Previous year MCQs

UPPSC 2001 GS-I World Geography
Question

Which one of the following is correctly matched?

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option A: Eskimo–Canada

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Eskimo–Canada”.
1) Eskimos are indigenous people found in the regions that streach from Eastern Siberia to Alaska, Canada and Greenland.

2) Oran is a major coastal city located in the north-west of Algeria.

3) The Lapps are an indigenous ethnic group that live in the far northern parts of four countries: Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia.

4) The Gond are an aboriginal ethnolinguistic group of people found in India.

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