90. Which mission particularly targets development of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups?
[SSC Selection Post, 29 August 2025, Shift 2]
(A)Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan
(B)Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission
(C)Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojana
(D)National Rural Livelihoods Mission
Answer: (A) Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan
Explanation: PM-JANMAN is a targeted initiative for Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups. Its interventions address basic needs including habitation facilities, access to education, health services and livelihood opportunities. It is distinct from broad rural-development programmes addressing larger sections of the population.
89. Which state is particularly associated with the settlement of the Gond tribal community?
[RRB NTPC UG CBT-I, 9 September 2025, Shift 1]
(A)Kerala
(B)Haryana
(C)Punjab
(D)Chhattisgarh
Answer: (D) Chhattisgarh
Explanation: The Gond are a major indigenous community of central India. Chhattisgarh contains substantial Gond populations, alongside neighbouring Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Telangana and Odisha. Traditional Gond visual art and community festivals form important parts of the region’s cultural heritage.
88. Sidhu and Kanhu Murmu led which tribal uprising?
[RRB NTPC UG CBT-I, 22 August 2025, Shift 2]
(A)Koya revolts
(B)Santhal Rebellion
(C)Kol Mutiny
(D)Ho uprising
Answer: (B) Santhal Rebellion
Explanation: Sidhu and Kanhu were prominent leaders of the Santhal Hool of 1855–56. Santhal communities resisted exploitation by moneylenders, landlords and British colonial revenue authorities. The rising emerged in the Santhal Pargana region and became a landmark anti-colonial movement.
87. Why are many tribal settlements historically located in forests and remote areas?
[RRB NTPC UG CBT-I, 9 September 2025, Shift 3]
(A)They are prohibited from entering cities
(B)Forests provide natural resources and livelihoods
(C)They have easier access to modern infrastructure
(D)Government rules require all tribes to reside there
Answer: (B) Forests provide natural resources and livelihoods
Explanation: Forests have historically supplied food, fuel, medicinal plants and materials used in several tribal livelihood systems. Settlement distribution also reflects ecology, land tenure and history. However, tribal communities are diverse, and many now live in villages, towns and cities.
86. Who were the “dikus” opposed in several early tribal revolts?
[RRB NTPC Graduate CBT-I, 20 June 2025, Shift 2]
(A)Forest deities
(B)Exploitative outsiders such as moneylenders, landlords and officials
(C)Tribal priests
(D)Only European military officers
Answer: (B) Exploitative outsiders such as moneylenders, landlords and officials
Explanation: Diku commonly referred to exploitative outsiders who entered tribal regions as lenders, traders, landlords or officials. Their economic demands threatened customary land access. Resistance to diku exploitation was an important feature of several uprisings, especially those of the Santhals and Mundas.
85. In which state is the Bhil tribal population particularly numerous?
[RRB NTPC Graduate CBT-I, 21 June 2025, Shift 2]
(A)Odisha
(B)Tamil Nadu
(C)Madhya Pradesh
(D)Kerala
Answer: (C) Madhya Pradesh
Explanation: Bhil communities are especially numerous in western Madhya Pradesh and adjoining Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra. They have varied local languages and cultural traditions. The question concerns geographical concentration and should not be treated as implying that Bhils live in only one state.
84. Besides British officials, against which groups was the Santhal Revolt of 1855–56 chiefly directed?
[RRB NTPC UG CBT-I, 22 August 2025, Shift 3]
(A)Zamindars and moneylenders
(B)French traders
(C)Afghan invaders
(D)Marathas and Nawabs
Answer: (A) Zamindars and moneylenders
Explanation: Moneylenders and zamindars imposed debts, excessive demands and dispossession on Santhal cultivators. These abuses, compounded by colonial administration, precipitated the 1855–56 uprising. The movement therefore combined opposition to British power with resistance to local exploitative intermediaries.
83. The Sixth Schedule chiefly concerns tribal-area administration in which region?
[RRB NTPC Graduate CBT-I, 24 June 2025, Shift 1]
(A)North-East India
(B)Western Ghats
(C)Andaman Islands
(D)Central India
Answer: (A) North-East India
Explanation: The Sixth Schedule establishes special autonomous district and regional council arrangements in designated tribal areas of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram. It gives certain local legislative and administrative powers to councils to protect customary institutions and community interests.
82. U Tirot Sing resisted British road-building efforts in which hills?
[SSC CPO, 9 December 2025, Shift 2]
(A)Mizoram Hills
(B)Naga Hills
(C)Khasi Hills
(D)Lushai Hills
Answer: (C) Khasi Hills
Explanation: Tirot Sing was a Khasi chief who opposed British attempts to extend political and military control through road construction in the Khasi Hills. His resistance in the early nineteenth century is remembered as an important chapter of northeastern anti-colonial history.
81. What best describes the central demand of Birsa Munda’s Ulgulan movement?
[SSC CPO, 9 December 2025, Shift 1]
(A)Conversion of missionaries
(B)A separate Munda kingdom under the Crown
(C)Restoration of tribal land rights and opposition to dikus
(D)Religious reform without any challenge to British rule
Answer: (C) Restoration of tribal land rights and opposition to dikus
Explanation: Birsa Munda’s Ulgulan challenged alienation of Munda land and exploitation by colonial authorities and outsiders. It also had religious and social dimensions. Its significance lies in the combined struggle for customary rights, dignity and a different political order.
