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Question
According to Dr. B. S. Guha, there are ______ racial groups in India.
Options
four
five
six
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Solution
According to Dr. B. S. Guha, there are six racial groups in India.
Explanation:
Dr. B. S. Guha, the former Director of the Anthropological Survey of India, classified the Indian population into six main racial elements: Negrito, Proto-Australoid, Mongoloid, Mediterranean, Western Brachycephals, and Nordic. Statistics suggest that the Proto-Australoid and Mediterranean groups constitute a significant portion of the ancestral makeup of the Indian population.
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