The Major Tribes of the World

21. Which of the following region is famous for 'Lapps' Tribe? [U.P.U.D.A./L.D.A. (Spl) (Mains) 2010]

(a) Alaska
(b) Scandinavia
(c) Greenland
(d) Iceland

Correct Answer: (b) Scandinavia

Solution:The Sami (Lapps) tribe of Arctic Europe lives Norway, Sweden, Finland and the Russian Kola Peninsula. This region is known as the Fenno Scandinavian region.

22. To which of the following racial groups the natives of North America belong? [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2015]

(a) Austric
(b) Caucasoid
(c) Mongoloid
(d) Negroid

Correct Answer: (c) Mongoloid

Solution:The native of North America are originally belong to Mongoloid racial group.

23. Which of the following is not correctly matched ? [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2019]

	Tribe	Place
(a)	Pygmy	Congo basin
(b)	Angami	Nagaland
(c)	Ainu	Japan
(d)	Khirghiz	Sudan

Correct Answer: (d)

Solution:The correct match of a list of Tribes and Places are:

	Tribe	Place
(a)	Pygmy	Congo basin
(b)	Angami	Nagaland
(c)	Ainu	Japan
(d)	Khirghiz	Central Asia

Khirghiz tribe is not correctly matched. So, the correct answer is option (d).

24. One of the following pairs is a mismatch. Find it. [66th B.P.P.C.S. (Pre) (Re-Exam) 2020]

	Tribe	Region
(a)	Masai	Central Eastern Africa
(b)	Sakai	Malaysia
(c)	Bedouin	Arabian Peninsula
(d)	Khirghiz	Central Asia

Correct Answer: (e) None of the above/More than one of the above

Solution:

	Tribe	Region
(a)	Masai	Central Eastern Africa
(b)	Sakai	Malaysia
(c)	Bedouin	Arabian Peninsula
(d)	Khirghiz	Central Asia

25. Which of the following pair is NOT correctly matched? [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2021]

Place	Tribe
(a) Alaska	Koryak
(b) Borneo	Punan
(c) Arab Desert	Ruwala
(d) Sweden and Finland	Lapps

Correct Answer: (a)

Solution:The Koryak tribe is not a tribe of Alaska, but of Russia, whose population is also found in Ukraine. According to the 2010 Russian census, their total population was 7953.

26. 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: [I.A.S. (Pre) 2000]

(a) Keystone species.
(b) Allopatric species
(c) Sympatric species
(d) Threatened species

Correct Answer: (a) Keystone species.

Solution:Keystone species are a pioneer or basic species. Since community life is their way of living, they decide the ability of other species to persist in the community

27. The most common areas of nomadic herding are - [Jharkhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2013]

(a) Hot humid regions
(b) old humid regions
(c) Rainy areas
(d) Dry areas

Correct Answer: (d) Dry areas

Solution:Nomadic herding is a practice of moving from one place to another with cattle in search of pasture. Nomadic pastoralism is commonly practised in regions with arid land over the world, especially in the steppe lands of the agricultural zone of Eurasia. Nomadic herding still exists in the world in the areas of Central Asia, Africa and South America.

28. 'Transhumance' refers to- [Jharkhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2013]

(a) Migration of animals in ranches
(b) Human migration in search of job
(c) Seasonal movement of people and their herds from the valley to the mountain and vice versa
(d) Migration of nomads

Correct Answer: (c) Seasonal movement of people and their herds from the valley to the mountain and vice versa

Solution:

Transhumance is the seasonal movement of people with their livestock from one grazing ground to another, as from lowlands to highlands, with the change of seasons. Pastoral communities in the Himalayas, such as the Bhotiya, Bakarwal, Gaddi, etc have traditionally been practising livestock herding by migrating to more suitable pastures on a seasonal basis in India.

29. Which of the following is considered to be the most recent? [R.A.S./R.T.S. (Pre) 1994]

(a) Heidelberg humans
(b) Cro-Magnon humans
(c) Pilt magnon humans
(d) Neanderthal humans

Correct Answer: (b) Cro-Magnon humans

Solution:Cro-Magnon humans is considered to be most recent in above mentioned Homo sapiens species. It is the immediate ancestor of modern Homo sapiens. The first specimen of Cro- Magnon humans remains was found in 1868 in Dordogne, France. Cro-Magnon man, an early Homo sapiens (the species to which modern humans belong) is considered to have lived about 40,000 to 10000 years ago.

30. The first bird is believed to have appeared on the surface of the earth- [I.A.S. (Pre) 1994]

(a) 300 million years ago
(b) 200 million years ago
(c) 150 million years ago
(d) 100 million years ago

Correct Answer: (c) 150 million years ago

Solution:Archaeopteryx is considered to be the first bird to have appeared on the earth. It is estimated to have developed 150 million years ago.