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