Races and Tribes Quiz

Question 1. Which of the following is considered to be the most recent?

(A) Neanderthal humans

(B) Pilt magnon humans

(C) Cro-Magnon humans

(D) Heidelberg humans

Question 2.The first bird is believed to have appeared on the surface of the Earth_______.

(A) 100 million years ago

(B) 150 million years ago

(C) 200 million years ago

(D) 300 million years ago

Question 3. The most common areas of nomadic herding are________.

(A) Dry areas

(B) Rainy areas

(C) Cold humid regions

(D) Hot humid regions

Question 4.‘Transhumance’ refers to_______.

(A) Migration of nomads

(B) Seasonal movement of people and their herds from valley to mountain and vice-versa

(C) Human migration in search of Job

(D) Migration of animals in ranches

Question 5. Which continent is known as ‘the Cradle of Mankind’?

(A) South America

(B) Europe

(C) Africa

(D) Asia

Question 6. Which racial group has the largest number of members?

(A) Caucasoid

(B) Australoid

(C) Mongoloid

(D) Negroid

Question 7.The original home of the Gypsies was_________.

(A) Persia

(B) India

(C) Russia

(D) Egypt

Question 8.The native African tribe ‘Pygmies’ are found in which of the following river basins? 

(A) Zambezi

(B) Nile

(C) Congo

(D) Niger

Question 9.Pigmies are inhabitants of_______.

(A) South America

(B) Australia

(C) Asia

(D) Africa

Question 10. In which of the following regions are Pygmies found?

(A) Pampas

(B) Equatorial forest

(C) Kalahari

(D) Sahara

Question 11.Which one of the following is not pastoral nomads?

(A) Lapps

(B) Masai

(C) Kazaks

(D) Pygmies

Question 12. Within biological communities, some species are important in determining the ability of a large number of other species to persist in the community. Such species are called__________.

(A) Threatened species

(B) Sympatric species

(C) Allopatric species

(D) Keystone species

Question 13.Which of the following is correctly matched?

(A) Gonds – Africa

(B) Lapps – India

(C) Oraon – Japan

(D) Eskimo – Canada

Question 14. Which of the following is correctly matched?

(A) Bushman – Kalahari

(B) Bundu – Sahara

(C) Pigmy – Irawadi Basin

(D) Eskimo – Amazon Basin

Question 15.Eskimos are inhabitants of_______.

(A) Sri Lanka

(B) Malaya

(C) Mongolia

(D) Canada

Question 16.The major island, where Eskimos live, is________.

(A) Iceland

(B) Greenland

(C) Hawaii

(D) New Guinea

Question 17. In which dense tropical forest do the Semang tribe live?

(A) Congo

(B) Malaysia

(C) Indonesia

(D) Amezononia

Question 18. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

(A) Veddas – Sri Lanka

(B) Semangs – Indonesia

(C) Inuits – Canada

(D) Berber – Morocco

Question 19. ‘Zulu’ is a tribe associated with______.

(A) Mexico

(B) Zimbabwe

(C) South Africa

(D) New Zealand

Question 20. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?

(A) Papuans – New Guinea

(B) Maasai – Kenya

(C) Bushman – Union of South Africa

(D) Ainu – Japan

Question 21. Which region of the World, would you associate with ‘Bushman’?

(A) Kalahari

(B) New Zealand

(C) Sahara Desert

(D) East Africa

Question 22. Which one of the following is correctly matched?

(A) Bushman – Botswana

(B) Sakai – Sudan

(C) Semites – Malaysia

(D) Hemites – Uganda

Question 23. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?

(A) Scandinavia – Nordic

(B) Kalahari – Bushman

(C) Congo basin – Negrito

(D) Central Asia – Alpine

Question 24.Which of the following is not correctly matched?

(A) Eskimos – Greenland

(B) Red Indians – North America

(C) Maasai – Western Africa

(D) Kyrgyz – Central Asia

Question 25. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

(A) Bushman – Kalahari

(B) Mayas – Guatemala

(C) Maasai – Zambia

(D) Maori – New Zealand

Question 26. Which one of the following was part of the erstwhile Soviet Union over which Kurdish population is spread?

(A) Turkmenistan

(B) Georgia

(C) Azerbaijan

(D) Armenia

Question 27. The Inuit people are not found in

(A) Sweden

(B) Canada

(C) Greenland

(D) Alaska

Question 28. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

(A) Nuba – Sudan

(B) Maasai – East Africa

(C) Bantu – Sahara

(D) Fulani – West Africa

Question 29. Which of the following region is famous for ‘Lapps’ Tribe?

(A) Iceland

(B) Greenland

(C) Scandinavia

(D) Alaska

Question 30.To which of the following racial groups the natives of North America belong?

(A) Negroid

(B) Mongoloid

(C) Caucasoid

(D) Austric

Question 31. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.

Question 32. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.

Question 33. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.

Question 34. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.