Q 1 – Who prescribed the ‘Varna’ rules?
(a) Rulers
(b) Jatis
(c) Brahmanas
(d) No one
Ans. (c) Brahmanas
Q 2 – Tribals obtained their livelihood from:
(a) Hunting
(b) Agriculture
(c) Herding
(d) All of these
Ans. (d) All of these
Q 3 – Which tribe was influential in Punjab in 13th and 14th centuries?
(a) Khokhar
(b) Ahoms
(c) Gonds
(d) Baiyaras
Ans. (a) Khokhar
Q 4 – Which tribal group established a powerful kingdom in Assam?
(a) Khokhar
(b) Ahoms
(c) Gonds
(d) Banjaras
Ans. (b) Ahoms
Q 5 – The important tribe of Bihar is
(a) Mundas
(b) Ahoms
(c) Khokhar
(d) Gonds
Ans. (a) Mundas
Q 6 – Who used the services of Banjaras as trading nomads?
(a) Alauddin Khalji
(b) Jahangir
(c) Both of these
(d) None
Ans. (c) Both of these
Q 7 – Who were known as the rathakaras?
(a) Chariot makers
(b) Soldiers
(c) Brahmanas
(d) Carpenters
Ans. (a) Chariot makers
Q 8 – How many units of villages were called chaurasi?
(a) 80
(b) 84
(c) 14
(d) 24
Ans. (b) 84
Q 9 – A division of Gond kingdoms controlled by a particular clan was termed as
(a) tanda
(b) clan
(c) garh
(d) khel
Ans. (c) garh
Q 10 – The main occupation of Gond tribes was
(a) trade
(b) agriculture
(c) goldsmith
(d) blacksmith
Ans. (b) agriculture
Q 11 – Who was Bir Narain?
(a) Ruler of Sind
(b) Ruler of Punjab
(c) Son of Rani Durgawati
(d) None of these
Ans. (c) Son of Rani Durgawati
Q 12 – The Ahom tribes migrated from
(a) Iran
(b) Arab
(c) Myanmar (Burma)
(d) China
Ans. (c) Myanmar (Burma)
Q 13 – Paik are
(a) the landlords
(b) the forced labourers
(c) people wandering from one place to another
(d) clan in the Ahom society
Ans. (b) the forced labourers
Q 14 – Mundas and Santals lived in the region of
(a) Orissa and Bengal
(b) Bihar and Orissa
(c) Bengal and Assam
(d) Bihar and Uttar Pradesh
Ans. (a) Orissa and Bengal
Q 15 – The Ahom state depended upon forced labour. Those forced to work f or the state were called
(a) Bhuiya
(b) Itinerant
(c) Paiks
(d) Tanda
Ans. (c) Paiks
Q 16 – Tribes obtained their livelihood f rom the f ollowing ways except
(a) Weaving
(b) Hunter-gatherers
(c) Herders
(d) Agriculture
Ans. (a) Weaving
Q 17 – Which Gond raja of Garha Katanga, assumed the title of Sangram Shah
(a) Amar Das
(b) Aman Das
(c) Ram Das
(d) Rahim khan
Ans. (b) Aman Das
Q 18 – Bastar is in
(a) Assam
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Bihar
(d) Madhya Pradesh
Ans. (d) Madhya Pradesh
Q 19 – The rise of which clans to the position of rulers set an example for the tribal people to follow many dominant tribes of Punjab, Sind and the North-West Frontier had adopted Islam quite early
(a) Ahoms
(b) Rajput
(c) Banjaras
(d) Gonds
Ans. (b) Rajput
Q 20 – Nomads are
(a) Farmers people
(b) Hunting people
(c) Craf t men people
(d) Wandering people
Ans. (d) Wandering people
Q 21 – Raja Mansingh was the f amous general of
(a) Babar
(b) Humayun
(c) Akbar
(d) Jahangir
Ans. (c) Akbar
Q 22 – Under the rule of _____ hierarchy between social classes grew further in Delhi
(a) Mugals
(b) Cholas
(c) Britishers
(d) Dutchs
Ans. (a) Mugals
Q 23 – Large tribe of Bhils was spread across
(a) Western and central India
(b) South and central India
(c) North and central India
(d) Eastern and central India
Ans. (a) Western and central India
Q 24 – Few exceptions about the tribal people is
(a) They did not keep written records
(b) They preserved poor customs
(c) They have written traditions
(d) Customs were not passed down to each new generation
Ans. (a) They did not keep written records
Q 25 – Cultivation in which trees and bushes in a forest area are first cut and burnt. The crop is sown in the ashes. When this land loses its fertility, another plot of land is cleared and planted in the same way. It is called
(a) Multiple cultivation
(b) Shifting cultivation
(c) Modern cultivation
(d) Burn Cultivation
Ans. (b) Shifting cultivation
Q 26 – Emperor ____ wrote in his memoirs that the Banjaras carried grain on their bullocks from different areas and sold it in towns
(a) Akbar
(b) Babar
(c) Shahjahan
(d) Jahangir
Ans. (d) Jahangir
Q 27 – The ____ and ____ depended on each other f or their diverse needs. This relationship, of
conflict and dependence, gradually caused both societies to change
(a) caste-based, race societies
(b) creed-based, tribal societies
(c) creed-based, race societies
(d) caste-based, tribal societies
Ans. (d) caste-based, tribal societies
Q 28 – Durgawati was the daughter of
(a) Salbahan, the Chandel Rajput raja
(b) Ram Das, the Chandel Rajput raja
(c) Dalpat, the Chandel Rajput raja
(d) Aman Das, the Chandel Rajput raja
Ans . (a) Salbahan, the Chandel Rajput raja
Q 29 – Koboi tribe live in
(a) Assam
(b) Manipur
(c) Arunachal Pradesh
(d) Meghalaya
Ans. (b) Manipur
Q 30 – It is a group of families or households claiming descent from a common ancestor.
(a) Class
(b) Gang
(c) Departments
(d) Clan
Ans. (d) Clan
Q 31 – Gond kingdom was divided into
(a) Clan
(b) Jati
(c) Group
(d) Garhs
Ans. (d) Garhs