MCQs on Anthropology -48
1. Which of the following statements apply to cultural ecology?
I. Cultural ecology is a doctrine about cultural evolution.
II. Cultural ecology creates a system of social hierarchy.
III. Cultural ecology is the analysis of the relationship between a culture and its environment.
IV. Cultural ecology is an expression of cultural symbolism.
Codes:
(A) I, II and III are correct.
(B) III and IV are correct.
(C) II, III and IV are correct.
(D) I and III are correct.
Answer: (D)
2. Which of the following statements apply to descent groups?
I. Descent groups are corporate groups.
II. A descent group may form a kindred recruited on the basis of the degree of relationship of its members to a common ego rather than a common ancestor.
III. A descent group can be formed on the basis of ‘complementary filiation’.
IV. A descent group is a non-kin group.
Codes:
(A) I, II are correct.
(B) II, III and IV are correct.
(C) III, IV are correct.
(D) I, II and III are correct.
Answer: (D)
3. Which of the following features define ‘Tribe’ as an ideal construct?
I. Economic specialization
II. Egalitarianism
III. Integrated character
IV. Class formation
Codes:
(A) I and II are correct.
(B) II and III are correct.
(C) I, II and III are correct.
(D) II, III and IV are correct.
Answer: (B)
4. Which of the following are the examples of achieved status?
I. Prime Minister
II. Lawyer
III. Poet
IV. Son-in-law
Codes:
(A) I, II and III are correct.
(B) I, II, III and IV are correct.
(C) I, III and IV are correct.
(D) I, II and IV are correct.
Answer: (B)
5. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(A) Man in India – Hyderabad
(B) Journal of Human Ecology – Delhi
(C) Journal of Indian Anthropological Society – Calcutta
(D) Eastern Anthropologist – Lucknow
Answer: (A)
6. Which of the following characteristics distinguish primates from other mammals?
(A) A large complex brain in which the area devoted to smell is quite large.
(B) The development of more teeth of a highly specialized nature.
(C) Increased visual acuity because of stereoscopic and colour vision.
(D) The development of a specific breeding season & increased number of offspring.
Answer: (C)
7. Which of the following can affect the make-up of the gene pool within a population?
(A) Natural selection
(B) Mutation
(C) Migration of individuals into or out of a population
(D) All of the above
Answer: (D)
8. Which of the following is not true in case of sickle-cell trait?
(A) They are heterozygous for the sickle-cell allele.
(B) All their haemoglobins is Haemoglobin-S.
(C) They have both normal and haemoglobin-S.
(D) They have greater resistance to malaria than with people with only normal haemoglobins.
Answer: (B)
9. KARST Geomorphology is associated with the study of
(A) Moraine deposits
(B) Sea-level changes
(C) Cave sediments
(D) Terraces
Answer: (C)
10. The Three-Age system of prehistoric cultures was proposed by
(A) Henry Morgan
(B) Cockburn
(C) Medows Tylor
(D) Thompsen
Answer: (D)
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