Consider the following pairs: Community sometimes mentioned in the news in the affairs of 1. Bodo Tripura 2. Reang Assam 3. Konyak Nagaland Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

The correct answer is 3 Only . Key Points Bodos These are the single largest community among the notified Scheduled Tribes in Assam. Hence, Pair 1 is not correctly matched. Part of the larger umbrella of Bodo-Kachari, the Bodos constitute about 5-6% of Assam’s population. Reang or Bru It is one of the 21 scheduled tribes of the Indian state of Tripura. Hence, Pair 2 is not correctly matched. The Bru are the second most populous tribe of Tripura after the Tripuris. The correct nomenclature for this ethnic group is actually Bru although the name Reang was accidentally incorporated by the Indian government during a census count. The Bru can be found all over the Tripura state in India. However, they may also be found in Mizoram, Assam, Manipur and Bangladesh. Konyak tribe The Konyaks are one of the major ethnic groups of Nagaland. Hence, Pair 3 is correctly matched. With a population of roughly 3 lakh, the area inhabited by the Konyaks extends into Arunachal Pradesh, with a sizeable population in Myanmar as well. They are known to be one of the fiercest warrior tribes in Nagaland. The Konyaks were the last to give up the practice of head-hunting – severing heads of enemies after attacking rival tribes – as late as the 1980s. Facial tattoos were earned for taking an enemy’s head. They are also adept at making ‘janglaü’ (machetes) and wooden sculptures.