Tribes

Q. What is Anthropology?

1. A study about human bones
2. A study about different ecosystems
3. A study about humans and human behaviour
4. A study about the sport of cricket

Q. Name the anthropologist who studied the tribes in Andhra Pradesh in the 1940s?

1. Furer Haimendorf
2. Margaret Mead
3. Claud Levi Strauss
4. Marvin Harris

Q. Choose the common characteristics among the different tribes.

1. They believe in having different ancestors for each family.
2. All the resources belong to the entire tribe and not to individuals or individual families.
3. The rich members of the tribe dominate tribal affairs.
4. Land division depends on the size of the family.

Q. On what basis can communities be called a tribe?

1. All its members consider themselves as descendants of a common ancestor.
2. The resources of the community are shared and distributed equally.
3. The community land is equally divided among all the members.
4. Each and every member in the society has his/her own land.

Q. Scholars who study about tribal people are called ?

1. Ornithologist
2. Anthropologist
3. Ophthalmologist
4. Oncologist

Q. Gonds live in which district of Andhra Pradesh

1. Nizamabad
2. Karimnagar
3. Medak
4. Adilabad

Q. Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf wrote the book __________ .

1. Reddys of Adilabad
2. Chenchus of Adilabad
3. Raj Gonds of Adilabad
4. Sarvas of Adilabad

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What Term Is Used for Grouping of Small Land Holdings With Bigger Ones

Q. This tribe lives in Andhra Pradesh. Which of the following could we be referring to?

1. Yanadis
2. Kurumbas
3. Gurung
4. Toda

Q. Haimendorf was an anthropologist who wrote books and papers on the tribal people of Andhra Pradesh. How do you think he got to know about the life of tribal people mainly?

1. By watching videos about them.
2. By reading books on them.
3. By asking people about them.
4. By living with them.

Q. Which among the following is a tribe in Andhra Pradesh?

1. Chenchus
2. Kadars
3. Limbu
4. Paniyan

Q. Which among the following is not a tribal group studied by Furer Haimendorf ?

1. Kadars
2. Konda Reddys
3. Gonds
4. Chenchus

Q. Which of the following is not a tribal society in Andhra Pradesh?

1. Kadars
2. Chenchus
3. Gonds
4. Yanadis

Q. Why do you think Panch and Patla are possible only within a tribe ? Why it is not possible in societies with people from different communities?

Q. Furer Haimendorf's book was based on which tribe ?

1. Gonds
2. Chenchus
3. Yanadis
4. Bobo Gadaba

Q. What leads to the conclusion that there is no sharp difference between rich or poor in the tribe?

1. Final decisions taken by the Gond Panch.
2. Precence of only adult male households in the Panch.
3. Belief of having a common ancestor.
4. Division of land on the basis of family size.

Q. Khammam district is famous for which tribal society?

1. Chenchus
2. Gonds
3. Konda Reddys
4. Yanadis

Q. In which year did Furer Haimendorf come to Andhra Pradesh, to study about the Gond tribe?

1. 1920s
2. 1940s
3. 1930s
4. 1950s

Q. Collect information about the relationship between Furor Haimendorf and Tribes.

Q. Who owns the tribal land in the village?

1. Panch
2. Patla
3. Village headman
4. All members of the tribe

Q. Which of the following best describes the arrangement in which the son/daughter gets the father/mother's title or property automatically after their death.

1. Hereditary
2. Mandatory
3. Compulsory
4. None of the above

Q. How much land can a tribe member keep with him ?

1. One acre
2. Ten acres
3. No restriction on the amount of land
4. Any quantity of land that can be tilled by him

Q. State the name(s) of communities that have inhabited the Gond tribe's villages?

1. Marathas
2. Telugus
3. Punjabis
4. Tamilians

Q. Why do you think Panch and Patla are possible only within a tribe? Why it is not possible in societies with people from different communities?

Q. As an assignment, Chethan had got the task to list out few tribes in Andhra Pradesh. After completion, his teacher told him that he has listed out one wrong tribe that is not indigenous to Andhra Pradesh. Which among the following is the wrong one?

1. Chenchus
2. Savaras
3. Nagas
4. Gonds

Q. Which of the following tribes' villages were inhabited by other communities like the Marathas and Telugus?

1. Chenchus
2. Gonds
3. Yanadis
4. Savaras

Q. Abid likes learning about primitive humans and has joined the profession where he has to travel and study about various tribes and document his observation. What is his profession called?

1. Botanist
2. Scientist
3. Zoologist
4. Anthropologists

Q. Which of the following are the duties of families in a tribe?

1. Cultivation
2. Making cloth
3. Grazing animals
4. Documentation

Q. Men have power when compared to the women in most tribes.

1. very less
2. equal
3. less
4. more

Q. Around which period were the Gond tribe's villages inhabited by other communities like the Telugus and the Marathas?

1. 1930s to 1940s
2. 1940s to 1950s
3. 1950s to 1960s
4. 1960s to 1970s