Which tribe of Rajasthan is traditionally associated with making katha, or catechu, from the khair tree?
- A.Damor
- B.Kathodi
- C.Mina
- D.Garasia
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Kathodi. The Kathodi are a small tribe who moved into Rajasthan from Maharashtra and live in the forest tracts of Udaipur, particularly Jhadol and Kotra. Their name comes from their occupation of boiling the heartwood of the khair tree to make katha, the catechu used in paan, and they remain the most forest dependent of the state's tribes.
Option A, Damor, is a tribe of southern Dungarpur and Banswara whose headman is called the mukhi. Option C, Mina, is the most numerous tribe of the state and belongs to the eastern districts, with no such craft. Option D, Garasia, lives in the Aravalli hills of Sirohi and Udaipur and is known for the Valar and Lur dances. Tribe and occupation pairs like this one are standard matching material.
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Practice Questions
View allAccording to the 2011 census, what was the rank of Rajasthan among Indian states by population?
- A.Fifth
- B.Sixth
- C.Eighth
- D.Tenth
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Rajasthan returned 6,85,48,437 people at the 2011 census, which placed it eighth among the states, behind Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh as it then was, Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
Read the full explanation →What was the sex ratio of Rajasthan at the 2011 census?
- A.888
- B.928
- C.940
- D.972
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The sex ratio is the number of females per thousand males, and Rajasthan recorded 928 in 2011, below the national figure of that census.
Read the full explanation →At the 2011 census, which district of Rajasthan had the lowest population density?
- A.Barmer
- B.Bikaner
- C.Jaisalmer
- D.Churu
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Jaisalmer was both the largest district of Rajasthan by area and the smallest by population in 2011, so its density was the lowest in the state, a figure in the teens against the state average of 201.
Read the full explanation →Which is the most numerous Scheduled Tribe of Rajasthan?
- A.Bhil
- B.Mina
- C.Garasia
- D.Sahariya
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The Mina or Meena are the largest Scheduled Tribe of Rajasthan by population, spread across the eastern districts of Jaipur, Dausa, Sawai Madhopur, Karauli and Alwar, and they were traditionally grouped into the Zamindar Mina and the Chaukidar Mina.
Read the full explanation →Which district of Rajasthan has the highest proportion of Scheduled Tribes in its population?
- A.Udaipur
- B.Banswara
- C.Baran
- D.Sirohi
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Banswara, in the Wagad region of southern Rajasthan, has the largest share of Scheduled Tribes in its population, the great majority of them Bhil, and the whole district lies in the Scheduled Areas notified under the Fifth Schedule of the Constitution.
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