KERALA PSC / WORLD GEOGRAPHY / RACIAL GROUPS / NOTES / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

 

KERALA PSC / WORLD GEOGRAPHY / RACIAL GROUPS / NOTES / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

KERALA PSC / WORLD GEOGRAPHY / RACIAL GROUPS / NOTES / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

·      Negritos

Believed to the oldest inhabitants and are now almost extinct. Found only in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands

 

·      Proto-Australoids

This group includes most of the tribal people of central and southern India

 

·      Mongoloids

They inhabit the mountainous zone in the north-eastern parts of the country

 

·      Mediterranean

The Palaeo – Mediterraneans inhabit the southern parts of India including Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. The true Mediterranean inhabits the northern and western parts such as Punjab, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. They are also known as a Dravidians.

           

·      Western Brachycephals

These people inhabit West Bengal, Orissa, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka

 

·      Nordies or Indo-Aryans

They inhabit regions such as Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and the Upper Gangetic Valley region.

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