Thinker

Verrier Elwin

Verrier Elwin is central to 18 previous-year questions, spanning 2011 to 2025 across Paper II. Everything below is drawn from the official papers — the questions themselves, the concepts they test, and where they sit in the syllabus.

18Questions

2011–25Years tested

IIPaper

1Syllabus topics

Concepts asked alongside Verrier Elwin

What the examiner actually wants you to know when this name appears.

isolation versus assimilation 5integration 4tribe-caste continuum 3assimilation 2cultural preservation 2excluded and partially excluded areas 2fifth and sixth schedule 2land alienation 2national park thesis 2targeted development 2tribal autonomy 2administrative isolationadministrative segregationassimilation versus integrationautonomous councils and pesaautonomy and self-determinationautonomy and self-rulebackward hindus

Where Verrier Elwin appears in the syllabus

Tribal Communities in India18

Every question on Verrier Elwin

Each links to a full breakdown — how to approach it, a model answer, and the examiner’s perspective.

2020

2019

Comment on the growing assertion of tribal community for autonomy in India.Paper II · 10 marks · Tribal Communities in India

2017

Why have we started using another category of tribes called the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs)? Why are they so called?Paper II · 10 marks · Tribal Communities in India

2016

2015

2014

Analyse the different views on integration and autonomy of tribes in India.Paper II · 20 marks · Tribal Communities in India

2013

2012

Has geographic and economic mobility impacted the tribal culture and social structure ? Give examples.Paper II · 30 marks · Tribal Communities in India

2011

Unity and diversity among the tribes in India.Paper II · 15 marks · Tribal Communities in India

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