Adivasi - Quiz
Adivasi
  • 1. What was the traditional economy of most tribes according to the text?
A) Import and export trade services
B) Tourism and hospitality management
C) Subsistence agriculture or hunting and gathering
D) Large-scale industrial manufacturing
  • 2. Which items were historically traded by tribes with outsiders?
A) Electronic goods and technology
B) Advanced agricultural machinery
C) Salt and iron
D) Gold and precious stones
  • 3. What happened to tribal land ownership around 1900 under the British government?
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
  • 4. How did Adivasi traditionally view land?
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
  • 5. Why did many Adivasis lose the opportunity to claim their lands?
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
  • 6. What is a loophole that allowed non-Adivasi to gain access to tribal land?
A) Educational scholarships
B) Government employment quotas
C) Marriage alliances
D) Land leases
  • 7. What characterized the 1970s in relation to Adivasi land?
A) Intense land pressure
B) A surge in tribal land ownership
C) Government-mandated restoration of land
D) Decreased interest in tribal territories
  • 8. How did many Adivasis lose their land titles in the 1970s?
A) Debt, bribery, or leases
B) Loss through environmental disasters
C) Voluntary donation to the state
D) Exchange for modern technology
  • 9. What did some non-Adivasis do to gain competitive advantages over established tribes?
A) Build schools and hospitals for tribes
B) Convert to tribal religions
C) Marry into tribal families
D) Lobby to be classified as tribal
  • 10. What often happens when the government attempts to evict illegal non-tribal occupiers?
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
  • 11. What has been a permanent feature of many tribal villages since the 1960s and 1970s?
A) Resident non-tribal shopkeepers
B) Large-scale industrial factories
C) State-run universities
D) Government administrative centers
  • 12. What are examples of cash crops mentioned in the text?
A) Cotton or castor-oil plants
B) Oranges and bananas
C) Wheat and rice
D) Tea and coffee
  • 13. What is an extreme consequence of the widespread indebtedness of Adivasis?
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
  • 14. Why are tribes in the Himalayan foothills less pressured by non-tribal intrusion?
A) Extreme poverty in the region
B) Severe climate conditions
C) Historically distinct political status and isolation
D) Lack of natural resources
  • 15. What was the 'Inner Line' policy?
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
  • 16. Why do post-colonial governments protect the Himalayan tribes?
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
  • 17. Who was one of the Adivasis involved in the Indian independence movement?
A) Ramji Gond
B) Birsa Munda
C) Tatya Tope
D) Rani of Jhansi
  • 18. Which rebellion occurred between 1774 and 1779?
A) Kol rebellion
B) Halba rebellion
C) Santhal rebellion
D) Bhumij rebellion
  • 19. How many linguistic groupings are tribal languages categorized into?
A) Seven
B) Three
C) Ten
D) Five
  • 20. Approximately how many tribal groups are there in India?
A) Exactly 500
B) Over 2000
C) Less than 100
D) More than 700
  • 21. In how many languages is Adivasi literature composed?
A) Less than 20
B) Exactly 500
C) Exactly 50
D) More than 100
  • 22. Who started the Bhil rebellion in Banswara in 1858?
A) Laxman Naik
B) Ramji Gond
C) Birsa Munda
D) Tatya Tope
  • 23. Which of the following is listed as a linguistic grouping for tribal languages?
A) Austro-Asiatic
B) Slavic
C) Romance
D) Semitic
  • 24. When did the Santhal rebellion take place?
A) 1910
B) 1776
C) 1817
D) 1856–57
  • 25. Who is a prominent tribal writer mentioned in the text?
A) Rabindranath Tagore
B) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
C) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
D) Temsula Ao
  • 26. In which district did the Rampa Rebellion of 1922–1924 take place?
A) Banswara
B) Khurda
C) Adilabad
D) Visakhapatnam district
  • 27. The Chuar rebellion took place in which region?
A) Odisha
B) Adilabad
C) Banswara
D) Bengal
  • 28. Which rebellion occurred in 1910?
A) Maria rebellion
B) Bhumkal
C) Kol rebellion
D) Koli revolt
  • 29. Who started the Gond rebellion in Adilabad in 1860?
A) Laxman Naik
B) Bangaru Devi
C) Jantya Bhil
D) Ramji Gond
  • 30. Which of these is a linguistic category for tribal languages?
A) Greek
B) Sino-Tibetan
C) Arabic
D) Latin
  • 31. Who composed the Ramayana and is acknowledged for having Adivasi origins?
A) A Gond Raja
B) Bada Meena
C) Bharmal
D) Valmiki
  • 32. What percentage of India's population do Scheduled Tribes constitute?
A) 1.1%
B) 26.2%
C) 90%
D) 8.6%
  • 33. How are tribal communities designated in Bangladesh?
A) Ethnic minority
B) Animist groups
C) Nomadic tribes
D) Scheduled Tribes
  • 34. Which language group is found in northern Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand?
A) Tibeto-Burman
B) Munda
C) Dravidian
D) Indo-Aryan
  • 35. Which tribe is an example of an Indo-Aryan speaking tribe in the western region?
A) Hos
B) Gonds
C) Bhils
D) Santals
  • 36. What language family dominates the central tribal region covering parts of Chhattisgarh and Odisha?
A) Dravidian
B) Tibeto-Burman
C) Indo-Aryan
D) Sarnaist
  • 37. What is the primary religion followed by Adivasi in Jharkhand?
A) Christianity
B) Buddhism
C) Sarnaism
D) Hinduism
  • 38. What religion do the Chakma and Marma people of the Chittagong Hill Tracts follow?
A) Hinduism
B) Buddhism
C) Christianity
D) Animism
  • 39. What is the main occupation of the Adivasis in Assam?
A) Rice farming
B) Nomadic herding
C) Mining
D) Tea workers
  • 40. What percentage of the total tribal population lives in the tribal belt stretching from Gujarat to West Bengal?
A) More than 90%
B) Around 10%
C) Around 20%
D) Roughly 75%
  • 41. Which group near Bellary, Karnataka, is a large concentration of tribal people?
A) Khasi
B) Boyas/Valmikis
C) Gonds
D) Santals
  • 42. In Bangladesh, which Adivasi group follows Christianity?
A) Khasi
B) Tripuri
C) Marma
D) Chakma
  • 43. What does the term Adivasi literally mean?
A) Ancient ruler
B) Beginning inhabitant
C) Mountain people
D) Forest dweller
  • 44. Which of the following is an alternative term for Adivasi that means 'forest dwellers'?
A) Dravidian
B) Dalit
C) Janjati
D) Vanavāsi
  • 45. In which country are Adivasi officially recognized as 'Ethnic minorities'?
A) Pakistan
B) Sri Lanka
C) Bangladesh
D) Nepal
  • 46. Who chaired the Drafting Committee of the Constitution of India?
A) Jaipal Singh Munda
B) Gandhi
C) Ambedkar
D) Thakkar Bapa
  • 47. Which article of the Indian Constitution defines Scheduled Tribes?
A) Article 107
B) Article 169
C) Article 366 (25)
D) Article 342
  • 48. Which group of people in Sri Lanka are referred to as Adivasi?
A) Vedda
B) Tea-tribes
C) Dravidians
D) Indo-Aryans
  • 49. Which international convention did India refuse to sign, despite having ratified its predecessor?
A) ILO Convention 169
B) The 1950 Constitutional Accord
C) ILO Convention 107
D) UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
  • 50. Where was the term Adivasi initially popularized?
A) Jharkhand
B) North East India
C) West Bengal
D) Kerala
  • 51. Which language family provided ancestry to Adivasi communities?
A) Arabic
B) Greek
C) Latin
D) Austroasiatic
  • 52. Who were the individuals designated by the British to hold legal property rights to land?
A) Foreign investors only
B) Adivasi elders
C) British military generals
D) Zamindars
  • 53. In what year was the colonial presence established on the Andaman Islands?
A) 1789
B) 1857
C) 1947
D) 1832
  • 54. Which rebellion occurred between 1855 and 1856?
A) Munda independence war
B) Bhumij rebellion
C) Santal hul
D) The Great Kol Uprising
  • 55. What kind of migration did economic deprivation trigger among some adivasis?
A) Mass migration to the Americas
B) Permanent migration to Europe
C) Internal migrations within India
D) Return migration to their ancestral lands
  • 56. Which governing body suppressed Adivasi revolts after 1858?
A) The East India Company
B) The Indian National Congress
C) The British government
D) The local tribal rajas
  • 57. How did the adivasi rajas generally view British administrative innovations?
A) Indifferently
B) Enthusiastically
C) Positively
D) Negatively
  • 58. In the 1891 Census of India, how were Adivasi people described?
A) Primitive tribe
B) Hill and forest tribe
C) Tribal animist
D) Forest tribe
  • 59. Which term was used to describe Adivasi in the 1901 Census of India?
A) Animist
B) Tribes
C) Primitive tribe
D) Forest tribe
  • 60. Where are Adivasi people who follow Islam primarily located?
A) Lakshadweep
B) Madhya Pradesh
C) Jharkhand
D) Odisha
  • 61. What is the etymological origin of the word 'animism'?
A) Persian
B) Latin
C) Sanskrit
D) Greek
  • 62. According to the text, what is the core belief of animism?
A) Non-human entities possess a spiritual essence
B) Monistic Vedic worship
C) Reincarnation of the soul
D) Worship of Indo-European deities
  • 63. In what year were Adivasi recorded as 'tribes' in the census?
A) 1921
B) 1941
C) 1931
D) 1911
  • 64. How does the text describe the term 'animism' in an anthropological context?
A) An anthropological construct
B) A formal name for a religion
C) A word used by indigenous people
D) A synonym for Hinduism
  • 65. When are Adivasi in Lakshadweep believed to have embraced Islam?
A) British period
B) Post-independence
C) 19th century
D) 14th century
  • 66. What does the name 'Donyi-Polo' mean?
A) Spirit worship
B) Sun-Moon
C) Holy woods
D) Sacred grove
  • 67. Where are the followers of Donyi-Polo primarily located?
A) Nilgiri hills
B) Arunachal Pradesh
C) Nicobar Islands
D) Central-East India
  • 68. How is the Sarna religion passed down through generations?
A) Digital archives
B) Oral traditions
C) Written scriptures
D) Formal schooling
  • 69. What does the word 'Sarna' mean in the context of the religion?
A) Sacred grove
B) Sun deity
C) Holy animal
D) Witch doctor
  • 70. Where do the Nayaka people live?
A) Central-East India
B) Arunachal Pradesh
C) Nicobar Islands
D) Nilgiri hills
  • 71. Which plant is considered sacred according to the text regarding Adivasi influences on Hinduism?
A) Sunflower
B) Rose
C) Tulsi
D) Cactus
  • 72. Which animal is mentioned as potentially having had totemic importance in Adivasi tribes?
A) Lion
B) Eagle
C) Tiger
D) Cobra
  • 73. Which tree is listed as having sacred status possibly derived from Adivasi culture?
A) Pine
B) Oak
C) Neem
D) Maple
  • 74. What term describes the Nayaka people's lifestyle?
A) Sedentary farmers
B) Urban dwellers
C) Hunter gatherer
D) Nomadic traders
  • 75. Which movement was founded by Sant Gurudev Kalicharan Brahma?
A) The Kallar Reform Movement
B) Vedic Ritualism
C) Shaivism
D) Brahma Dharma
  • 76. Who was the 'Nagam Guru' of the Santal tribes in the 14th century?
A) Kalean Guru (Kalean Murmu)
B) Sant Kalu Dev
C) Maharshi Matanga
D) Sant Kubera
  • 77. What did Bhakta Shabari offer to Shri Rama and Shri Laxmana?
A) Water from a stream
B) Half-eaten ber fruit
C) Dried lotus flowers
D) Swine flesh
  • 78. To which community did Sant Kalu Dev belong?
A) Santal
B) Nishadha
C) Bodo
D) Kallar
  • 79. Who was the guru of Bhakta Shabari?
A) Guru Brahma
B) Sant Dhira
C) Maharshi Matanga
D) Sant Kubera
  • 80. Which temple allows Badu (tribal) priests to bathe and adorn the deity?
A) Brahma Dharma Temple
B) Indraprastha Temple
C) Lingaraja Temple
D) Karppillikkavu Sree Mahadeva Temple
  • 81. What was the occupation of the avatar Kaladutaka (Vaikunthanatha)?
A) Fisherman
B) Temple priest
C) Kallar (robber)
D) Hunter
  • 82. How many followers did Sant Kubera have in his time?
A) 20,000
B) 10,000
C) 100,000
D) 5,000
  • 83. Which sant composed the six Vedangas in beautiful Tamil verse?
A) Sant Dhudhalinath
B) Sant Kubera
C) Sant Kalu Dev
D) Sant Tirumangai Alvar
  • 84. How did the British government perceive Adivasi society compared to caste society?
A) Less civilised
B) Equally civilised
C) Technologically superior
D) More civilised
  • 85. What existed between some Gond and Rajput Rajas prior to the British Raj?
A) Commercial trade agreements
B) Joint military alliances
C) Constant warfare
D) Matrimonial relations
  • 86. How many delegates cast their vote for 'Sari Dhorom' as the religion code at the 2011 conference?
A) 632
B) 3
C) 14
D) 51
  • 87. What was the total number of delegates present at the All India Adivasi Conference in 2011?
A) 632
B) 500
C) 1000
D) 750
  • 88. What is the literacy rate for Scheduled Tribes recorded in 1999–2000?
A) 59%
B) 8.5%
C) 40%
D) 29.6%
  • 89. Where is the Adivasi Academy located?
A) Asansol, West Bengal
B) Kohima, Nagaland
C) Tejgadh, Gujarat
D) Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
  • 90. When was the Adivasi Academy for teaching and preserving languages established?
A) 1991
B) 1961
C) 1999
D) 2011
  • 91. Which agrarian tribe is specifically mentioned as being reluctant to send their children to school?
A) Khasis
B) Gonds
C) Mizos
D) Nagas
  • 92. What is the trend of tribal student dropout rates during school education?
A) Moderate
B) Very low
C) Non-existent
D) Very high
  • 93. What is the literacy rate for tribal males in 1999–2000?
A) 40.6%
B) 13.8%
C) 59%
D) 37%
  • 94. Which campaign in central India were Adivasis victims of due to the Naxalite insurgency?
A) Forest Protection Drive
B) Tribal Upliftment Scheme
C) Green Revolution
D) Salwa Judum
  • 95. How did non-Adivasis often secure the use of reserved forest lands?
A) By bribing local officials
B) By negotiating with tribal elders
C) By signing government contracts
D) By filing land ownership petitions
  • 96. Which group played a significant role in the early education of Northeastern tribes?
A) Local merchant guilds
B) Missionaries
C) Government bureaucrats
D) Foreign corporations
  • 97. What language was taught at most levels in the Northeastern education system by the early 1980s?
A) Assamese
B) Hindi
C) English
D) Sanskrit
  • 98. Who described the economic alienation of Adivasis as a 'systematic failure' in 2009?
A) Manmohan Singh
B) Indira Gandhi
C) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
D) Jawaharlal Nehru
  • 99. Which area is identified as being affected by Naxalite unrest linked to Adivasi exploitation?
A) The Western Ghats
B) The Red Corridor
C) The Indo-Gangetic Plain
D) The Thar Desert
  • 100. Which group in Manipur has cited the lack of ST status as an economic disadvantage?
A) Gujjar
B) Meena
C) Bodo
D) Meiteis
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