Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

Contemporary World Politics: Environment and Natural Resources

Question:

Match the following options in List 1 correctly with those in List 2:

List 1

List 2

(a) Scheduled Tribes

(i) Oceania

(b) Polynesian people

(ii) Chile

(c) Mapuche people

(iii) India

Choose the correct answer from the given options:

Options:

(a)- iii, (b)- i, (c)- ii

(a)- iii, (b)- ii, (c)- i

(a)- i, (b)- iii, (c)- ii

(a)- ii, (b)- i, (c)- iii

Correct Answer:

(a)- iii, (b)- i, (c)- ii

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 1 - (a)- iii, (b)- i, (c)- ii

The correct match is:

List 1

List 2

(a) Scheduled Tribes

(iii) India

(b) Polynesian people

(i) Oceania

(c) Mapuche people

(ii) Chile

 

Explanation:

In India, the description ‘indigenous people’ is usually applied to the Scheduled Tribes who constitute nearly eight percent of the population of the country.

Present-day island states in the Oceania region (including Australia and New Zealand), were inhabited by the Polynesian, Melanesian, and Micronesian people over the course of thousands of years.

There are 20 lakh indigenous people of the Cordillera region of the Philippines, and 10 lakh Mapuche people of Chile.