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