Which of the following tribes does NOT live in India?
- A.Gond
- B.Maasai
- C.Santhal
- D.Tharu
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Maasai. The Maasai are a cattle-keeping people of East Africa, living in southern Kenya and northern Tanzania around the Rift Valley and the Serengeti. They are known for their red shuka cloth, their beadwork and their jumping dance, and they have no presence in India at all, which makes them the odd one out here.
Option A, the Gond, are the largest tribe of India and are spread across Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Telangana and Odisha. Option C, the Santhal, are the largest tribe of eastern India, found in Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha and Bihar, and their language Santhali is listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution. Option D, the Tharu, live in the terai belt of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar along the Nepal border. All three are Indian Scheduled Tribes.
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Practice Questions
View allAmbubachi fair is celebrated in which of the following states?
- A.Manipur
- B.Nagaland
- C.Mizoram
- D.Assam
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The Ambubachi Mela is held every year at the Kamakhya temple, which stands on Nilachal Hill in Guwahati, the largest city of Assam.
Read the full explanation →'Ali Ai Ligang Festival' is a festival celebrated in the state of _______.
- A.Kerala
- B.Bihar
- C.Assam
- D.Chhattisgarh
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Ali Ai Ligang is the spring sowing festival of the Mising tribe of Assam. The name itself describes the occasion, for it refers to the sowing of roots and seeds, and the festival begins on the first Wednesday of the month of Fagun.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following regions is the original habitat of the 'Toda Tribe'?
- A.Kumaun Hills
- B.Nilgiri Hills
- C.Khasi Hills
- D.Garhwal Hills
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The Toda are a small pastoral people of the upper Nilgiri plateau in Tamil Nadu. They live in hamlets called munds, herd buffaloes and treat dairy work as a sacred duty carried out at the conical or barrel-vaulted temple huts that appear in every photograph of them.
Read the full explanation →'Bhagta Parab', a tribal festival that is celebrated between the period of spring and summer, originated in the state of ______.
- A.Mizoram
- B.Maharashtra
- C.Madhya Pradesh
- D.Jharkhand
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Bhagta Parab is observed by the tribal communities of Jharkhand in the weeks between spring and summer, and it is dedicated to Budha Baba.
Read the full explanation →The Pushkar Fair, famous for its camel and livestock trading, is held in which state?
- A.Gujarat
- B.Rajasthan
- C.Madhya Pradesh
- D.Haryana
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The Pushkar Fair is held at Pushkar in the Ajmer district of Rajasthan, on the bank of the Pushkar lake and beside the temple of Brahma.
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