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