Impact of Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam and other religions on tribal societies

8.1 Impact of Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity Islam and other religions on tribal societies.

1. Write a note on Hindu mode of tribal absorption (1995)
2. Define religion in anthropological perspective. Bring out the impact of Christianity on the converted and non-converted tribal groups of India. (1996)
3. Write a note on Impact of Christianity on tribal societies (2000)
4. Write a note on Bases of tribal religion. (2002)
5. Analyse the impact of Christianity on tribal communities with special reference to North East India. (2009)
6. Discuss the impact of Hindu Society on tribal population in India. (2011)
7. Using ethnographic examples, highlight the processes of religious conversions in Tribal India. (2012)
8. Write a note in 150 words on Impact of Christianity on tribes (2014)
9. Discuss the impact of Hinduism on the status of tribal women in Central India. (2015)
10. Discuss the impact of Islam on scheduled tribes of India. (2016)
11. Write a note in 150 words on Impact of Christianity on Indian tribes. (2017) 
12. Describe the impact of Buddhism on the tribal population of India. (2019)
13. Explain the impact of Hinduism on Tribal people of India. (2020)
14. Critically assess the impact of Christianity on tribal culture and identity. (2021)
15. Explain the social and religious consequences of contact between tribal and non-tribal populations. (2022)
16. Evaluate the impact of Christianity on Scheduled Tribe societies of North-East India. (2025)

8.2 Tribe and nation state – a comparative study of tribal communities in India and other countries.

1. What do you know by tribe and nation? How do states carved for tribals in India differ from tribal-nation states in Africa? Discuss. (2001)
2. Critically examine the relationship between tribal communities and the Nation-State on issues of governance (2012)
3. Critically compare ‘Affirmative Action’ of USA and ‘Protective Discrimination for Scheduled Tribes in India. (2015)
4. Critically evaluate the term ‘tribe’ (as used in India) as compared to the term ‘indigenous’ in some other countries. (2017)
5. Discuss with appropriate examples how tribal unrest may be understood as emerging out of an incompatibility between tribes and the nation-state. (2019)
6. Elucidate the role of anthropology in nation-building. Illustrate with suitable examples. (2023)
7. Write notes on: Describe ILO’s Convention No. 169 (1989) on Indigenous and Tribal people. Is India a signatory to it? (2024)
8. Distinguish a ‘Theocratic State’ from a secular, liberal, democratic state. Illustrate your answer with examples from tribal and contemporary societies. (2024)
9. Critically evaluate the concept of Nation-State and describe its impact on indigenous societies. (2025)