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