Which of the following tribes is NOT native to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India?

The correct answer is B, Rengma. Rengma is a Naga tribe of Nagaland, so it has no native link to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The other three options are all recorded ANI tribes.

• Holchu is a Great Andamanese group. The Great Andamanese are one of the Negrito communities of the Andamans, alongside the Onge, Jarawa and Sentinelese.
• Onge is a Negrito tribe of Little Andaman and is notified as a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG).
• Shompen is a Mongoloid tribe of Great Nicobar Island, distinct from the Nicobarese, and is also a PVTG.

Core concept: ANI tribes fall into Negritos (Great Andamanese, Onge, Jarawa, Sentinelese) and Mongoloids (Nicobarese, Shompen). For Mains, this connects to the PVTG framework under the ST provisions of Article 342 and to the ongoing debate on protecting tribal life against development projects such as the Great Nicobar project.

Trap: aspirants eliminate Holchu because the name is unfamiliar, and then pick Rengma because it sounds vaguely Indian and they never place it. Map each tribe to its home region rather than guessing from how the name sounds.