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