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