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 :
- (a)A-1 B-2 C-3 D-4
- (b)A-4 B-1 C-2 D-3
- (c)A-4 B-1 C-3 D-2
- (d)A-4 B-3 C-1 D-2
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.
- (a)A-1 B-2 C-3 D-4 — 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)A-4 B-1 C-2 D-3 — 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)A-4 B-1 C-3 D-2 — 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.
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.
Fix the two easy anchors first — Jews to Israel and Lur to Iran, which appear together in every plausible option. The question then turns on the Teda-vs-Beja split: the Teda are Saharan (Libya) and the Beja are of the Egyptian/Sudanese Red Sea coast, which gives A-4, B-3, C-1, D-2.
- Jews — the people associated with Israel
- Teda — a Toubou (Tubu) group of the central Sahara, matched here with Libya
- Beja — pastoralist people of the Red Sea hills, matched here with Egypt (they also live in Sudan and Eritrea)
- Lur — an Iranian people of Lorestan and the Zagros, in western Iran
- Swapping the Teda (Libya/Sahara) with the Beja (Egypt/Red Sea)
- Over-thinking the two fixed anchors — Jews to Israel and Lur to Iran are unambiguous
UPPSC frequently sets 'match the tribe/ethnic group with its country or region' from world geography — build a small list of well-known ethnic groups and their homelands.
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The San (Bushmen), a hunter-gatherer people, are native to which region?
- (a)Kalahari Desert, southern Africa
- (b)Amazon basin, South America
- (c)Gobi Desert, Central Asia
- (d)Arctic tundra, North America
Answer(a) Kalahari Desert, southern Africa — the San are indigenous to Botswana, Namibia and South Africa.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The Masai are pastoralists primarily associated with which pair of countries?
- (a)Kenya and Tanzania
- (b)Nigeria and Niger
- (c)Egypt and Libya
- (d)Iran and Iraq
Answer(a) Kenya and Tanzania — the Masai are cattle-herding people of the East African savanna.