Question

Which of the following statements is not correct?

• A. a) Changpa Tribe belong to Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir.
  
• B. b) The Shompen tribe is one of the two Mongoloid tribes that inhabit the Nicobar Islands in the union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
  
• C. c) The people known as Todas live in the Nilgiri area.
  
• D. d) The Baiga tribe of central India are one of the scheduled tribes of Gujarat.
  

Answer 1

The correct option is D d) The Baiga tribe of central India are one of the scheduled tribes of Gujarat.


Answer – d
Explanation: The Changpa or Champa are a semi-nomadic Tibetan people found mainly in the Changtang in Ladakh and in Jammu and Kashmir. The Toda people are a small pastoral tribal community who live on the isolated Nilgiri plateau in hill country of Southern India.Baiga is a tribe found in Madhya Pradesh and population 250,000, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand states of India. The largest number of Baigas is found in Baiga-chuk in Mandla district and Balaghat district of Madhya Pradesh. The Shompen or Shom Pen are the indigenous people of the interior of Great Nicobar Island, part of the Indian union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.