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Q11 (IAS/1997) Geography › World Human & Economic Geography › World ethnic groups Answer Verified

“.........They are people of yellow complexion, oblique eyes, high cheek bones, sparse hair and medium height.” The reference here is to

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The quoted description—“yellow complexion, oblique eyes, high cheek bones, sparse hair and medium height”—matches the classic Mongoloid racial profile. Book sources describe Mongoloids as having a light yellow colour with oblique eyes and short/flat face morphology [1]. Anthropological summaries further record high, flat cheekbones and oblique (epicanthic) eyes with a short-to-medium stature for Mongoloid populations [2]. Additional references note yellowish complexion together with scanty or sparse facial and body hair as typical Mongoloid traits [3]. By contrast, Nordic Aryans are typically tall and fair-haired, Negroids have dark skin and abundant curly hair, and Austrics/Australoids are dark-complexioned with plentiful hair—making Mongoloid the correct match for the description.

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  1. [1] Geography of India ,Majid Husain, (McGrawHill 9th ed.) > Chapter 13: Cultural Setting > 7. The Mongoloids > p. 10
  2. [2] http://ccnet.vidyasagar.ac.in:8450/pluginfile.php/1368/mod_resource/content/1/ANT%20203_Linguistic%20Classification.pdf
  3. [3] https://files.core.ac.uk/download/pdf/211833865.pdf
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