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