Consider the following statements regarding 39 Shompens of Nicobar 39 1 Shompens Shom Pen reside exc...........

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Consider the following statements regarding 'Shompens of Nicobar'

1) Shompens (Shom Pen) reside exclusively in Great Nicobar Island.

2) Indira Point in the Nicobar Islands is southern most point of India.

3) Mount Thullier is highest peak in the Nicobars.

4) The Ten Degree Channel separates the Nicobar Islands from Sumatra Island of Indonesia.

Which of the given above statement (s) is/ are correct?

1 and 2

3 and 4

1, 2 and 3

1, 2, 3 and 4

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Explanation:

Third option is correct.

Fourth statement is incorrect. The Ten Degree Channel is a channel that separates the Little Andaman and Car Nicobar in the Bay of Bengal. The two sets of islands together form the Indian Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

The Shompen are a designated Scheduled Tribe.
The Shompen languages, of which there are at least two, are very little known, but appear to be unrelated to Nicobarese, an isolated group of Austroasiatic languages, and perhaps even to each other.