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प्रश्न
How have tribes been classified in India?
उत्तर
Tribes have been classified according to their permanent and acquired traits. Classification of Tribal societies: • Permanent traits • Acquired traits
Permanent traits are language, region, physical characteristics and ecological habitat.
Classification on the basis of size:
In terms of size, tribals range between seven million to less than 100 person (In Andaman Nicobar Islands). The biggest tribes are the Gonds, Bhils, Santhals, Oraons, Minas, Bodos, and Mundas each at least a million people. The tribals in India shared 8.2% of total population i.e. 85 million people according to 2001 census.
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What evidence would you offer against the view that ‘tribes are primitive communities living isolated lives untouched by civilisation’?
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What were the impact of tribal movements?
- Emergence of middle class from Tribal groups.
- Emergence of Identity assertion.
- Achievement of statehood for Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh.
- Conversion to other religions.
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Khasi tribes don't fit along one of the following statement?
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The National Planning Commission was set up in ______
Assertion(A): Tribes are pristine societies uncontaminated by civilisation.
Reason(R): Tribes should really be seen as “secondary” phenomena arising out of the exploitative and colonialist contact between pre-existing states and non-state groups like the tribals.
In the context of identities, why did tribal societies get more and more differentiated?
In terms of positive characteristics, tribes have been classified according to their 'permanent' and' acquired, traits. Which one of the following is a permanent trait?
Assertion (A): By the 1970s all the major definitions of tribe were shown to be faulty.
Reason (R): It was pointed out that the tribe-peasantry distinctions did not hold in terms of any of the commonly advanced criteria: size, isolation, religion and means of livelihood.
