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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

Which of the following belongs to khonds tribe?

  1. Kutia

  2. Plain dwelling Khonds

  3. Both A and B

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
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
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
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
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
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
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
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
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
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.

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

Consider the following statements and identify the correct response from the options given thereafter:
Statement I: According to the Criminal Tribes Act of 1871, nomadic pastoralists were forced to live only in notified village settlement.
Statement II: Colonial state wanted to transform all grazing lands into cultivated farms.

  1. Statement I is false and Statement II is true

  2. Statement I is true and Statement II is false

  3. Both Statement I and Statement II are true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I

  4. Both Statement I and Statement II are true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Both the statements are true but statement II is not correct explanation for the first.

  • In 1871, the colonial government in India passed the Criminal Tribes Act. According to this act, some of the tribes were considered as criminal tribes by birth and were restricted to notified village settlements.
  • British wanted to increase the production of food-grains and commercial crops to meet the requirement of England. So they introduced waste land rules and converted grazing land to cultivated land.

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 language spoken by Khonds is _______.

  1. Kui

  2. Amri

  3. Mizo

  4. Garo
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Khonds are a Dravidian-speaking tribal people of India. The language spoken by them is Kui language which is a Dravidian language written with Odia script. They are a designated Scheduled Tribe in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha and West Bengal