Question

In which following place Shompen tribe found
A) Nilgiri hills
B) Nicobar island
C) Spiti valley
D) Lakshadweep island

Answer 1

Hint: A tribe is a group of individuals who share a common geographical location and live and work together. A tribe's culture, accent, and religion are all the same. They have a strong sense of belonging as well. A chief is usually in charge of the tribe. A tribal civilization is a collection of tribes linked by kinship. Tribes have a role in the social growth of bands and nations.

Complete answer:
Shompen tribe found in Nicobar island. The Shompen, also known as the Shom Pen, are an indigenous people of Great Nicobar Island, which is part of the Indian union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

"Shompen" could be an English mispronunciation of the Nicobarese name for the tribe, "Samhain." The Shompens on the western side of the island is known as Kalay, while those on the eastern side are known as Keyet, and both groups are known as Buavela. Modern research has not confirmed an 1886 allegation that the Shompen call themselves Shab Da'wa.

There is no trustworthy information on the Shompen before the 1840s when they first made contact with outsiders. In 1846, Danish Admiral Steen Bille contacted them, and in 1876, Frederik Adolph de Roepstorff, a British officer who had previously published works on the Nicobar and Andaman languages, acquired anthropological and linguistic data. Since then, little has been added to the bank of solid material on the Shompen, because foreign scholars' access to the Nicobar Islands has been restricted since India's independence.

Thus the correct answer is option ‘B’. Shompen tribe found in Nicobar island.

Note: The Nicobar Islands are an archipelago of islands in the Indian Ocean's eastern reaches. They're in Southeast Asia, 150 kilometres north of Aceh in Sumatra, and separated from Thailand by the Andaman Sea to the east. They are part of the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India, and are located 1,300 kilometres southeast of the Indian subcontinent across the Bay of Bengal.