The Mahua is a flower

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(a)

used to flavour food cooked by the tribals.

(b)

used for dyeing the clothes by the tribals.

(c)

used to make alcohol.

(d)

blooms in summer.

The_________ lived by herding and rearing animals.

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(a)

Labadis

(b)

Santhals

(c)

Oraons

(d)

Bhils

Where does the term 'Bewar' mean shifting cultivation?

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(a)

Jharkhand

(b)

Madhya Pradesh

(c)

North-East India

(d)

Andhra Pradesh

The Bastar Rebellion took place in the year

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(a)

1895

(b)

1910

(c)

1930

(d)

1940

In jhum cultivation, why is a field left fallow for many years after being cultivated once?

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(a)

To enable forest to grow on it again

(b)

To allow the groundwater to seep in again.

(c)

To enable the soil to recover its fertility.

(d)

All of the above

Most tribals like Khonds of Orissa:

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(a)

practised shifting cultivation

(b)

lived by herding and rearing of animals

(c)

practised subsistence farming

(d)

collected and sold forest products

The golden age of the Mundas was when:

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(a)

they were free from the oppression of 'dikus'

(b)

they collected forest produce

(c)

they went to herd animals

(d)

British officials did not enter their villages

The Santhals of Hazaribagh

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(a)

cultivated small patches of land

(b)

were herders

(c)

reared silkworm

(d)

kept goats and cows

Baigas, from central India:

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(a)

were reluctant to work for others

(b)

considered themselves as the people of the forest

(c)

was below their dignity to work as labour

(d)

All of them

Kusum and Palash flowers are used for :

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(a)

extracting oil from the seeds

(b)

colouring clothes and leather

(c)

cooking and making food

(d)

All of them

Birsa spent some time in the company of a prominent ___________ preachers.

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(a)

Vaishnav

The British described the tribal people as_________

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(a)

savage

Tribals went to work in the of________ Assam and the__________ in Bihar.

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(a)

tea plantations, coal mines

The__________ were not ready to work as labourers.

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(a)

Baigas

Hazaribagh was an area where the Santhals reared__________

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(a)

cocoons

Cocoons were bought from the Santhals and sold by the traders at five times the purchase price.

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(a) True

(b) False

Birsa urged his followers to purify themselves, give up drinking liquor and stop believing in witchcraft and sorcery.

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(a) True

(b) False

The British wanted to preserve the tribal way of life.

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(a) True

(b) False

The traders and moneylenders never deceived the tribal people.

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(a) True

(b) False

The Labadis lived in Punjab hills

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(a) True

(b) False