Q.5   What was the significance of the movement started by Birsa Munda ?

Q.4   Why tribals revolted against British ?

Q.3   Write in brief the living patterns of tribes 

Q.2   What was the impact of colonial rule on tribal life ?

Long Answer Type Questions

Q.1   How forest law affected the life of tribals ?

Q.7   What made tribal to work in the tea plantation and the coal mines ?

Q.6   How the tribals were forced to leave shifting cultivation ? 

Q.5   What was the dream of Birsa Munda ?

Q.4   What made tribals groups dependent on trades and moneylenders  ?

Q.3   Write the features of a tribal group which lived by hunting animals and gathering forest produce.

Q.2   Write few characteristics of the tribal societies ?

Short Answer Type Questions

Q.1   Why the Santhals and Oraons didn't like the British rule ?

Very Short Answer Type Questions

Q.1   Why people believed that Birsa was bhagwan (God) ?

Q.2   Why tribals didn't like outsider ?

Q.3   Why Birsa against missionaries and Hindu landlords ?

Q.4   In which areas shifting cultivators were
found ?

Q.5   Why the Khonds collected the seeds of the sal and mahua

Q.6   Why the Baigas were reluctant to do work for others ?

Q.7   Name a few tribal groups who lived by herding and rearing animals ?

Q.8   Why the British were uncomfortable with groups who did not have a fixed home ?

Choose The Correct Answer

Q.1   A tribal community of Bihar, Bengal and Odisha

          (A) Bhils           (B) Kols

          (C) Gonds         (D) None of these

Q.2   These migrated from Birbhum, Bankura, Hazaribagh and Rohtas to settle in Jharkhand

          (A) Santhals                   (B) Mundas

          (C) Khasis                       (D) None of these

Q.3   These were deprived of ownership of their land

          (A) Santhals     (B) Mundas

          (C) Ulgulans     (D) None of these

Q.4   In Meghalaya the revolt was led by

          (A) U Kiang

          (B) Pa Togan Sangma

          (C) Birsa Munda

          (D) None of these

Q.5   He led a tribal movement and advised people for nonviolent protest

          (A) Jatra Oraon   (B) U Kiang Nangbah

          (C) Tikendrajit (D) None of these

Q.6   We did not get any information about tribals from this source

          (A) Folklores   (B) Ballads

          (C) Excavations (D) None of these

Q.7   For whom the term 'diku' was used

          (A) Chowkidar (B) Thikanedar

          (C) Outsiders    (D) None of these

Q.8   The Santhal tribals belong to

          (A) Uttar Pradesh

          (B) Madhya Pradesh

          (C) Jharkhand

          (D) Maharashtra

Q.9   Type of cultivation in which farmer left the land after two or three years of cultivation

          (A) Shifting agriculture       

          (B) Primitive agriculture

          (C) Commercial agriculture    

          (D) None of these  

Q.10 During which period the live of tribal groups mostly changed?

          (A) Mughals    

          (B) Sultanat

          (C) After independence

          (D) British period

Q.11 Who were the followers of Birsa other than Munda tribe?

          (A) Khasi and Toda    

          (B) Santhal and Oraons

          (C) Baiga and Khond

          (D) Santhal and Khond

Q.12 Who were Khonds ?

          (A) Hunters            (B) Settled

          (C) Food gatherers (D) Jhum cultivaters

Q.13 Which tribe reared cocoons?

          (A) Kol             (B) Baiga

          (C) Khond        (D) Santhals

Q.14 Warli revolt took place in

          (A) Rajasthan    (B) Gujarat

          (C) Maharashtra (D) Tamilnadu

Q.15 Santhal revolt took place in

          (A) 1850           (B) 1855

          (C) 1852           (D) 1890

Q.16 In 1910 which tribe revolted in Central India?

          (A) Bastar         (B) Gond

          (C) Khond        (D) Munda

Q.17 Which tribe was reluctant to work for others?

          (A) Khond        (B) Munda

          (C) Baiga          (D) Kol

Q.18 Van Gujjars and Labadis were

          (A) Cattle herders        (B) settled cultivaters

          (C) Hunters                  (D) Food gatherers

Fill In The Blank

Q.1   ................. was the leader of the Kharwar movement.

Q.2   The Munda rebellion was led by .................

Q.3   Pa Togan Sangma was the leader of .................

Q.4     The revolt of Garo hills rose in the year .................

Q.5   Munda rebellion is also called ________

Q.6   The Kharwar movement rose under the leadership of .................

Match The Column

Q.1   Column-A              Column-B

          i.Khasis                       a. 1908

          ii. Mundas                    b.1874

          iii.Santhal rebellion     c.Bihar

          iv.Kharwar                   d.Meghalaya

          v. Chhota Nagpur         e.1955

             Tenancy Act.

State True Or False

Q.1   Most of the tribals live in hilly and forest areas.

Q.2   Jatra Oraon advised people to choose the path of nonviolence.

Q.3   We notice no changes in the tribal societies in the 19th century.

Q.4   Birsa Munda organised the revolts in the Chhota Nagpur region.

Q.5   The Great Tumult movement took place in Ranchi

Learn These Terms

      Adivasis : Tribal communities

      Habitats : Dwelling places

      Munda : A village headman 

What was Birsa's vision of a golden age? Why do you think such a vision appealed to the people of the region?

 What accounts for the anger of the tribals against the dikus?

How did the powers of tribal chiefs change under colonial rule?

What problems did shifting cultivators face under British rule?

State whether true or false:

(a) Jhumcultivators plough the land and sow seeds.

(b) Cocoons were bought from the Santhals and sold by the traders at five times the purchase price.

(c) Birsa urged his followers to purify themselves, give up drinking liquor and stop believing in witchcraft and sorcery.

(d) The British wanted to preserve the tribal way of life.

Fill in the blanks:

(a) The British described the tribal people as __________.

(b) The method of sowing seeds in jhum cultivation is known as ___________.

(c) The tribal chiefs got _________ titles in central India under the British land settlements.

(d) Tribals went to work in the ___________ of Assam and the __________ in Bihar.