MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS:

  MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS :   (MCQ’s)

1.  Dadu was forced to leave his village in _________ .

(a) Orissa
(b) Gujarat
(c) Goa
(d) Pune

2.  Dadu’s story is similar to the lives of millions of_________ in India.

(a) Adivasis
(b) Banjara
(c) Maratha
(d) Mughals

3.  About _________ of India’s population is Adivasi .

(a) 8%
(b) 5%
(c) 6%
(d) 12%

4.  During the nineteenth century, substantial numbers of Adivasis converted to ____

(a) Hindus
(b) Jainism
(c) Christianity
(d) Muslims

5.  _________ has largest number of speakers .

(a) Sathali
(b) Parsi
(c) Marathi
d) Kannada

6.  According to official figures, more than _________ per cent of persons displaced due to mines and mining projects are tribal’s .

(a) 50%
(b) 60%
(c) 10%
(d) 45%

7.  Muslims are _________per cent of India’s population .

(a) 13.4
(b) 14.3
(c) 15.0
(d) 19

8.  More than 60 different tribal groups lived in the state of  _____

(a) Orissa
(b) Jharkhand
(c) Mumbai
(d) Rajasthan

9.  Adivasis have their own language as old as _________.

(a) Sanskrit
(b) Marathi
(c) Hindi
(d) Pali

10.  _________ were absolutely crucial to the development of all empires and settled civilizations in India .

(a) Forests
(b) Air
(c) Land
(d) Farmland

11.  Forest lands were been cleared for _____

(a) Grazing cattle
(b) Cultivation
(c) Timber
(d) Resorts

12.  _________ rights provide safeguards to religious and linguistic minorities as a part of Constitution .

(a) Moral
(b) Fundamental
(c) Political
(d) Human

13.  The judiciary plays a crucial role in upholding the ________.

(a) Rules
(b) Law
(c) Rights
(d) Charters

14.  Muslims in India were lagged behind, so government set up a high level committee in _____

(a) 2004
(b) 2005
(c) 2007
(d) 2008

15.  _________ number of National parks is there in India .

(a) 54
(b) 60
(c) 66
(d) 59

16.  _________ is the literacy rate among tribals.

(a) Hig
(b) Low
(c) Very low
(d) Very high

17.  _________ wildlife sanctuaries are there in India.

(a) 300
(b) 372
(c) 327
(d) 346

18. Certain groups feels marginalised due to factors, like _____.

(a) Social and cultural
(b) Economic
(c) Political
(d) All of these

19. What literally means the original inhabitants?

(a) Adivasis
(b) Minorities
(c) Ghetto
(d) Devoid

20. Where do Adivasis live?

(a) In or near forests
(b) Kaccha house
(c) Colonies
(d) None of these

21. Stereotyping of Adivasis is related to their being____.

(a) Exotic
(b) Primitive
(c) Backward
(d) All the above

22. A person who does not get adequate nutrition or food is known as _____.

(a) malnourished
(b) nourished
(c) well-nourished
(d) none of these

23. What is use of timber?

(a) Construction of houses
(b) Railways
(c) Furnitures
(d) All of these

24. Constitutional safeguards are provided to the minorities on the basis of____.

(a) Religion
(b) Language
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these

25._____ is a locality which is populated largely by members of a particular community.

(a) Ghetto
(b) Adivasis
(c) Minorities
(d) None of these

Answers:

1. (a)  Orissa
2. (a) Adivasis
3. (a)  8%
4. (c)  Christianity
5. (a)  Sathali
6. (a)  50%
7. (a)  13.4
8. (a) Orissa
10. (a) Forests
11. (c)  Timber 
12. (b)  Fundamental
13. (b)  Law
14. (b)   2005
15. (a)  54
16. (c)   66
17. (b)  372
18.(d) All of these
19.(a)  Adivasis
20.(a) In or near forests
21.(d) All the above
22.(a) malnourished
23.(d) All of these
24.(d) None of these
25.(a) Ghetto