Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists :
List – I (Ethnic Group)
A. Jews
B. Teda
C. Beja
D. Lur
List – II (Country)
1. Egypt
2. Iran
3. Libya

Question

Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists :
List – I (Ethnic Group)
A. Jews
B. Teda
C. Beja
D. Lur
List – II (Country)
1. Egypt
2. Iran
3. Libya
4. Israel
Codes :

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Correct — D, A-4, B-3, C-1, D-2. The Jews are matched with Israel (4); the Teda — a section of the Toubou people of the central Sahara — with Libya (3); the Beja, pastoralists of the Red Sea hills, with Egypt (1); and the Lur (the Lurs of Lorestan in western Iran) with Iran (2). This gives A-4, B-3, C-1, D-2.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) This wrongly links Jews to Egypt and Lur to Israel. The Jews are the people of Israel (A-4) and the Lur are an Iranian people (D-2), so this whole mapping is off.  (b) It correctly links Jews to Israel but then makes Teda to Egypt, Beja to Iran and Lur to Libya. In fact the Teda are Saharan (Libya), the Beja are of the Egyptian/Sudanese Red Sea coast, and the Lur are Iranian.  (c) It correctly links Jews to Israel and Lur to Iran, but swaps the middle pair — making Teda to Egypt and Beja to Libya, whereas the Teda belong to Libya and the Beja to Egypt.

Concept: World ethnic/tribal groups and their homelands are a recurring UPPSC world-geography theme. Jews are associated with Israel; the Teda (a Toubou group) with the central Sahara — Libya, Chad and Niger; the Beja with the Red Sea hills of Egypt, Sudan and Eritrea; and the Lur with Lorestan/Zagros in western Iran.

State PCS 2020 Q80 — Geography PYQ with Answer

State PCS 2020 Q80 — Geography PYQ with Answer