Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists : List – I (Ethnic Group) A) Jews B) Teda C) Beja D) Lur List – II (Country) 1) Egypt 2) Iran 3) Libya 4) Israel

The correct answer is D. Jews map to Israel (4), Teda to Libya (3), Beja to Egypt (1), and Lur to Iran (2).

• Jews are the core population of Israel, the Jewish nation-state founded in 1948, so A-4 is right. Option A pairs them with Egypt, which is wrong.
• Teda (Tubu) are a Saharan people of the Tibesti mountains, which straddle southern Libya, northern Chad and Niger. Among the listed countries, Libya (3) fits, so B-3.
• Beja are a nomadic people of the Red Sea hills and the Eastern Desert, found in Sudan, Eritrea and Egypt. Egypt (1) is the listed match, so C-1.
• Lur are an Iranian people of Lorestan in the Zagros mountains, so D-2.

The concept is ethnic groups whose homelands cut across modern borders, a legacy of colonial boundary-making in Africa and West Asia. This links to GS1 world geography and to Mains questions on ethnicity, borders and conflict in the Sahara and the Horn of Africa.

Trap: Beja is often treated as a Sudan-only group, and Teda is often linked to Chad. Read the list carefully and match with the countries actually given, since only Libya and Egypt are relevant here.