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

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  1. Commercial farming

  2. Shifting cultivation

  3. Nomadic herding

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: B
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. 

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

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  1. Dhya

  2. Kumri

  3. Podu

  4. Bora Bora

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Correct Option: D

Which of the following belongs to khonds tribe?

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  1. Kutia

  2. Plain dwelling Khonds

  3. Both A and B

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: C
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.

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

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  1. Bihar

  2. Odisha

  3. Andhra Pradesh

  4. All of these

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Correct Option: D
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.

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

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  1. Sheep

  2. Goat

  3. Human

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: C
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.

Which of the following language/s is spoken by Munda tribes?

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  1. Kili

  2. Mundari

  3. Both A and B

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Munda tribes are the largest tribe of India. The main language spoken by them includes "Munda" or "Killi", Santali and Mundari. 

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

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  1. Santhal

  2. Munda

  3. Bhiku

  4. Khonds

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Correct Option: B
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.

Munda tribe mainly inhabit which of the following regions?

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  1. Telangana

  2. Andhra Pradesh

  3. Karnataka

  4. Jharkhand

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The Munda tribe is one of India's largest scheduled tribes, which lives mainly in the state of Jharkhand. The famous Freedom fighter Birsa Minda belongs to this tribe.

Birsa was born in a family of Mundas.
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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: A
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.

Who described the conditions of the under tenants in Bengal?

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  1. H.T. Colebrook

  2. Robert Clive

  3. William Bentick

  4. Lord Curzon

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Correct Option: A
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.