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