Question

Which one is not a resource for the Onge tribe?
A) Water
B) Food
C) Gold
D) Wood

Answer 1

The Onge is one of the tribes of the Andaman Islands of India. They are the black Asian tribe – the only permanent inhabitants of Little Andaman until the 1940s when settlers from India, Bangladesh and the Nicobar Islands stole their land.

Complete answer:
Ancient tribal people are one of the four Negrito tribal communities that still survive in the Andaman Islands tribe, which is now in the Andaman Islands, located in the Bay of Bengal. Some others live in the nearby islets. They are the indigenous Andamanese Adivasi people. Their lifestyle is quite similar to the habits of the nomadic people.

They do not know the formal developments in society. Even cultivation is now known to them. Its main occupation is hunting. They're totally dependent on hunting for food. Their population has been reduced due to changes in their eating habits and to contact with the outside world. In 1901, the population of the tribe was 672, and now the population was barely 100.

Age people are mainly hunters, fishermen. They are shy by nature, and they live their own way of life.
A lot of Onge people have become addicted to alcohol and drugs. This caused concern about their continued existence.
Many are unable to bear children. Child mortality is high, too. They use a bow and arrow to hunt, being a hunter-gatherer tribe.

Indigenous groups love to eat wild boar and turtle meat, fruit, fish, seafood, tubers and honey. The primary harvest includes rice, coconuts, betel nuts, fruits and spices (such as turmeric). Since they live on an island, fish is considered to be a rich source of protein.

Coconut is usually collected for economic purposes
They are also making boats for their own use
They make tools like a bow and arrow for self-defence and hunting.

They live in houses made up of bamboo, grass and other natural materials.
These huts are large in size, with a huge space between them for gathering.
They don't have a wall or a door in these huts.

Thus the correct answer is option (C) i.e, Gold.

Note: Mostly, they don't wear any clothes on their bodies, both men and women. Some of them who visit town only wear small patches of clothing on certain parts of the body. The Onge considers that pregnancy in a woman is only possible with the help of a spirit living in the sky above Little Andaman and that the soul of the child is transferred to the spirit.