Question

The tribal population in Andaman and Nicobar Islands belongs to the ______.
A.Australoids
B.Caucasoids
C.Mongoloids
D.Negroids

Answer 1

Hint:The tribal population in India accounts to around 8.6 percent of the overall country.In other words one-third of the tribal population across the globe resides in India across different states and union territories. Andaman and Nicobar islands is one of the two main island groups of India located in the region of Bay of Bengal. The total population of this Union territory is 380581 according to the 2001 census.

Complete answer:
Astraloids, Caucasoids, Mongoloids and Negroids are the various racial groups found in different regions of the globe. In the ideology of racism, the entire humankind was divided into three distinct races in the 1780s. A number of distinct tribes reside in the region. Most popular among them are great Great Andamanese, Onges, Jarawas, Sentinelone, Nicobarese and Shompens.

Most of the tribes in the region of animal and nicobar Islands Is considered as the part of negroid race.This major island group Give home to four different such tribes. It is popularly believed that this drive came from Africa around 60,000 years ago. The southern part of nicobar islands are also homes of Sean Penn and nicobar say to Mongoloid tribes. The race of Australoids are a group of people that were indigenously found in the continent of Australia and Melanesia as well.

Hence, the correct answer is option (D).

Note:According to a recent study and the subsequent data released by census operation directorate in the region, it is found that the overall population of the tribes in the islands have been going down by around three percent between 2001 and 2011. The reasons attributed to this decline are the 2004 tsunami, contact with Outsiders among others.