MCQ on tribes and languages of India: Indian Geography

Question 1. Which one of the following tribes of India belongs to the Proto Australoid race? 

(A) Tharu

(B) Santhal

(C) Khasi

(D) Irula

Question 2. The only anthropoid ape to be found in India is the ___________.

(A) White browed gibbon of Assam

(B) Slow loris of Assam

(C) Lion tailed macaque of Western Ghats

(D) Hanuman monkey

Question 3. “They are people of yellow complexion, oblique eyes, high check bones, sparse hair and medium height”. The reference here is to __________.

(A) Mongoloids

(B) Negroids

(C) Austrics

(D) Nordic Aryans

Question 4. Which one of the following racial groups is found in hilly and forested areas of North-Eastern India?

(A) Proto-Australoids

(B) Mongoloids

(C) Mediterranean

(D) Dinarics

Question 5. The Dravidian races are mainly confirmed at which of the following parts of India?

(A) North India

(B) North-Western India

(C) North-Western India

(D) South India

Question 6. Which amongst the following states has not identified tribal community?

(A) Karnataka

(B) Haryana

(C) Chhattisgarh

(D) Maharashtra

Question 7. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

(A) Gaddi – Rajasthan

(B) Munda – Bihar

(C) Bhutia – Uttar Pradesh

(D) Tharu – Uttarakhand

Question 8. Diwali is a festival of mourning among the ___________.

(A) Tharus

(B) Bhils

(C) Mundas

(D) Khasis

Question 9. Which one of the following scheduled tribes observe Deepawali as a sad day?

(A) Tharu

(B) Paharia

(C) Baga

(D) Sahariya

Question 10. Which one of the Hindu festival is celebrated as the festival of mourning by the Tharus?

(A) Nagpanchami

(B) Holi

(C) Diwali

(D) Dashehra

Question 11. Inhabitation of Tharu People is in __________.

(A) Bihar

(B) Madhya Pradesh

(C) Arunachal Pradesh

(D) Arunachal Pradesh

Question 12. Which is the scheduled tribe, who makes ‘Catechu’?

(A) Majhwar

(B) Khairwar

(C) Dhanwar

(D) Binjhwar

Question 13. Which of the following is an important tribe of Dhauladhar Range?

(A) Tharu

(B) Lepcha

(C) Gaddi

(D) Abor

Question 14. Gaddis are inhabitants of __________.

(A) Meghalaya

(B) Arunachal Pradesh

(C) Himachal Pradesh

(D) Madhya Pradesh

Question 15. Santhal are inhabitant of __________.

(A) Eastern India

(B) Western India

(C) Southern India

(D) Central India

Question 16. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?

(A) Khasis – Meghalaya

(B) Santhals – Chhattisgarh

(C) Jaunsaris – Uttarakhand

(D) Bhils – Gujarat

Question 17. The commonest form of marriage among Santhal is _________.

(A) Bupla

(B) Nir-Bolok

(C) Sanga

(D) Itut

Question 18. Transhumance is practised by the __________.

(A) Tharus

(B) Jaunsaris

(C) Bhoksas

(D) Bhotias

Question 19. Bodos are inhabitants of __________.

(A) Madhya Pradesh

(B) Amazon Basin

(C) Santhal Pargana

(D) Garo hills

Question 20. Garo Tribes are of _________.

(A) Assam

(B) Mizoram

(C) Meghalaya

(D) All of these

Question 21. ‘Khasi and Garo’ Language speaking population is found in _________.

(A) Bihar

(B) Tripura

(C) Meghalaya

(D) Madhya Pradesh

Question 22. Which of the following tribes is found in Kerala?

(A) Dafar

(B) Dafla

(C) Lepcha

(D) Chenchu

Question 23. Which of the following is the largest tribe in India? 

(A) Garo

(B) Bhil

(C) Gond

(D) Toda

Question 24. Which is the largest tribe of India?

(A) Raji

(B) Panian

(C) Irula

(D) Gond

Question 25. ‘Andi’ and ‘Oportipi’ forms of marriage is related to which tribe?

(A) Oraon

(B) Munda

(C) Paharia

(D) Ho