Culture and History of Migrations to India

What has the long history of migrations to India resulted in?

• A decrease in the population diversity

• The thousands of ethnic and tribal groups that make up the population today

• A unified language across the subcontinent

• The disappearance of the Dravidian languages

Humans have lived in the Indian subcontinent for how long?

• Thousands of years

• Hundreds of years

• Hundreds of thousands of years

• Millions of years

Who were among the early arrivals that spoke languages of the Dravidian family?

• Vedic people

• Aryans

• Agriculturists

• Dravidian speakers

From which direction did Dravidian speakers move within India?

• From the southeast to the northwest

• From the northeast to the southwest

• From the northwest to the southeast

• From the southwest to the northeast

What languages did the Vedic people or the Aryans speak?

• Languages related to those spoken by peoples in Africa

• Languages related to those spoken by peoples in South America

• Languages related to those spoken by peoples in Australia

• Languages related to those spoken by peoples in Iran and Europe

Which groups of people contributed significantly to India's ethnic mix as mentioned in the text?

• Persians, Arabs, Turks, Mongols, and Afghans

• Persians, Greeks, Romans, and Egyptians

• Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, and Vietnamese

• British, French, Portuguese, and Dutch

In which century did small numbers of western Europeans begin arriving in India, according to the text?

• 14th century

• 15th century

• 16th century

• 17th century

What impact did the western Europeans have on India's ethnic composition?

• They had a significant impact

• They had a moderate impact

• They had little impact

• They completely changed India's ethnic composition

Which two linguistic groups account for the majority of languages spoken in India?

• Indo-Aryan and Sino-Tibetan

• Indo-Aryan and Dravidian

• Dravidian and Austroasiatic

• Sino-Tibetan and Austroasiatic

What is the relationship between Indo-Aryan languages and the Indo-European language family?

• Indo-Aryan languages are unrelated to the Indo-European language family.

• Indo-Aryan languages are a subgroup of the Sino-Tibetan language family.

• Indo-Aryan languages are a subgroup of the Indo-European language family.

• Indo-Aryan languages are a subgroup of the Dravidian language family.