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What does being marginalised mean?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these can lead a community to feel marginalised?Read the answer and worked solution →Roughly what share of India's population is Adivasi?Read the answer and worked solution →Roughly how many different Adivasi groups exist in India?Read the answer and worked solution →Which state is home to more than 60 different tribal groups?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these industrial centres is located in an Adivasi area?Read the answer and worked solution →Adivasi societies differ from caste-based societies in which way?Read the answer and worked solution →Adivasi belief systems often involve worship of whom?Read the answer and worked solution →Where are Adivasi village spirits usually worshipped?Read the answer and worked solution →How are Adivasis typically shown in school functions and films?Read the answer and worked solution →Showing Adivasis only in costume and dance leads people to wrongly think of them as what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which official term does the Indian government use for Adivasis?Read the answer and worked solution →Scheduled Tribes are often grouped with which other category in official use?Read the answer and worked solution →Which animal was the mainstay of imperial armies and came from forests?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these forest products is named as coming from forests?Read the answer and worked solution →Adivasi labour made which Indian industry possible in Assam?Read the answer and worked solution →From which decade did large numbers of Adivasis from Jharkhand move to plantations?Read the answer and worked solution →About how many Adivasis live in Assam alone today?Read the answer and worked solution →Niyamgiri is the sacred mountain of which Adivasi community?Read the answer and worked solution →Around how many plant species do Adivasis use?Read the answer and worked solution →By losing rights over forest lands, Adivasis risk losing what knowledge?Read the answer and worked solution →Official figures say what share of people displaced by mining projects are tribals?Read the answer and worked solution →When Adivasis stay on land made into a national park, how are they termed?Read the answer and worked solution →Why does the Constitution provide safeguards for minorities?Read the answer and worked solution →Who can approach the courts if their Fundamental Rights are violated?Read the answer and worked solution →Under Article 17, what can no one do to Dalits?Read the answer and worked solution →What do cultural rights aim to ensure for minority groups?Read the answer and worked solution →Governments provide free or subsidised hostels for which students?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the main argument behind the reservation policy?Read the answer and worked solution →What proof must applicants furnish to use reservation benefits?Read the answer and worked solution →

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What does being marginalised mean?

  1. Being placed in charge of all resources
  2. Being given the main say in decisions
  3. Being protected from every economic risk
  4. Being pushed to the sides, away from the centre
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Correct answer: D. Being pushed to the sides, away from the centre

To be marginalised is to be forced to occupy the sides or fringes and not be at the centre of things.

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Which of these can lead a community to feel marginalised?

  1. Owning large stretches of land
  2. Holding strong political power
  3. Following different local customs
  4. Being better educated than most
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Correct answer: C. Following different local customs

Communities may be excluded because they speak a different language, follow different customs or belong to a different religion from the majority.

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Roughly what share of India's population is Adivasi?

  1. About 2 per cent
  2. About 35 per cent
  3. About 20 per cent
  4. About 8 per cent
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Correct answer: D. About 8 per cent

Around 8 per cent of the population of India is Adivasi.

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