Which one of the following is correctly matched? Tribes Native State (a) Tharu : Uttaranchal (b) Bhotia : Uttar Pradesh (c) Munda : Bihar (d) Kol : Rajasthan

The Tharu tribe is indeed native to the Terai region, which spans both present-day Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand) and Uttar Pradesh. Option (a) correctly states this association. Options (b), (c), and (d) contain incorrect state associations - Bhotia is associated with Uttarakhand, Munda with Jharkhand/Odisha, and Kol with Chhattisgarh/Jharkhand.