This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 8 > History > Social Science > Class 8 History Chapter 4 Tribals, Dikus And The Vision Of A Golden Age – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 8 History Chapter 4 Tribals, Dikus And The Vision Of A Golden Age Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Traders, money lenders, missionaries, landlords and British were outsiders who were referred to as ..... A) Dikus. B) Baigas. C) Zamindar. D) Tribals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dikus. 2. State whether true or false:-* The tribal chiefs lost their authority under British rule. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. What year did Birsa Munda die? A) 1900. B) 1895. C) 1906. D) 1907. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1900. 4. From the late nineteenth century, tea plantations started coming up and ..... become an important industry. A) Mining. B) Automobile. C) Textile. D) Agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mining. 5. How did many tribal groups react to colonial forest laws? A) Immediate compliance. B) Peaceful acceptance. C) Disobedience and rebellion. D) Migration to cities. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Disobedience and rebellion. 6. Birsa was born in a family of Santhal. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 7. Jhum Cultivation is also known as: A) Mixed Cultivation. B) Crop Cultivation. C) Slash and Burn Cultivation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Slash and Burn Cultivation. 8. In which year did the Santhals rise in revolt A) 1831. B) 1910. C) 1855. D) 1832. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1855. 9. State whether true or false:-* Jhum Cultivators plough the land and sow seeds. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 10. What is the meaning of the word Dikus A) Foreigners. B) Townfolk. C) Children. D) God. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foreigners. 11. Birsa himself declared that God had appointed him to rule his people. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. Where was Birsa Munda from? A) Bihar. B) Gujarat. C) Andhra Pradesh. D) Rajasthan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bihar. 13. Birsa was born in a family of ..... , a tribal group that lived in Chhottanagpur. A) Bhils. B) Gaddis. C) Khonds. D) Mundas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mundas. 14. THE BRITISH DESCRIBED THE TRIBE PEOPLE AS ..... A) WILD AND SAVAGE. B) LAND. C) SOIL. D) FOREST. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) WILD AND SAVAGE. 15. What was the British attitude towards shifting cultivators? A) Encouraged the practice. B) Wanted them to become settled cultivators. C) Were indifferent to their lifestyle. D) Provided them with more forest land. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wanted them to become settled cultivators. 16. How did the role of tribal chiefs change under British rule? A) They lost administrative authority. B) Their status remained unchanged. C) They were completely removed from power. D) They gained more power. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They lost administrative authority. 17. Kusum and Palash flowers were used to ..... A) Prepare medicines. B) Make garlands. C) Colour clothes and leather. D) Prepare hair oil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Colour clothes and leather. 18. THE TRIBE CHIEFS GOT ..... TITLES IN CENTRAL INDIA UNDER T6HE BRITISH LAND SETTLEMENTS . A) LAND. B) SOIL. C) WILD. D) SEEDS. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) LAND. 19. Which one of following not a tribal community? A) Munda. B) Gaddis. C) Khond. D) Dikus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dikus. 20. When did the forest satyagraha take place? A) 1930. B) 1940. C) 1950. D) 1900. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1930. 21. Which of the following tribal group is famous in Kashmir? A) Labadis. B) Bakarwals. C) Gaddis. D) Gujjars. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bakarwals. 22. The man named ..... was seen roaming the forests and villages of chottanagpur in Jarkhand. A) Birsa. B) Mundas. C) Dikus. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Birsa. 23. BIRSA MUNDA WAS RELEASED IN ..... A) 1896. B) 1897. C) 1898. D) 1899. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1897. 24. In which century did tribal people in India begin to engage in various activities such as jhum cultivation? A) 20th century. B) 21st century. C) 18th century. D) 19th century. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 19th century. 25. What was the impact of the rebellion led by Birsa? A) The tribals lost their lands. B) The British evacuated the tribals from the forest areas. C) British changed the law in favour of the tribals. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) British changed the law in favour of the tribals. 26. According to the new forest laws forests of India were declared as the property of A) Tribal chiefs. B) Government. C) Both. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Government. 27. When did the British classify certain forests as Reserved Forests? A) 1850. B) 1875. C) 1885. D) 1865. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1865. 28. In what year did the British introduce land settlements affecting tribal groups? A) 1860. B) 1855. C) 1870. D) 1880. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1860. 29. Khonds use to live in the forest of A) Bengal. B) Jharkhand. C) Chottanagpur. D) Orissa. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Orissa. 30. What was the main goal of the British forest policy? A) Protect tribal rights. B) Preserve wildlife. C) Control and exploit forest resources. D) Promote tribal culture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Control and exploit forest resources. 31. How did Birsa Munda's early life experiences influence his later movement? A) They made him pro-British. B) They shaped his vision of social and religious reform. C) They had no impact on his ideas. D) They turned him against all forms of religion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They shaped his vision of social and religious reform. 32. The forest Satyagraha rose in the central provinces in A) 1920. B) 1940. C) 1930. D) 1910. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1930. 33. Which of the following tribal group used to live in Central India? A) Santhals. B) Gujjars. C) Baigas. D) Khonds. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Baigas. 34. Which of the following was NOT a tribal group mentioned in the text? A) Mundas. B) Bengalis. C) Santhals. D) Oraons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bengalis. 35. The tribal group didn't like to do Labour work: A) Khonds. B) Khasi. C) Baiga. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Baiga. 36. How did the silk trade affect the Santhals? A) It improved their relationship with the British. B) It had no impact on their lives. C) It made them wealthy. D) It led to their exploitation by middlemen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It led to their exploitation by middlemen. 37. The forest Satyagraha rose in the central provinces inn A) 1930. B) 1920. C) 1910. D) 1940. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1930. 38. Birsa spent time in the company of ..... preachers. A) Buddha. B) Vaishnav. C) Sikhs. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vaishnav. 39. The Baster Rebellion in Central India broke out in: A) 1900. B) 1920. C) 1940. D) 1910. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1910. 40. ..... , in present-day Jharkhand, was an area where the Santhals reared Cocoons. A) Gaya. B) Hazaribagh. C) Burdwan. D) Varnasi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hazaribagh. 41. At times tribal groups exchanged goods, getting what they needed in return for their valuable forest produce. But a time came when supplies of their forest produce shrank, and more and more tribal people began to move out of and away from the forests in search of work. However, one of those groups from central India remained in the forest, and did not emigrate. Who were they? A) The Khonds. B) The Gonds. C) The Baigas. D) The Santhals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Baigas. 42. Many tribal groups known as ..... lived by herding and rearing animals, and moved with their herds of cattle according to the seasons. A) The Mundas. B) The Khonds. C) Pastoralists. D) The Gonds. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pastoralists. 43. In which year did Birsa Munda urge his followers to recover their glorious past? A) 1906. B) 1895. C) 1897. D) 1900. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1895. 44. In which year did the revolt of Songram Sangma occur? A) 1906. B) 1910. C) 1930. D) 1940. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1906. 45. Tribals used to practice A) Mixed Cultivation. B) Shifting cultivation. C) Modern Cultivation. D) Organic Cultivation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shifting cultivation. 46. The Bastar Rebellion in Central India broke out in A) 1910. B) 1940. C) 1920. D) 1900. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1910. 47. The local weavers and leather workers turned to ..... for supplies of Kusum and Palash flowers. A) Mundas. B) Santhals. C) Labadis. D) Khonds. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Khonds. 48. What significant event took place in 1940 related to tribal groups? A) Bastar Rebellion. B) Birsa Munda's Movement. C) Warli Revolt. D) Kols Rebellion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Warli Revolt. 49. What year did the Kols rebel against colonial rule? A) 1940. B) 1900. C) 1855. D) 1831. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1831. 50. In what year did the Baigas of central India express their reluctance to work for others? A) 1831. B) 1855. C) 1940. D) 1900. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1900. 51. Which revolt was popular in Maharashtra in 1940? A) The Kols. B) The Bastar. C) Birsa movement. D) The Warli. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Warli. 52. How did Birsa Munda's followers express their resistance? A) Through peaceful protests. B) By attacking symbols of diku and European power. C) By embracing British education. D) Through diplomatic negotiations. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By attacking symbols of diku and European power. 53. What was jhum cultivation? A) Permanent farming. B) Shifting cultivation. C) Hunting and gathering. D) Animal herding. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shifting cultivation. 54. State whether true or false:-* Cocoons were bought from the Santhals and sold by the traders at five times the purchase price. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 55. What were the tribals not allowed to do in such reserved forests? A) Practise jhum cultivation. B) Move freely. C) Collect fruits and hunt animals. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 56. Birsa died in 1900. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 57. A tribals community of Central India who were reluctant to work for others. A) Mundas. B) Khonds. C) Van Gujjars. D) Baigas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Baigas. 58. When did the British officials first see settled tribal groups as more civilized? A) 1880. B) 1860. C) 1850. D) 1870. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1860. 59. What is the definition of Bewar A) A term used in Madhya Pradesh for shifting cultivation. B) A term used in Uttarakhand for river and wheat cultivation. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A term used in Madhya Pradesh for shifting cultivation. 60. What is being referred to as Golden age? A) When they will be educated. B) Old traditional way of life of tribals. C) A time when they don't have to work. D) When tribals would become the king. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Old traditional way of life of tribals. 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