Bhimma tribe lives in which of the districts of Madhya Pradesh?
- (a)Betul and Chhindwara
- (b)Mandla and Dindori
- (c)Rewa and Satna
- (d)Sidhi and Shahdol
No official answer — this question was CANCELLED by the Commission (grace marks to all candidates), so no option is marked correct. A likely reason: the paper's two language versions name different tribes. The English stem asks about the 'Bhimma tribe' — 'Bhimma' is an officially recognised synonym/sub-group name listed under the GOND tribe entry in the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order for Madhya Pradesh. The Hindi original (भरिया जनजाति के लोग...) instead names the BHARIA tribe — a distinct Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG) unrelated to the Gond. Since 'Bhimma' (Gond) and 'Bharia' are two different communities with two different home regions, no single district-pair option could be correct for both language versions — a plausible reason the Commission withdrew the question rather than adjudicate a contested answer.
- (a)Betul and Chhindwara — Not officially confirmed (the question was cancelled) — but of the four options, this pairing is the one most consistent with the BHARIA tribe named in the Hindi original: Chhindwara's Patalkot valley is the Bharia's documented core home, with Betul an adjoining district also recording the community. It is not a documented pairing for the Gond/'Bhimma', who are spread far more widely across central Madhya Pradesh.
- (b)Mandla and Dindori — Broadly within the wider Gond/Baiga tribal belt, but not a district pairing specifically documented for either 'Bhimma' (Gond) or Bharia.
- (c)Rewa and Satna — Baghelkhand districts associated chiefly with the Kol tribe — not linked to the Bharia or to the Gond sub-group 'Bhimma'.
- (d)Sidhi and Shahdol — Also Baghelkhand/Vindhya districts, associated chiefly with Kol and Baiga populations — not documented for the Bharia or for 'Bhimma'.
This question names two different tribes depending on which language version of the paper is read. In English, 'Bhimma' is officially listed as a synonym/sub-group name under the GOND tribe entry in the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order for Madhya Pradesh — Gond being MP's largest Scheduled Tribe, spread across a wide central-MP belt (Mandla, Dindori, Chhindwara, Seoni, Betul, Balaghat and more). In Hindi, the question instead names भरिया (Bharia) — a much smaller, distinct Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG) whose best-documented home is the isolated Patalkot valley of Chhindwara district, with a recorded presence in adjoining Betul.
The lesson here isn't which option is 'correct' — none was retained — but how to read a bilingual question paper carefully. MPPSC sets its papers in both English and Hindi, and on rare occasions the two versions can diverge on a specific term; that is exactly the kind of ambiguity that leads a commission to cancel a question rather than adjudicate it.
- 'Bhimma' is an official Government of India synonym/sub-group name listed under the GOND tribe entry for Madhya Pradesh.
- The Hindi original of this question names भरिया (Bharia) — a different tribe from Gond/Bhimma.
- Bharia is one of Madhya Pradesh's three PVTGs (with Baiga and Sahariya); its core home is the Patalkot valley, Chhindwara district.
- Gond is MP's largest Scheduled Tribe, spread across Mandla, Dindori, Chhindwara, Seoni, Betul and Balaghat districts — too widely distributed for any single two-district pairing.
- Assuming 'Bhimma' and 'Bharia' are the same tribe because they sound similar — they are officially distinct communities
- Assuming a cancelled question has no learning value — the underlying tribal-geography facts remain examinable in a differently-worded question
MPPSC frequently pairs a named Madhya Pradesh tribe with its home district(s); always check the Hindi and English text against each other when a tribe name looks unfamiliar or oddly spelled.
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The Patalkot valley, home to the Bharia tribe (a Madhya Pradesh PVTG), lies in which district?
- (a)Chhindwara
- (b)Betul
- (c)Mandla
- (d)Dindori
Answer(a) Chhindwara.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Which of the following are the three Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) of Madhya Pradesh?
- (a)Baiga, Bharia and Sahariya
- (b)Gond, Bhil and Korku
- (c)Kol, Baiga and Korku
- (d)Bhilala, Sahariya and Gond
Answer(a) Baiga, Bharia and Sahariya.