Question

The term Scheduled Tribes is used for _____.

• A. Rich people
• B. Adivasis
• C. People below poverty line
• D. All of these

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

Adivasis

Scheduled tribes are indigenous people officially regarded as socially disadvantaged. The term Scheduled Tribes first appeared in the Constitution of India. Article 366 (25) defined scheduled tribes as "such tribes or tribal communities or parts of or groups within such tribes or tribal communities as are deemed under Article 342 to be Scheduled Tribes for the purposes of this constitution".