UPSC Prelims 2014 · GS Paper I
Question 26: Environment and Ecology
Every year, a monthlong ecologically important campaign/festival is held during which certain communities/tribes plant saplings of fruit-bearing trees. Which of the following are such communities/tribes?
AnswerUPSC’s answer is (b).
UPSC's answer is the Gond and Korku, tribal communities of central India who take part in a monthlong campaign of planting fruit-bearing saplings. The other pairs do not fit: Bhutia and Lepcha are communities of Sikkim and the eastern Himalayas, and Irula and Toda are communities of Tamil Nadu and the Nilgiris. This is a recall question, so remember the campaign as a central Indian tribal one.
Why each option is right or wrong
- (a) Wrong. Bhutia and Lepcha are Sikkim and eastern Himalayan communities.
- (b) Right. This is UPSC's answer: the Gond and Korku of central India.
- (c) Wrong. Irula and Toda are Tamil Nadu and Nilgiri communities.
- (d) Wrong. Sahariya and Agariya are not the communities of this campaign.
Answer: UPSC’s key. Explanation: written by UPSC Grade, not by UPSC.
Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2014, General Studies Paper I, Series A. The paper on upsc.gov.in.