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Social Change-Mobile and Settled communities

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

From the following list of choices, which one would be most appropriate meaning of the term Adivasis?

a)

Tribals

b)

Workers

c)

Landlords

2.

Tribe may be an example of

a)

Community

b)

Family

c)

Association

3.

Which of the following was not a characteristic of the tribal economy?

a)

Shifting cultivation

b)

Primitive farming

c)

Commercial agriculture

4.

The Vedic age started with the arrival of __ to India.

a)

Greeks

b)

Aryans

c)

British

5.

The smaller castes or sub- castes that branched within the Varna system were also knowns as?

a)

Jatis

b)

Scheduled tribes

c)

Banjaras

6.

Who are one of the most famous nomadic tribes in India?

a)

Gonds

b)

Bhils

c)

Banjaras

7.

Tribals believed in the caste system propagated by the Aryans.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

On what basis did the varna system differentiate between people?

a)

On the color of their skin

b)

On religious beliefs

c)

On property and wealth

9.

Which of the following is not a feature of tribal communities?

a)

A strong bond of kinship

b)

Equality among all members

c)

A hierarchy among people

d)

A simple lifestyle

10.

Tribal population is recognized to be the most deprived and ______section of the population.

a)

happy

b)

disadvantaged

c)

privileged