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