Class 8 Social Science History MCQ Tribals, Dikus and the Vision of a Golden Age

Question :The local weavers and leather workers turned to ………………… for supplies of Kusum and Palash flowers.

(a) Santhals
(b) Mundas
(c) Khonds
(d) Labadis

Question :The Bastar Rebellion in Central India broke out in

(a) 1900
(b) 1910
(c) 1920
(d) 1940

Question :Which revolt was popular in Maharashtra in 1940?

(a) The Kols
(b) The Bastar
(c) The Warli
(d) Birsa movement

Question :The Khonds lived in

(a) Karnataka
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Bihar
(d) Odisha

Question :What type of lives did the herders live?

(a) Sophisticated
(b) Settled
(c) Nomadic
(d) None of these

Question :____________________. tribe practised settled agriculture.

(a) Khonds
(b) Santhals
(c) Labadis of Andhra Pradesh
(d) Mundas of Chottanagpur Plateau

Question :Jhum cultivation is practised these days in

(a) eastern states of India
(b) western states of India
(c) northern states of India
(d) southern states of India

Question :Santhals tribe rose in revolt in the year

(a) 1900
(b) 1855
(c) 1920
(d) 1930

Question :In many regions Forest Department set up forest villages to ensure

(a) a regular supply of cheap labour
(b) a regular supply of forest produce
(c) a regular supply of agricultural produce
(d) none of the above

Question :The revolt of Songram Sangma rose in the year 1906 in

(a) Bengal
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Assam
(d) Odisha

Question :The forest Satyagraha rose in the central provinces in

(a) 1910
(b) 1920
(c) 1930
(d) 1940

Question :Birsa spent time in the company of ____________________. preachers.

(a) Buddha
(b) Vaishnav
(c) Sikhs
(d) None of these

Question : The tribals who reared goats and from Kashmir:

(a) Gaddis
(b) Van Gujjars
(c) Baigas
(d) Bakarwals

Question :Why did the British consider the Chhota Nagpur belt vital?

(a) This region had rich minerals and also dense teak and sal forests
(b) This region was an important place for the British to sell their produce .
(c) This region had a lot of adivasis who could work for the British
(d) This region had many big buildings

Question :The Bastar Rebellion in Central India broke out in

(a) 1900
(b) 1910
(c) 1920
(d) 1940

Question :The Santhal tribals belong to-

(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Jharkhand
(d) Maharashtra

Question :Britishers were referred as _ by tribals.

(a) killers
(b) devta
(c) Dikus
(d) Raja

Question :The man seen roaming the forests and villages of Chottanagpur in Jharkhand in 1895 was:

(a) Birsa
(b) Dikus
(c) Santhal
(d) Chiefs

Question :What does the word dikus refer to in the Chhota Nagpur region?

(a) Natives
(b) Outsiders
(c) Citizens
(d) Communities

Question :The Khonds lived in

(a) Karnataka
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Bihar
(d) Odisha

Question :During which period the live of tribal groups mostly changed?

(a) Mughals
(b) Sultanate
(c) After Independence
(d) British period

Question :To colour their clothes, tribals use the flowers of

(a) mango
(b) kusum
(c) lotus
(d) rose

Question :The cultivators who practised shifting cultivation were:

(a) Khonds
(b) Khanda
(c) Jhum
(d) Mundas

Question :According to the list given below, who were the Van Gujjars of the Punjab hills?

(a) Reared only goats
(b) Cattle herders
(c) Village heads
(d) Money lenders

Question :Jhum cultivation is practised these days in

(a) eastern states of India
(b) western states of India
(c) northern states of India
(d) southern states of India

Question :Who were Khonds?

(a) Hunters
(b) Settled
(c) Food gatherers
(d) Jhum cultivators

Question :Oran tribe is based in

(a) Kerala
(b) Jharkhand
(c) Tamilnadu
(d) Punjab

Question :Who was Baigas from central India?

(a) Were reluctant to work for others
(b) Considered themselves as the people of the forest
(c) Was below their dignity to work as labor
(d) All of them

Question :From the seeds of Sal and Mahua, the tribal extract oil to cook. What exactly is Mahua ?

(a) Root of a tree
(b) A flower that is eaten or used to make alcohol
(c) Stem of a tree
(d) Leaves of a tree