Question 1 : Which of the following is the first racial group to enter into India?
a) Negritos
b) Nordic
c) Mongoloid
d) None of the above
Answer : a
Question 2 : It is believed that Negritos were the first who came to India. At present, which of the following places are they found?
a) Punjab
b) Haryana
c) Rajasthan
d) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Answer : d
Question 3 : Which one of the following are the last racial groups that came to India from Central Asia, also known as Indo-Aryan?
a) Alpinoids
b) Dinarics
c) Mongoloid
d) Nordic
Answer : d
Question 4 : Who of the following are considered to be the bearers of the earliest form of Hindusim in India?
a) The Mediterraneans
b) The Negritos
c) The Mongoloids
d) The Proto-Australoids
Answer : a
Question 5 : Which of the following are considered to be constituting the bulk of the population of the lower castes in Northern India?
a) The Mediterraneans
b) The Negritos
c) The Brachy Cephalic
d) The Proto-Australoids
Answer : a
Question 6 : The Dravidian races are mainly confined at which of the following parts of India?
a) South India
b) North-Western India
c) North-Eastern India
d) North India
Answer : a
Question 7 : Which one of the following tribes of India belongs to the Proto-Australoid race?
a) Irula
b) Khasi
c) Santhal
d) Tharu
Answer : c
Question 8 : They are people of yellow complexion, oblique eyes, high cheek bones, sparse hair and medium height. The reference here is to
a) Nordic Aryans
b) Austrics
c) Negroids
d) Mongoloids
Answer : d
Question 9 : Which one of the following racial groups is found in hilly and forested areas of North-Eastern India?
a) Dinarics
b) Mediterranean
c) Mongoloids
d) Proto-Australoids
Answer : c
Question 10 : Assertion (A) : Race has not been a very important concept in India for social segregation
Reason (R) : There are no pure races in India today
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
c) A is true, but R is false
d) A is false, but R is true
Answer : b
Question 11 : Consider the following statements
I. Proto-Australoid race came to India just after the Negritos
II. Their sources are Australian aborigines
Which of the following statements given above is/are correct?
a) Only I
b) Only II
c) Both I and II
d) Neither I nor II
Answer : c
Question 12 : The most primitive tribe of India is
a) Gonds
b) Jarawas
c) Juangs
d) Lepchas
Answer : b
Question 13 : Jarawa Tribe is found in
a) Arunachal Pradesh
b) Meghalaya
c) Mizoram
d) Nicobar Island
Answer : d
Question 14 : Who among the following is a primitive tribe?
a) Kawar
b) Kora
c) Karmali
d) Korwa
Answer : d
Question 15 : Which amongst the following states has not identified tribal community?
a) Maharashtra
b) Chhattisgarh
c) Haryana
d) Karnataka
Answer : c
Question 16 : Nyishi tribe is found mainly in
a) Andaman and Nicobar
b) Arunachal Pradesh
c) Nilgiri-Kerala
d) Kashmir Valley
Answer : b
Question 17 : Which one of the following India States has the highest percentage of Scheduled Tribe population to its total population?
a) Mizoram
b) Nagaland
c) Meghalaya
d) Arunachal Pradesh
Answer : a
Question 18 : Gaddis are inhabitants of
a) Madhya Pradesh
b) Himachal Pradesh
c) Arunachal Pradesh
d) Meghalaya
Answer : b
Question 19 : Which of the following is an important tribe of Dhauladhar Range?
a) Abor
b) Gaddi
c) Lepcha
d) Tharu
Answer : b
Question 20 : Which of the following tribes is found in Kerala?
a) Chenchu
b) Lepcha
c) Dala
d) Dafar
Answer : c
Question 21 : Which of the following regions is the original habitat of the Toda Tribe?
a) Jaunsar Hills
b) Garo Hills
c) Niligiri Hills
d) Jaintia Hills
Answer : c
Question 22 : In which of the following states, population of Scheduled Tribes is largest in the country in 2011?
a) Mizoram
b) Gujarat
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Maharashtra
Answer : c
Question 23 : The Dogras inhabit mainly
a) Southern Pir Panjal region to the Punjab plains
b) in Kashmir valley
c) in Northern Kashmir plains
d) in Poonch
Answer : a
Question 24 : ‘Toto’ is a primitive tribal community found in the state of
a) Arunachal Pradesh
b) Odisha
c) West Bengal
d) Tamil Nadu
Answer : c
Question 25 : The Shompens are the vulnerable tribal groups of
a) Jharkhand
b) Odisha
c) West Bengal
d) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Answer : d
Question 26 : ‘Tharu Tribe’ is residing in which of the following states of India?
a) Bihar and Madhya Pradesh
b) Jharkhand and Bihar
c) Chhattisgarh and Himachal Pradesh
d) Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh
Answer : d
Question 27 : Which one of the following Scheduled tribes observe Deepawali as a sad day?
a) Sahariya
b) Baga
c) Paharia
d) Tharu
Answer : d
Question 28 : A social institution called Dhumkaria belongs to which tribe?
a) Oraon
b) Ho
c) Gond
d) Kol
Answer : a
Question 29 : Which tribe celebrates the ‘Sarhul Festival’?
a) Oraon
b) Kamar
c) Baiga
d) Gond
Answer : a
Question 30 : The commonest form of marriage among Santhal is
a) Itut
b) Sanga
c) Nir-Bolok
d) Bupla
Answer : d
Question 31 : Which of the following tribes practice polyandry?
a) Kadar
b) Lodha
c) Munda
d) Toda
Answer : d
Question 32 : Which of the following tribal groups is dominantly found in the Blue Mountains?
a) Lambadas
b) Gonds
c) Jarawas
d) Todas
Answer : d
Question 33 : Transhumance is practised by the
a) Bhotias
b) Bhosas
c) Jaunsaris
d) Tharus
Answer : a
Question 34 : Where is Bhil Tribe found?
a) Assam
b) Jharkhand
c) West Bengal
d) Maharashtra
Answer : d
Question 35 : The largest Scheduled Tribe of Uttarakhand is
a) Bhoksa
b) Bhotia
c) Jaunsari
d) Tharu
Answer : c
Question 36 : Which primitive tribal groups have the largest population in Chhattisgarh?
a) Abujhmadia
b) Kamar
c) Biaga
d) Pahadi Korwa
Answer : c
Question 37 : ‘Andi and ‘Oportipi’ forms of marriage are related to which tribe?
a) Ho
b) Pahari
c) Munda
d) Oraon
Answer : a
Question 38 : Which is the Scheduled Tribe, who makes ‘Catechu’?
a) Binjhwar
b) Dharnwar
c) Khairwar
d) Majhwar
Answer : c
Question 39 : In which tribe the kitchen called ‘Lal Bangala’ is found?
a) Kamar
b) Bhunjia
c) Halba
d) Gond
Answer : b
Question 40 : A community of people called Manganiyars is well-known for their
a) martial arts in North-East India
b) musical tradition in North-West India
c) classical vocal music in South India
d) pietra dura tradition in Central India
Answer : b
Question 41 : Jhooming is practiced by
a) the Bhotiyas
b) the Khasis
c) the Santhals
d) the Todas
Answer : b
Question 42 : Which tribe worships ‘Lohasur’ as their diety?
a) Gond
b) Bhil
c) Korku
d) Agaria
Answer : d
Question 43 : Which tribe’s livelihood is based on ‘Bamboo’?
a) Binjhwar
b) Kanwar
c) Kamar
d) Sawara
Answer : c
Question 44 : Tribes of which division celebrate ‘Goncha’ festival?
a) Sarguja
b) Bastar
c) Durg
d) Raipur
Answer : c
Question 45 : Among the following pairs of tribe and district, which one is not correctly matched?
a) Santhal-Banka
b) Munda-Jamui
c) Oraon-Supaul
d) None of the above/more than one of the above
Answer : d
Question 46 : ‘Gahira Guru’ belonged to which tribe?
a) Kamar
b) Gond
c) Kanwar
d) Oraon
Answer : c
Question 47 : In the Indian context the term ‘De-notified tribes’ refers to
a) tribes which are aboriginals
b) nomadic tribes
c) tribes practising shifting cultivation
d) tribes which were earlier classified as criminal tribes
Answer : a
Question 48 : Which one of the following statements is not correct?
a) There is no definition of the Scheduled Tribes in the Constitution of India
b) North-East India accounts for a little over half of the country’s tribal population
c) The people known as Todas live in the Nilgiri area
d) Lotha is a language spoken in Nagaland
Answer : b
Question 49 : Which of the following tribes is not the native of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India?
a) Halchu
b) Rengma
c) Onge
d) Shompen
Answer : b
Question 50 : Which of the following is not well-matched?
a) Gond – Agriya
b) Biga – Bijhwar
c) Bharia – Patliya
d) Korku – Mahar
Answer : c
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