C) It results in complete removal of all outsiders
D) It proceeds slowly and often targets poor lower castes
  • 11. What has been a permanent feature of many tribal villages since the 1960s and 1970s?
A) Large-scale industrial factories
B) Government administrative centers
C) State-run universities
D) Resident non-tribal shopkeepers
  • 12. What are examples of cash crops mentioned in the text?
A) Cotton or castor-oil plants
B) Oranges and bananas
C) Tea and coffee
D) Wheat and rice
  • 13. What is an extreme consequence of the widespread indebtedness of Adivasis?
A) Traders selling debtors to other merchants
B) Forced enrollment in vocational schools
C) Full cancellation of tribal debts
D) Government intervention to pay off all debts
  • 14. Why are tribes in the Himalayan foothills less pressured by non-tribal intrusion?
A) Severe climate conditions
B) Historically distinct political status and isolation
C) Extreme poverty in the region
D) Lack of natural resources
  • 15. What was the 'Inner Line' policy?
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
  • 16. Why do post-colonial governments protect the Himalayan tribes?
A) To preserve ancient tribal languages
B) To promote tourism in the region
C) Due to international humanitarian pressure
D) As a strategy to secure the border with China
  • 17. Who was one of the Adivasis involved in the Indian independence movement?
A) Tatya Tope
B) Birsa Munda
C) Ramji Gond
D) Rani of Jhansi
  • 18. Which rebellion occurred between 1774 and 1779?
A) Santhal rebellion
B) Bhumij rebellion
C) Kol rebellion
D) Halba rebellion
  • 19. How many linguistic groupings are tribal languages categorized into?
A) Five
B) Three
C) Ten
D) Seven
  • 20. Approximately how many tribal groups are there in India?
A) More than 700
B) Over 2000
C) Exactly 500
D) Less than 100
  • 21. In how many languages is Adivasi literature composed?
A) More than 100
B) Less than 20
C) Exactly 500
D) Exactly 50
  • 22. Who started the Bhil rebellion in Banswara in 1858?
A) Laxman Naik
B) Birsa Munda
C) Tatya Tope
D) Ramji Gond
  • 23. Which of the following is listed as a linguistic grouping for tribal languages?
A) Romance
B) Austro-Asiatic
C) Slavic
D) Semitic
  • 24. When did the Santhal rebellion take place?
A) 1817
B) 1776
C) 1856–57
D) 1910
  • 25. Who is a prominent tribal writer mentioned in the text?
A) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
B) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
C) Temsula Ao
D) Rabindranath Tagore
  • 26. In which district did the Rampa Rebellion of 1922–1924 take place?
A) Visakhapatnam district
B) Khurda
C) Banswara
D) Adilabad
  • 27. The Chuar rebellion took place in which region?
A) Banswara
B) Adilabad
C) Odisha
D) Bengal
  • 28. Which rebellion occurred in 1910?
A) Bhumkal
B) Maria rebellion
C) Koli revolt
D) Kol rebellion
  • 29. Who started the Gond rebellion in Adilabad in 1860?
A) Laxman Naik
B) Ramji Gond
C) Jantya Bhil
D) Bangaru Devi
  • 30. Which of these is a linguistic category for tribal languages?
A) Latin
B) Sino-Tibetan
C) Greek
D) Arabic
  • 31. Who composed the Ramayana and is acknowledged for having Adivasi origins?
A) Bada Meena
B) A Gond Raja
C) Valmiki
D) Bharmal
  • 32. What percentage of India's population do Scheduled Tribes constitute?
A) 26.2%
B) 90%
C) 1.1%
D) 8.6%
  • 33. How are tribal communities designated in Bangladesh?
A) Animist groups
B) Ethnic minority
C) Scheduled Tribes
D) Nomadic tribes
  • 34. Which language group is found in northern Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand?
A) Munda
B) Dravidian
C) Tibeto-Burman
D) Indo-Aryan
  • 35. Which tribe is an example of an Indo-Aryan speaking tribe in the western region?
A) Hos
B) Santals
C) Bhils
D) Gonds
  • 36. What language family dominates the central tribal region covering parts of Chhattisgarh and Odisha?
A) Indo-Aryan
B) Tibeto-Burman
C) Sarnaist
D) Dravidian
  • 37. What is the primary religion followed by Adivasi in Jharkhand?
A) Christianity
B) Hinduism
C) Buddhism
D) Sarnaism
  • 38. What religion do the Chakma and Marma people of the Chittagong Hill Tracts follow?
A) Buddhism
B) Animism
C) Christianity
D) Hinduism
  • 39. What is the main occupation of the Adivasis in Assam?
A) Tea workers
B) Mining
C) Nomadic herding
D) Rice farming
  • 40. What percentage of the total tribal population lives in the tribal belt stretching from Gujarat to West Bengal?
A) Around 20%
B) More than 90%
C) Roughly 75%
D) Around 10%
  • 41. Which group near Bellary, Karnataka, is a large concentration of tribal people?
A) Boyas/Valmikis
B) Santals
C) Khasi
D) Gonds
  • 42. In Bangladesh, which Adivasi group follows Christianity?
A) Khasi
B) Marma
C) Tripuri
D) Chakma
  • 43. What does the term Adivasi literally mean?
A) Beginning inhabitant
B) Ancient ruler
C) Forest dweller
D) Mountain people
  • 44. Which of the following is an alternative term for Adivasi that means 'forest dwellers'?
A) Vanavāsi
B) Dalit
C) Dravidian
D) Janjati
  • 45. In which country are Adivasi officially recognized as 'Ethnic minorities'?
A) Sri Lanka
B) Pakistan
C) Bangladesh
D) Nepal
  • 46. Who chaired the Drafting Committee of the Constitution of India?
A) Ambedkar
B) Gandhi
C) Thakkar Bapa
D) Jaipal Singh Munda
  • 47. Which article of the Indian Constitution defines Scheduled Tribes?
A) Article 169
B) Article 366 (25)
C) Article 342
D) Article 107
  • 48. Which group of people in Sri Lanka are referred to as Adivasi?
A) Indo-Aryans
B) Dravidians
C) Vedda
D) Tea-tribes
  • 49. Which international convention did India refuse to sign, despite having ratified its predecessor?
A) UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
B) The 1950 Constitutional Accord
C) ILO Convention 169
D) ILO Convention 107
  • 50. Where was the term Adivasi initially popularized?
A) Jharkhand
B) West Bengal
C) Kerala
D) North East India
  • 51. Which language family provided ancestry to Adivasi communities?
A) Arabic
B) Austroasiatic
C) Greek
D) Latin
  • 52. Who were the individuals designated by the British to hold legal property rights to land?
A) Adivasi elders
B) Foreign investors only
C) British military generals
D) Zamindars
  • 53. In what year was the colonial presence established on the Andaman Islands?
A) 1789
B) 1947
C) 1832
D) 1857
  • 54. Which rebellion occurred between 1855 and 1856?
A) Santal hul
B) The Great Kol Uprising
C) Munda independence war
D) Bhumij rebellion
  • 55. What kind of migration did economic deprivation trigger among some adivasis?
A) Permanent migration to Europe
B) Mass migration to the Americas
C) Internal migrations within India
D) Return migration to their ancestral lands
  • 56. Which governing body suppressed Adivasi revolts after 1858?
A) The British government
B) The local tribal rajas
C) The East India Company
D) The Indian National Congress
  • 57. How did the adivasi rajas generally view British administrative innovations?
A) Negatively
B) Indifferently
C) Positively
D) Enthusiastically
  • 58. In the 1891 Census of India, how were Adivasi people described?
A) Hill and forest tribe
B) Forest tribe
C) Primitive tribe
D) Tribal animist
  • 59. Which term was used to describe Adivasi in the 1901 Census of India?
A) Animist
B) Forest tribe
C) Primitive tribe
D) Tribes
  • 60. Where are Adivasi people who follow Islam primarily located?
A) Odisha
B) Jharkhand
C) Madhya Pradesh
D) Lakshadweep
  • 61. What is the etymological origin of the word 'animism'?
A) Latin
B) Persian
C) Sanskrit
D) Greek
  • 62. According to the text, what is the core belief of animism?
A) Reincarnation of the soul
B) Monistic Vedic worship
C) Worship of Indo-European deities
D) Non-human entities possess a spiritual essence
  • 63. In what year were Adivasi recorded as 'tribes' in the census?
A) 1931
B) 1921
C) 1941
D) 1911
  • 64. How does the text describe the term 'animism' in an anthropological context?
A) A synonym for Hinduism
B) A formal name for a religion
C) An anthropological construct
D) A word used by indigenous people
  • 65. When are Adivasi in Lakshadweep believed to have embraced Islam?
A) 14th century
B) Post-independence
C) 19th century
D) British period
  • 66. What does the name 'Donyi-Polo' mean?
A) Spirit worship
B) Holy woods
C) Sacred grove
D) Sun-Moon
  • 67. Where are the followers of Donyi-Polo primarily located?
A) Nicobar Islands
B) Central-East India
C) Nilgiri hills
D) Arunachal Pradesh
  • 68. How is the Sarna religion passed down through generations?
A) Digital archives
B) Formal schooling
C) Written scriptures
D) Oral traditions
  • 69. What does the word 'Sarna' mean in the context of the religion?
A) Witch doctor
B) Sun deity
C) Sacred grove
D) Holy animal
  • 70. Where do the Nayaka people live?
A) Nilgiri hills
B) Central-East India
C) Arunachal Pradesh
D) Nicobar Islands
  • 71. Which plant is considered sacred according to the text regarding Adivasi influences on Hinduism?
A) Tulsi
B) Cactus
C) Sunflower
D) Rose
  • 72. Which animal is mentioned as potentially having had totemic importance in Adivasi tribes?
A) Eagle
B) Lion
C) Tiger
D) Cobra
  • 73. Which tree is listed as having sacred status possibly derived from Adivasi culture?
A) Maple
B) Oak
C) Neem
D) Pine
  • 74. What term describes the Nayaka people's lifestyle?
A) Hunter gatherer
B) Urban dwellers
C) Sedentary farmers
D) Nomadic traders
  • 75. Which movement was founded by Sant Gurudev Kalicharan Brahma?
A) The Kallar Reform Movement
B) Brahma Dharma
C) Shaivism
D) Vedic Ritualism
  • 76. Who was the 'Nagam Guru' of the Santal tribes in the 14th century?
A) Sant Kalu Dev
B) Maharshi Matanga
C) Sant Kubera
D) Kalean Guru (Kalean Murmu)
  • 77. What did Bhakta Shabari offer to Shri Rama and Shri Laxmana?
A) Half-eaten ber fruit
B) Swine flesh
C) Dried lotus flowers
D) Water from a stream
  • 78. To which community did Sant Kalu Dev belong?
A) Santal
B) Kallar
C) Nishadha
D) Bodo
  • 79. Who was the guru of Bhakta Shabari?
A) Sant Dhira
B) Maharshi Matanga
C) Sant Kubera
D) Guru Brahma
  • 80. Which temple allows Badu (tribal) priests to bathe and adorn the deity?
A) Lingaraja Temple
B) Brahma Dharma Temple
C) Indraprastha Temple
D) Karppillikkavu Sree Mahadeva Temple
  • 81. What was the occupation of the avatar Kaladutaka (Vaikunthanatha)?
A) Temple priest
B) Fisherman
C) Hunter
D) Kallar (robber)
  • 82. How many followers did Sant Kubera have in his time?
A) 5,000
B) 20,000
C) 10,000
D) 100,000
  • 83. Which sant composed the six Vedangas in beautiful Tamil verse?
A) Sant Kubera
B) Sant Tirumangai Alvar
C) Sant Dhudhalinath
D) Sant Kalu Dev
  • 84. How did the British government perceive Adivasi society compared to caste society?
A) More civilised
B) Equally civilised
C) Less civilised
D) Technologically superior
  • 85. What existed between some Gond and Rajput Rajas prior to the British Raj?
A) Joint military alliances
B) Constant warfare
C) Commercial trade agreements
D) Matrimonial relations
  • 86. How many delegates cast their vote for 'Sari Dhorom' as the religion code at the 2011 conference?
A) 51
B) 3
C) 14
D) 632
  • 87. What was the total number of delegates present at the All India Adivasi Conference in 2011?
A) 632
B) 500
C) 750
D) 1000
  • 88. What is the literacy rate for Scheduled Tribes recorded in 1999–2000?
A) 40%
B) 29.6%
C) 8.5%
D) 59%
  • 89. Where is the Adivasi Academy located?
A) Kohima, Nagaland
B) Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
C) Asansol, West Bengal
D) Tejgadh, Gujarat
  • 90. When was the Adivasi Academy for teaching and preserving languages established?
A) 1999
B) 2011
C) 1991
D) 1961
  • 91. Which agrarian tribe is specifically mentioned as being reluctant to send their children to school?
A) Mizos
B) Khasis
C) Gonds
D) Nagas
  • 92. What is the trend of tribal student dropout rates during school education?
A) Non-existent
B) Moderate
C) Very high
D) Very low
  • 93. What is the literacy rate for tribal males in 1999–2000?
A) 59%
B) 13.8%
C) 40.6%
D) 37%
  • 94. Which campaign in central India were Adivasis victims of due to the Naxalite insurgency?
A) Salwa Judum
B) Tribal Upliftment Scheme
C) Forest Protection Drive
D) Green Revolution
  • 95. How did non-Adivasis often secure the use of reserved forest lands?
A) By bribing local officials
B) By filing land ownership petitions
C) By signing government contracts
D) By negotiating with tribal elders
  • 96. Which group played a significant role in the early education of Northeastern tribes?
A) Local merchant guilds
B) Foreign corporations
C) Government bureaucrats
D) Missionaries
  • 97. What language was taught at most levels in the Northeastern education system by the early 1980s?
A) Sanskrit
B) English
C) Hindi
D) Assamese
  • 98. Who described the economic alienation of Adivasis as a 'systematic failure' in 2009?
A) Indira Gandhi
B) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
C) Jawaharlal Nehru
D) Manmohan Singh
  • 99. Which area is identified as being affected by Naxalite unrest linked to Adivasi exploitation?
A) The Indo-Gangetic Plain
B) The Red Corridor
C) The Thar Desert
D) The Western Ghats
  • 100. Which group in Manipur has cited the lack of ST status as an economic disadvantage?
A) Meiteis
B) Meena
C) Gujjar
D) Bodo
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