RAS question
The Sagwara tribal area of southern Rajasthan is primarily inhabited by which tribe?
Correct answer: (C) Bhil.
The Sagwara tribal area of Dungarpur district in southern Rajasthan is primarily inhabited by the Bhil tribe.
Explanation
Sagwara lies in Dungarpur district, in the Wagad belt of southern Rajasthan. The official page of Late Shri Bhikhabhai Bheel Government College, Sagwara describes its setting as a tribal-dominated Wagad rural area of Dungarpur district, which matches the question's location frame. Within that frame, the Bhils are the primary tribe of the Sagwara area and Rajasthan's largest tribal group. The answer is therefore Bhil: the question is testing the standard southern Rajasthan association of Sagwara-Dungarpur-Wagad with Bhil habitation, not the broader fact that several Scheduled Tribes are present in the state.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Mina is not the best fit for Sagwara because the Mina community is mainly associated with eastern Rajasthan, while Sagwara is in southern Rajasthan's Dungarpur district.
- (B) Garasia is ruled out here because Garasia is associated with the Abu area, not with Sagwara in Dungarpur district.
- (D) Saharia is not the Sagwara answer because Saharia is chiefly located in the Kota-Baran area, away from southern Rajasthan's Sagwara belt.
Concept
This tests Rajasthan tribal geography: matching a tribe to its core regional belt. RAS repeats such questions because district-region-tribe associations are a compact way to check Rajasthan society, culture and geography together.