Question

Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the italicised part of the sentence.

The Dravidians were the autochthonous population of India before the arrival of Aryans.

• A. original
• B. majority
• C. indigenous
• D. important

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

Autochthonous means indigenous rather than descended from migrants or colonists.

Hence option C is clearly the correct answer because “indigenous “ means originating from a particular place hence it is correct.

Option A is incorrect because “original” is the property of not being false or fake, hence it is not the correct meaning of the given word.

Option B is incorrect because “majority “ means the greater number, hence it is not relevant to the given word.

Option D is incorrect because “important “ means something that is significant, hence it is not related to the given word.