GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Onges are one of the most primitive tribes in India. The Onges are inhabiting the Little Andaman Island. This Hunting and Gathering tribe has also been settled by the Andaman & Nicobar Administration at Dugong Creek and South Bay on Little Andaman Island.

Detailed explanation-2: -The tribes of the Islands belong to two different races. The Andamanese, Jarawas, Onges and the Sentinelese living in the Andaman group of islands belong to the Negrito group while the Nicobarese and Shompens, living in Nicobar Islands belong to the Mongoloid group.

Detailed explanation-3: -It was found that Andamanese (Onge) split from the common ancestor of modern day East Asians between 50, 000BC to 25, 000BC, before becoming isolated on the Andaman Islands. The Andamanese (Onge) as well as East Asians, are also distantly related to the Indigenous population of South Asia.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Onge are one of the tribes of India’s Andaman Islands. They were the sole permanent inhabitants of Little Andaman until the 1940s when their land was stolen by settlers from India, Bangladesh and the Nicobar Islands.