In terms of physio-racial categories tribes share the following identity with rest of India:
A. Aryan
B. Dravidian
C. Mongoloid
D. Austroloid
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → A, B only
A. Aryan Correct. In physical-racial terms tribes are classified under the Negrito, Australoid, Mongoloid, Dravidian and Aryan categories, and the last two are shared with the rest of the population of India. So the Aryan category is shared.
B. Dravidian Correct. The Dravidian category is the other one of the last two, so it too is shared with the rest of India.
C. Mongoloid Incorrect. Tribes are classified under it, but it is not one of the two categories shared with the rest of India.
D. Austroloid Incorrect. The Australoid category also includes tribes, but it is not shared with the rest of the population in the way the Dravidian and Aryan categories are.
NCERT (2025-26): “3.2 Tribal Communities … In terms of language, tribes are categorised into four categories. Two of them, Indo-Aryan and Dravidian, are shared by the rest of the Indian population as well, and tribes account for only about 1% of the former and about 3% of the latter. The other two language groups, the Austric and Tibeto-Burman, are primarily spoken by tribals, who account for all of the first and over 80% of the second group. In physical-racial terms, tribes are classified under the Negrito, Australoid, Mongoloid, Dravidian and Aryan categories. The last two are again shared with the rest of the population of India.…” |