Tribes and human geography — UPSC Prelims PYQs
6 questions in this bank come from Tribes and human geography, spanning UPSC Prelims papers from 2011 to 2020. Every question here carries all four options, the correct answer and a full explanation.
It has appeared in 5 of the last 16 papers, most heavily in 2011 with 2 questions. That makes it an occasional area rather than a fixture.
The themes examined most often within it are Geography of Indian States (4), Tribal Social Structures and Influences (2), Forests in Indian Geography (1), Protected Areas in India (1) and Reforms and Revolts in Early Nationalism (1). Those counts are of questions in which the theme is examined, not merely mentioned.
Questions here are spread across Geography (4), Environment & Ecology (1) and History (1). Between them they draw on 8 distinct themes, so this is a broader area than a single revision note can cover. That is 0.4% of the 1433 questions in the bank — useful for deciding how much revision time it deserves.
It has been asked less often lately — roughly 0.2 questions a year across the last five papers, against 1.0 before that.
It was not examined in 11 of those papers. Each question below links to its full explanation and to related questions on the same theme from other years, so a weak area can be worked through in one pass rather than hunted for paper by paper.
UPSC Prelims 20201 question
UPSC Prelims 20151 question
UPSC Prelims 20131 question
UPSC Prelims 20121 question
UPSC Prelims 20112 questions
- History
Which amongst the following provided a common factor for tribal insurrection in India in the 19th century?
- Geography
A state in India has the following characteristics: 1. Its northern part is arid and semi-arid. 2. Its central part produces cotton. 3. Cultivation of cash crops is predominant over food crops. Which one of the following states has all of the above characteristics?