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Multiple choice geography world of diversities elements of weather and climate :rainfall and air pressure diversified world environmental regions (zones)

Bonda women have great skills in making the jute cloth. They make the clothes on the loom called ________. 

  1. Maggamu

  2. Daggamu

  3. Chiggamu

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation
First, they soak the jute plants in the water of streams and lakes nearby for 2 to 3 days. Then they weed out a thread from them and dry them for three days under the sun. They collect different colours from the forest and mix these with the thread and make the clothes on the loom called Maggamu. They stitch tiny and beautiful mirrors on these clothes.
Multiple choice geography world of diversities elements of weather and climate :rainfall and air pressure diversified world environmental regions (zones)

The Bonda tribals are also known as _________.

  1. Bondo

  2. Poroju

  3. Both A & B

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The Bonda are tribal group of people lives in dense forests and Ankur valley in Malkangiri district of Orissa. They exchange their agricultural products in a weekly market. Bonda tribes are also known as Bondo and Poroju.

Multiple choice geography world of diversities elements of weather and climate :rainfall and air pressure diversified world environmental regions (zones)

The Bonda tribals cover their bodies with a cloth made up of __________.

  1. Synthetic fibre

  2. Cotton

  3. Jute

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The Bonda are tribal group of people lives in Malkangiri district of Orissa. They are generally semi-clothed. Their cloths are made up of Jutes. These are self weaven and very colourful.

Multiple choice geography world of diversities elements of weather and climate :rainfall and air pressure diversified world environmental regions (zones)

The Bonda tribals collect the forest products and also do _______ type of agriculture.

  1. Jhumm

  2. Intensive

  3. Extensive

  4. Plantation
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The Bonda are tribal group of people lives in Malkangiri district of Orissa. Bonda tribes collects forest products and also do jhumm type of agriculture. Jhumm is a kind of shifting cultivation. For this they used to clear a peace of forest land and after cultivation they leaves that land and moves to some other place. They used to exchange their agricultural and forest products in weekly markets.

Multiple choice geography world of diversities elements of weather and climate :rainfall and air pressure diversified world environmental regions (zones)

Bonda tribals live in the dense forests and hills of Aruku valley in __________.

  1. Madhya Pradesh

  2. Odisha

  3. Chhattisgarh

  4. Maharashtra
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Bonda tribes live in the dense forests and hills of Atuku valley in Malkangiri district of Orissa. They still exchange their agricultural products in weekly market. A interesting fact about Bonda tribe is there are more female then male. Female prefer to marry young male so they can earn till their old age.

Multiple choice geography world of diversities elements of weather and climate :rainfall and air pressure diversified world environmental regions (zones)

The 'headman' of Chenchu people is called as ________. 

  1. Pedda Manishi

  2. Vruddha Manush

  3. God

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Chenchu is a tribe living in the states of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, and Karnataka. The members of this tribe mostly depend on hunting and gathering. Chenchu people have their own council to solve the problem among themselves. They select a headman among the senior people among them. The headman is called as Pedda Manuah.

Multiple choice geography world of diversities elements of weather and climate :rainfall and air pressure diversified world environmental regions (zones)

The language spoken by Bonda tribals is unique. It is called ________.

  1. Remo

  2. Demo

  3. Semo

  4. None of these
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A Correct answer
Explanation

The Bonda are tribal group of people lives in Malkangiri district of Orissa. The language spoken by Bonda tribes is unique. It is called Remo. It is a unwritten language. This language is from Austroasiatic language family of Munda branch.

Multiple choice geography world of diversities elements of weather and climate :rainfall and air pressure diversified world environmental regions (zones)

Which of the following is wrongly matched?

  1. Shompens - Andaman and Nicobar

  2. Minicoy - Lakshadweep

  3. Khasi - Mizoram

  4. Garo - Chhatisgarh
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The Garo tribe is primarily located in the state of Meghalaya, not Chhattisgarh. The other pairings are generally correct based on typical tribal distribution.

Multiple choice geography world of diversities elements of weather and climate :rainfall and air pressure diversified world environmental regions (zones)

In our country, the population of Bonda tribe is only _________.

  1. 9000

  2. 10,000

  3. 11,000

  4. 12,000
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Bonda is a tribal group of people lives in the isolated hill region of Malkangiri district  Southwest Odisha. According to 2011 census, the population of Bonda tribe is only 1200. Only 6 percent of Bonda tribes are literate. Their marriage age is also very early, Bonda boys marry at the age of 10 to 12 years. The rate of life expectancy is very low. That is why their population of this tribe is decreasing day by day.

Multiple choice geography precipitation elements of weather and climate :rainfall and air pressure forms of precipitation moisture in atmosphere

Rainfall is measured by precise instrument called as _____________.

  1. Rain meter

  2. Rain gauge

  3. Rain tube

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Rainfall is measured by a precise instrument called Rain gauze. It determines the depth of precipitation that occurs over a unit area. Thus, it measures rainfall. One liter of rainfall per meter squared is equivalent to one millimeter of measured precipitation. A funneled aperture of 150-170 cm is found in standard rain gauges. They are designed as a simple passive collector. A graduated measuring glass is used for determining the amount of precipitation.