Question

    Consider the following pairs:

    Which of the above pairs are correctly matched?

    A 1 and 3 only Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B 2 and 4 only Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C 1, 3 and 4 only Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D 1, 2, 3 and 4 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Pair 1 is correctly matched. Limboo tribe occupy the region in eastern Nepal and western Sikkim. Pair 2 is incorrectly matched. Karbi people are the main tribe of Karbi Anglong and West Karbi Anglong districts of Assam. The scheduled tribes in Himachal Pradesh includes Gaddis, Gujjars, Kinnara or Kinnauras, Lahaulas and Pangwalas apart from some other smaller tribes groups like Bhot/Bodh, Beda, Jad/Lamba/ Khampa, and Swangla. Pair 3 is correctly matched. The Niyamgiri hill range in Odisha state, eastern India, is home to the Dongria Kondh tribe. The Dongria have repeatedly expressed opposition to efforts to mine in Niyamgiri, recently against Vedanta Resources. Pair 4 is incorrectly matched. Bondas are a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) found in Odisha. They live in the isolated hill regions of the Malkangiri district of southwestern Odisha near the junction of the three states of Odisha, Chhattisgarh, and Andhra Pradesh. 

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