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