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A) Subsistence agriculture or hunting and gathering B) Import and export trade services C) Large-scale industrial manufacturing D) Tourism and hospitality management
A) Salt and iron B) Gold and precious stones C) Advanced agricultural machinery D) Electronic goods and technology
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
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
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
A) Government employment quotas B) Land leases C) Educational scholarships D) Marriage alliances
A) A surge in tribal land ownership B) Intense land pressure C) Decreased interest in tribal territories D) Government-mandated restoration of land
A) Loss through environmental disasters B) Exchange for modern technology C) Voluntary donation to the state D) Debt, bribery, or leases
A) Lobby to be classified as tribal B) Convert to tribal religions C) Marry into tribal families D) Build schools and hospitals for tribes
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
A) Large-scale industrial factories B) Government administrative centers C) State-run universities D) Resident non-tribal shopkeepers
A) Cotton or castor-oil plants B) Oranges and bananas C) Tea and coffee D) Wheat and rice
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
A) Severe climate conditions B) Historically distinct political status and isolation C) Extreme poverty in the region 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 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
A) Tatya Tope B) Birsa Munda C) Ramji Gond D) Rani of Jhansi
A) Santhal rebellion B) Bhumij rebellion C) Kol rebellion D) Halba rebellion
A) Five B) Three C) Ten D) Seven
A) More than 700 B) Over 2000 C) Exactly 500 D) Less than 100
A) More than 100 B) Less than 20 C) Exactly 500 D) Exactly 50
A) Laxman Naik B) Birsa Munda C) Tatya Tope D) Ramji Gond
A) Romance B) Austro-Asiatic C) Slavic D) Semitic
A) 1817 B) 1776 C) 1856–57 D) 1910
A) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay B) Raja Ram Mohan Roy C) Temsula Ao D) Rabindranath Tagore
A) Visakhapatnam district B) Khurda C) Banswara D) Adilabad
A) Banswara B) Adilabad C) Odisha D) Bengal
A) Bhumkal B) Maria rebellion C) Koli revolt D) Kol rebellion
A) Laxman Naik B) Ramji Gond C) Jantya Bhil D) Bangaru Devi
A) Latin B) Sino-Tibetan C) Greek D) Arabic
A) Bada Meena B) A Gond Raja C) Valmiki D) Bharmal
A) 26.2% B) 90% C) 1.1% D) 8.6%
A) Animist groups B) Ethnic minority C) Scheduled Tribes D) Nomadic tribes
A) Munda B) Dravidian C) Tibeto-Burman D) Indo-Aryan
A) Hos B) Santals C) Bhils D) Gonds
A) Indo-Aryan B) Tibeto-Burman C) Sarnaist D) Dravidian
A) Christianity B) Hinduism C) Buddhism D) Sarnaism
A) Buddhism B) Animism C) Christianity D) Hinduism
A) Tea workers B) Mining C) Nomadic herding D) Rice farming
A) Around 20% B) More than 90% C) Roughly 75% D) Around 10%
A) Boyas/Valmikis B) Santals C) Khasi D) Gonds
A) Khasi B) Marma C) Tripuri D) Chakma
A) Beginning inhabitant B) Ancient ruler C) Forest dweller D) Mountain people
A) Vanavāsi B) Dalit C) Dravidian D) Janjati
A) Sri Lanka B) Pakistan C) Bangladesh D) Nepal
A) Ambedkar B) Gandhi C) Thakkar Bapa D) Jaipal Singh Munda
A) Article 169 B) Article 366 (25) C) Article 342 D) Article 107
A) Indo-Aryans B) Dravidians C) Vedda D) Tea-tribes
A) UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples B) The 1950 Constitutional Accord C) ILO Convention 169 D) ILO Convention 107
A) Jharkhand B) West Bengal C) Kerala D) North East India
A) Arabic B) Austroasiatic C) Greek D) Latin
A) Adivasi elders B) Foreign investors only C) British military generals D) Zamindars
A) 1789 B) 1947 C) 1832 D) 1857
A) Santal hul B) The Great Kol Uprising C) Munda independence war D) Bhumij rebellion
A) Permanent migration to Europe B) Mass migration to the Americas C) Internal migrations within India D) Return migration to their ancestral lands
A) The British government B) The local tribal rajas C) The East India Company D) The Indian National Congress
A) Negatively B) Indifferently C) Positively D) Enthusiastically
A) Hill and forest tribe B) Forest tribe C) Primitive tribe D) Tribal animist
A) Animist B) Forest tribe C) Primitive tribe D) Tribes
A) Odisha B) Jharkhand C) Madhya Pradesh D) Lakshadweep
A) Latin B) Persian C) Sanskrit D) Greek
A) Reincarnation of the soul B) Monistic Vedic worship C) Worship of Indo-European deities D) Non-human entities possess a spiritual essence
A) 1931 B) 1921 C) 1941 D) 1911
A) A synonym for Hinduism B) A formal name for a religion C) An anthropological construct D) A word used by indigenous people
A) 14th century B) Post-independence C) 19th century D) British period
A) Spirit worship B) Holy woods C) Sacred grove D) Sun-Moon
A) Nicobar Islands B) Central-East India C) Nilgiri hills D) Arunachal Pradesh
A) Digital archives B) Formal schooling 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) Arunachal Pradesh D) Nicobar Islands
A) Tulsi B) Cactus C) Sunflower D) Rose
A) Eagle B) Lion C) Tiger D) Cobra
A) Maple B) Oak C) Neem D) Pine
A) Hunter gatherer B) Urban dwellers C) Sedentary farmers D) Nomadic traders
A) The Kallar Reform Movement B) Brahma Dharma C) Shaivism D) Vedic Ritualism
A) Sant Kalu Dev B) Maharshi Matanga C) Sant Kubera D) Kalean Guru (Kalean Murmu)
A) Half-eaten ber fruit B) Swine flesh C) Dried lotus flowers D) Water from a stream
A) Santal B) Kallar C) Nishadha D) Bodo
A) Sant Dhira B) Maharshi Matanga C) Sant Kubera D) Guru Brahma
A) Lingaraja Temple B) Brahma Dharma Temple C) Indraprastha Temple D) Karppillikkavu Sree Mahadeva Temple
A) Temple priest B) Fisherman C) Hunter D) Kallar (robber)
A) 5,000 B) 20,000 C) 10,000 D) 100,000
A) Sant Kubera B) Sant Tirumangai Alvar C) Sant Dhudhalinath D) Sant Kalu Dev
A) More civilised B) Equally civilised C) Less civilised D) Technologically superior
A) Joint military alliances B) Constant warfare C) Commercial trade agreements D) Matrimonial relations
A) 51 B) 3 C) 14 D) 632
A) 632 B) 500 C) 750 D) 1000
A) 40% B) 29.6% C) 8.5% D) 59%
A) Kohima, Nagaland B) Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh C) Asansol, West Bengal D) Tejgadh, Gujarat
A) 1999 B) 2011 C) 1991 D) 1961
A) Mizos B) Khasis C) Gonds D) Nagas
A) Non-existent B) Moderate C) Very high D) Very low
A) 59% B) 13.8% C) 40.6% D) 37%
A) Salwa Judum B) Tribal Upliftment Scheme C) Forest Protection Drive D) Green Revolution
A) By bribing local officials B) By filing land ownership petitions C) By signing government contracts D) By negotiating with tribal elders
A) Local merchant guilds B) Foreign corporations C) Government bureaucrats D) Missionaries
A) Sanskrit B) English C) Hindi D) Assamese
A) Indira Gandhi B) Atal Bihari Vajpayee C) Jawaharlal Nehru D) Manmohan Singh
A) The Indo-Gangetic Plain B) The Red Corridor C) The Thar Desert D) The Western Ghats
A) Meiteis B) Meena C) Gujjar D) Bodo |