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 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 8 History Chapter 4 Tribals, Dikus And The Vision Of A Golden Age Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. State whether true or false:-* The British wanted to preserve the tribal way of life. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 2. Who were considered as Dikus? A) The Tribals. B) The Farmers. C) The Brahmans. D) The Britishers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Britishers. 3. Santhals tribe rose in revolt in the year A) 1900. B) 1920. C) 1930. D) 1855. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1855. 4. What was one long-term impact of the Birsa Munda movement? A) Complete independence for tribal areas. B) Introduction of laws to protect tribal land. C) Removal of all British influence. D) Establishment of a separate Munda state. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Introduction of laws to protect tribal land. 5. A LARGE NUMBER OF TRIBALS WERE RECRUITED TO WORK IN TEA PLANTATIONS OF ..... A) ASSAM. B) JHARKHAND. C) MANPUR. D) WEST BENGAL. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ASSAM. 6. In this cultivation, the cultivators clear off a patch of land, burn the vegetation and spread the ash received from fire. Ash contains potash to fertile the soil. Then they prepare the soil for cultivation. They scatter the seeds on fields. Once the crop is ready, they move to another land. A) Plantation. B) Terrace farming. C) Jhum Cultivation. D) Fallow land. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jhum Cultivation. 7. What are worshippers of Vishnu called A) Vaishnav. B) Kols. C) Vishnu bhakt. D) Birsa. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vaishnav. 8. What was the attitude of the British towards hunter-gatherer tribes? A) Considered them civilized. B) Viewed them as wild and savage. C) Encouraged their lifestyle. D) Were indifferent to their practices. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Viewed them as wild and savage. 9. Settled Cultivation refers to: A) Cultivating the field at one place and at different place next year. B) Cultivating the fields in one place, instead of moving from place to place. C) Doing Jhum Cultivation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cultivating the fields in one place, instead of moving from place to place. 10. What year marks the beginning of the Munda uprisings that influenced Birsa Munda? A) 1855. B) 1895. C) 1831. D) 1900. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1855. 11. From which of the following tribal class Birsa belongs to? A) Santhals. B) Khonds. C) Munda. D) Oraons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Munda. 12. Shifting cultivators were found in the ..... and forested tracts of north-east and central India. A) Prairie. B) Plane. C) Hilly. D) Flat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hilly. 13. When did the Santhals rise in revolt? A) 1831. B) 1930. C) 1855. D) 1906. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1855. 14. What is jhum cultivation A) Shifting cultivation. B) Herding cultivation. C) Rice cultivation. D) Wheat cultivation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shifting cultivation. 15. ..... tribe practised settled agriculture. A) Khonds. B) Santhals. C) Labadis of Andhra Pradesh. D) Mundas of chottanagpur Plateau. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mundas of chottanagpur Plateau. 16. The Warli Revolt took placed in ..... A) Bihar. B) Maharashtra. C) Punjab. D) Jharkhand. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Maharashtra. 17. TRIBE WENT TO WORK IN THE ..... OF ASSAM AND THE ..... IN BIHAR . A) TEA PLANTATION COAL MINES. B) THE TRIBE WAY OF LIFE. C) WORSHIP LORD VISHNU. D) HUNTERS AND FOOD GATHERERS. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TEA PLANTATION COAL MINES. 18. The Political aim of the Birsa Movement was A) To drive out missionaries, moneylenders, Hindu landlords and the government. B) Set up a Mundu Raj with Birsa at its head. C) To make a profit by bribery from tribals. D) Both A and B. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both A and B. 19. JHUM CULTIVATORS PLOUGH THE LAND AND SOW SEEDS . A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) BLANK. D) NONE OF THESE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 20. What was the purpose of establishing forest villages by the British? A) To encourage wildlife conservation. B) To promote education among tribals. C) To ensure a regular supply of cheap labor. D) To protect tribal culture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To ensure a regular supply of cheap labor. 21. What was Birsa Munda's vision for his people? A) To embrace British rule. B) To return to a golden age free from outsiders. C) To convert all tribals to Christianity. D) To become wealthy through trade. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To return to a golden age free from outsiders. 22. ..... MADE SOME LAWS AND STARTED TO INTERFERE IN THE INTERNAL MATTERS OF THE TRIBE . A) INDIAN RULERS. B) LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. C) BRITISH. D) NONE OF THESE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) BRITISH. 23. Many Tribal Groups saw the Market and the Traders as their main friends. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 24. The Forest Sathyagraha rose in the Central Provinces in the year A) 1930. B) 1920. C) 1910. D) 1940. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1930. 25. The Khonds belonged to A) Gujarat. B) Jharkhand. C) Odisha. D) Punjab. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Odisha. 26. Birsa was arrested in 1895. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 27. The British were uncomfortable with A) Jhum cultivators. B) Settled agriculturists. C) Peasants. D) Tribal chiefs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jhum cultivators. 28. What was the significance of the white flag in Birsa Munda's movement? A) Symbol of British rule. B) Symbol of peace. C) Symbol of tribal unity. D) Symbol of Birsa Raj. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Symbol of Birsa Raj. 29. What is the meaning of sal A) Tree. B) Tribal. C) Fallow. D) Foreigners. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tree. 30. Which of the following is NOT true about Baiga tribe? A) They live in Central India. B) They were the best hunters. C) They shifted to new bewars in Magh. D) Jeth was the time for marriages and celebrations. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jeth was the time for marriages and celebrations. 31. BIRSA MUNDA DIED DUE TO ..... DISEASE . A) TUBERCULOSIS. B) CHOLERA. C) PLAGUE. D) FEVER. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) CHOLERA. 32. How did British land settlements affect tribal communities? A) Improved their economic condition. B) Led to loss of traditional land rights. C) Had no impact on tribal land use. D) Increased tribal autonomy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Led to loss of traditional land rights. 33. In what year did the Bastar Rebellion occur? A) 1930. B) 1900. C) 1910. D) 1940. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1910. 34. How did the concept of land ownership change under British rule for many tribal communities? A) It remained unchanged. B) Land became individual property. C) All land became state property. D) Tribal chiefs gained ownership of all land. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Land became individual property. 35. The revolt of Songram Sangma rose in the year 1906 in A) Assam. B) Madhya Pradesh. C) Odisha. D) Bengal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assam. 36. When did British arrest Birsa? A) 1885. B) 1895. C) 1865. D) 1875. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1895. 37. BRISA MUNDA WAS ARRESTED IN ..... A) 1998. B) 1895. C) 1890. D) 1888. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1895. 38. What aspect of Birsa Munda's movement worried British officials the most? A) His promotion of traditional culture. B) His agricultural reforms. C) His political aim to establish Munda Raj. D) His religious teachings. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) His political aim to establish Munda Raj. 39. State whether true or false:-* Birsa urged his followers to purify themselves, give up drinking liquor and stop believing in witchcraft and sorcery. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 40. What year did the British introduce the practice of giving jhum cultivators small patches of land? A) 1920. B) 1910. C) 1900. D) 1890. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1900. 41. Birsa movement took place in A) 1890. B) 1990. C) 1897. D) 1895. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1895. 42. Which of the following is not true about Mundas way of life? (Golden age) A) They constructed embankments. B) They kiiled their own people. C) They tapped natural springs. D) They planted trees and orchards. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They kiiled their own people. 43. Where is Dongria Kandha tribe situated A) Jharkhand. B) Uttarakhand. C) Kerala. D) Orissa. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Orissa. 44. The British described the tribal people as diku. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 45. Jhum cultivation is practised these days in: A) Western States of India. B) Northern states of India. C) Eastern states of India. D) Southern states of India. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eastern states of India. 46. Exchange of goods in return of goods is known as: A) Money system. B) Barter system. C) Supermarket. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Barter system. 47. TRIBE SOCIETY IS A SOCIETY WHICH LIVES AWAY FROM OUR CIVILISATION IN ..... VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS . A) VILLAGES. B) FORESTS. C) CITIES. D) TOWNS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FORESTS. 48. The Santhals of Hazaribagh reared ..... A) Indigo. B) Sheep. C) Cattles. D) Cocoons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cocoons. 49. How did British forest laws affect tribal people? A) Encouraged free movement in forests. B) Restricted access and traditional practices. C) Provided more land for cultivation. D) Had no significant impact. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Restricted access and traditional practices. 50. Many tribal groups preferred to settle down instead of moving from one place to another. They began to use plough and gradually got rights over the land they lived on. Very often, some people acquired more power than others; some became chiefs and others became followers. What did the British officials learn about these settled tribal groups? A) They were wild and savage. B) They were very civilized. C) They were obese (very fat). D) They were unskilled. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They were very civilized. 51. The Khonds lived in A) Bihar. B) Odisha. C) Karnataka. D) Madhya Pradesh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Odisha. 52. In many regions Forest Department set up forest villages to ensure A) A regular supply of cheap labour. B) A regular supply of forest produce. C) A regular supply of agricultural produce. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A regular supply of cheap labour. 53. What type of lives did the herders live? A) Sophisticated. B) Settled. C) Nomadic. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nomadic. 54. Bakkarwalas of Kashmir are shepherds. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 55. The horizontal planks of wood on which railway lines are laid A) Car chair. B) Nishi. C) Sleeper. D) Compartment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sleeper. 56. When was Birsa first arrested by the British officials? A) 1905. B) 1890. C) 1888. D) 1895. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1895. 57. Which ethnic community lives such a life in the forests in and around Odisha? A) The Chenchu. B) The Gonds. C) The Pastoralists. D) The Khonds. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Khonds. 58. What year did the British officials begin to introduce laws to protect tribal lands? A) 1895. B) 1906. C) 1900. D) 1910. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1900. 59. Which one of the following not related to Birsa's vision of a golden age? A) Birsa's movement was aimed at reforming the tribal society. And recover their glorious past. B) He urged to his followers to give up drinking liquor, clean their villages. C) They all lived honestly and peacefully. D) Birsa wanted to his follt to work for Britishers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Birsa wanted to his follt to work for Britishers. 60. What was the impact of traders and moneylenders on tribal life? A) Improved tribal economy. B) Led to debt and poverty. C) Had no significant impact. D) Encouraged tribal independence. 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