1.
(i) To be marginalised is to be forced to occupy the sides or fringes and thus not be at the centre of things. (ii) Sometimes marginalised groups are viewed with hostility and fear. (iii) To make certain groups in society feel marginalised, there are economic, social, cultural and political factors. Thus, marginalisation is seldom experienced in one sphere.
2.
Option A
3.
Adivasis are not a homogeneous population: there are over 500 different Adivasi groups in India.
4.
Minority communities
5.
Option A
6.
Tea
7.
In the nineteenth century alone five lakh Adivasis had perished in migrations.
8.
Option A
9.
A state like Orissa is home to more than 60 different tribal groups
10.
Option A
11.
Constitution
12.
Adivasis use around 10,000 plant species approximately 8,000 species are used for medicinal purposes.
13.
Option B
14.
Forest lands have been cleared for timber and to get land for agriculture and industry.
15.
Tribal
16.
Metal ores like iron and copper, and gold and silver, coal and diamonds, invaluable timber, most medicinal herbs and animal products (wax, lac, honey) all came from the forests.
17.
More than 50 per cent of persons displaced due to mines and mining projects are tribals.
18.
Adivasis
19.
Economic
20.
Indias tea industry became possible with their labour in Assam