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Multiple choice history tribals, dikus and the vision of a golden age indigo rebellion struggles storms jungles the revolts of peasants and the tribals

The process of growing crops by first clearing the land of trees and vegetation and burning them thereafter is called?

  1. Commercial farming

  2. Shifting cultivation

  3. Nomadic herding

  4. None of these
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B Correct answer
Explanation
Some of them practised jhum cultivation, that is, shifting cultivation. This was done on small patches of land, mostly in forests. The cultivators cut the treetops to allow sunlight to reach the ground and burnt the vegetation on the land to clear it for cultivation. 
Multiple choice history tribals, dikus and the vision of a golden age indigo rebellion struggles storms jungles the revolts of peasants and the tribals

Which among the following is not a local name for shifting cultivation?

  1. Dhya

  2. Kumri

  3. Podu

  4. Bora Bora
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Dhya, Kumri, and Podu are all recognized local names for shifting cultivation in different parts of India. Bora Bora is a geographic location and not a term for this agricultural practice.

Multiple choice history tribals, dikus and the vision of a golden age indigo rebellion struggles storms jungles the revolts of peasants and the tribals

Which of the following belongs to khonds tribe?

  1. Kutia

  2. Plain dwelling Khonds

  3. Both A and B

  4. None of these
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Khonds are an ethnic indigenous tribal people of India. They are a designated Scheduled Tribe in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha and West Bengal. Traditionally hunter-gatherers, they are divided into the hill-dwelling Khonds and plain-dwelling Khonds for census purposes; all the Khonds identify by their clan and usually hold large tracts of fertile land but still practise hunting, gathering and slash and burn agriculture in the forests as a symbol of their connection to and ownership of the forest. The Khonds speak the Kui language.

Multiple choice history tribals, dikus and the vision of a golden age indigo rebellion struggles storms jungles the revolts of peasants and the tribals

Konds are the tribal communities found in which of the following places?

  1. Bihar

  2. Odisha

  3. Andhra Pradesh

  4. All of these
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Khonds are an ethnic indigenous tribal people of India. They are a designated Scheduled Tribe in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha and West Bengal.

Multiple choice history tribals, dikus and the vision of a golden age indigo rebellion struggles storms jungles the revolts of peasants and the tribals

The practise of Meriah, which was followed by Khonds till 17th century is a sacrifice of which of the following?

  1. Sheep

  2. Goat

  3. Human

  4. None of these
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C Correct answer
Explanation


The Khonds came to the limelight during the British Raj for their Rebellion against the British intrusion into their territories for timber in 1836. The British sought to project their invasion of tribal territories as a civilizing mission to prevent for the practice of human sacrifice by the Kondhs.

Multiple choice history tribals, dikus and the vision of a golden age indigo rebellion struggles storms jungles the revolts of peasants and the tribals

Patar, Mahali, Kampat are the subgroups of which of the following tribes?

  1. Santhal

  2. Munda

  3. Bhiku

  4. Khonds
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The Munda Tribe, residing in the Chota Nagpur Plateau in Jharkhand, adjacent parts of Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal and the hill districts of Odisha, is thought to have evolved from the South East Asia. Munda tribes are one of the largest Tribes of India, but have been divided into several sub groups such as Patar, Mahali, Kampat Munda, etc.

Multiple choice history tribals, dikus and the vision of a golden age indigo rebellion struggles storms jungles the revolts of peasants and the tribals
Birsa was born in a family of Mundas.

  1. True

  2. False
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Birsa Munda was an Indian tribal freedom fighter and relegious leader who was born on November 15, 1875 in Jharkhand, India, to Sugana Munda, an agricultural laborer, and his wife, Karmi Hatu.Therefore the given statement is True.

Multiple choice history tribals, dikus and the vision of a golden age indigo rebellion struggles storms jungles the revolts of peasants and the tribals

Who described the conditions of the under tenants in Bengal?

  1. H.T. Colebrook

  2. Robert Clive

  3. William Bentick

  4. Lord Curzon
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Henry Thomas Colebrooke was a Sanskrit scholar and orientalist. He described the pathetic conditions of the under-tenants of Bengal in 1806. According to him, the under-tenants were depressed by excessive rent, and they can never free themselves from debt because of their landlord's oppressive terms and conditions.