Tribals, Dikus and the Vision of a Golden Age quiz

Birsa Munda belonged to the region of:

The word diku refers to:

Birsa Munda died in jail in:

The Khonds of Orissa were mainly:

The Gaddis of Kulu were:

Shifting cultivation is also known as:

The Santhal uprising took place in:

Which law was passed in 1908 after Birsa's movement?

The Bastar rebellion occurred in:

Which group of central India was reluctant to do work for others?

How did jhum cultivators prepare their fields? (2 marks)

Why did the British want jhum cultivators to settle down? (2 marks)

How did the powers of tribal chiefs change under British rule? (2 marks)

Why did tribal people dislike traders and moneylenders? (2 marks)

Why did Birsa oppose the missionaries? (2 marks)

What was the role of forests in the life of tribal people? (2 marks)

Why were tribal people recruited to work in tea plantations and coal mines? (2 marks)

What did Birsa urge the Mundas to give up? (2 marks)

What symbols did Birsa's followers use to show their resistance? (2 marks)

Why did the British fear Birsa's movement? (2 marks)

The Kol rebellion began in 1831 and the Santhal uprising in 1855. How many years apart were they? How many years after the Santhal uprising did the Bastar rebellion take place? (3 marks)

A tea plantation in Assam recruited 500 tribal workers. 30% fell ill in the first year, and one-third of those who fell ill could not return home. How many fell ill and how many could not return? (3 marks)

A forest of 2,000 square km was declared reserved. Tribal people were allowed to use only 15% of it. How much forest land could they use? How much was closed to them? (3 marks)

Arrange in order: Birsa Munda born, Birsa starts movement, Birsa released from jail, Birsa dies, Chhotanagpur Tenancy Act. Write the year of each. (3 marks)

A Baiga family collected 40 kg of forest produce a month and sold it to a trader for Rs 1 per kg. The trader sold it in the town for Rs 3 per kg. Find the trader's profit in a month. What does this show about tribal dependence on traders? (3 marks)

Read the passage and answer the questions. In 1895, Birsa urged his followers to recover their glorious past. He spoke of a golden age when Mundas lived a good life, built embankments, tapped natural springs, planted trees and orchards and did not kill. (i) What did Birsa mean by the golden age? (ii) Why did this vision appeal to the Mundas? (iii) Whom did his movement want to drive out? (5 marks)

Read the passage and answer the questions. The British declared some forests as state property and called them reserved forests. Tribals could not cut trees, practise jhum or graze cattle there. Later, the British gave small patches of land in forests to some tribals on the condition that they provide labour to the forest department. (i) Why did the British create reserved forests? (ii) Why did they later give land to some tribals? (iii) How did tribals react to the forest laws? (5 marks)

Read the passage and answer the questions. Tribal groups were recruited in large numbers to work in tea plantations in Assam. They were paid very low wages and were not allowed to return home easily. (i) Why did tribals agree to go to plantations? (ii) Describe their working conditions. (iii) How did this affect tribal society? (5 marks)

Read the passage and answer the questions. The Mundas had long practised the khuntkatti system, in which land was held jointly by the clan. Under British rule, outsiders acquired their land, and the Mundas became labourers. (i) What was the khuntkatti system? (ii) Why did the British land policies destroy it? (iii) What did the Chhotanagpur Tenancy Act try to do? (5 marks)

Read the passage and answer the questions. In 1900, Birsa died of cholera in jail and his movement faded. Yet today his birth anniversary, 15 November, is observed as Janjatiya Gaurav Divas. (i) Why is Birsa still remembered? (ii) What did his movement show about tribal people? (iii) How did it force the British to change laws? (5 marks)

On an outline map of India, mark the regions of five tribal groups and their occupations. Explain the different ways in which tribal groups lived in the 19th century. (6 marks)

Draw a flowchart showing how British policies on land, forests and trade affected tribal people. Explain each policy. (6 marks)

Draw a timeline of tribal revolts from 1831 to 1940. Explain the causes of any two of them. (6 marks)

Draw a flowchart of the life of Birsa Munda and his movement from his birth to the 1908 Act. Explain the significance of his movement. (6 marks)

Draw a chart comparing the life of tribal people before and after British rule in terms of land, forests, chiefs and work. Explain the changes. (6 marks)