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