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