Anthropology Questions and Answers for Competitive Exams | Anthropology Quiz Set 22

Assertion (A) : Fossils are considered as written documents of evolution.

Reason (R) : A fossil is an inorganic relic of the past life.

In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct ?

Assertion (A) : Genetic equilibrium is a feature of an evolving population.

Reason (R) : Using the Hardy-Weinberg model based on allele frequency data researchers measure the evolutionary change.

In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct ?

Assertion (A) : HLA antigens are medically important in situations where the tissue of one individual is grafted onto that of another.

Reason (R) : The complex of HLA antigens are present on the X-chromosome.

In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct ?

Assertion (A) : Anorexia nervosa, found mainly among females, is a kind of self-starvation in which a person fails to maintain a minimal normal body weight.

Reason (R) : An ideal of female attractiveness emphasizing thinness often is thought to provide a cultural basis leading to the development of anorexia.

In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct ?

Assertion (A) : Most adults in the world are lactose intolerant ; therefore, their consuming milk products may produce diarrhea and cramps.

Reason (R) : Lactose intolerance in humans may be a adaptation that prevents adults who can eat other foods from consuming milk on a regular basis, there by preventing them from directly competing with their young for nourishment.

In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct ?

Assertion (A) : Margaret Mead was the first to apply psychological techniques, namely, Projective Tests in Anthropology in Samoa.

Reason (R) : Her concern was to prove that stress and strain among the youth was because of biological reasons, not cultural.

In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct ?

Assertion (A) : The concept of Dominant Caste has been proposed by M.N. Srinivas in his study of a Mysore village.

Reason (R) : The only criterion of determining a dominant caste is purity and pollution.

In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct ?

Assertion (A) : L.H. Morgan proposed seven stages of evolution of family and marriage in human society.

Reason (R) : Morgan’s concept is based upon his interpretation of classificatory and descriptive kinship terminologies.

In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct ?

Assertion (A) : Claude-Levi-Strauss claims that there is structural uniformity in all cultures of the world.

Reason (R) : Structural uniformity in all cultures is based upon the premise that culture is the product of unconscious thought process of man.

In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct ?

Assertion (A) : Malinowski’s ‘theory of needs’ is the bedrock of psychological functional school in anthropology.

Reason (R) : Malinowski’s functionalism is the outcome of the participant observation during his long course of fieldwork conducted among the Trobriand islanders.

In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct ?

Assertion (A) : Criminal Tribes Act was first enforced during British Raj in India in 1871.

Reason (R) : The Act was framed with a purpose to control and punish both, the tribes and castes, who habitually committed non-bailable crimes.

In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct ?

Assertion (A) : Palaeoclimate may be reconstructed with the help of Palynology.

Reason (R) : Palynology is a comprehensive way of studying vegetation.

In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct ?

Assertion (A) : Hand axe industry of Peninsular India is described as Indian Acheulian tradition.

Reason (R) : The hand axes in Peninsular India was manufactured by Acheulian technique which brought by the Neandarthals of Europe.

In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct ?

Assertion (A) : Bow and arrow was used for the first time by the makers of mesolithic culture.

Reason (R) : Bow and arrow was useful to hunt big animals from distance spot.

In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct ?

Assertion (A) : Mountaneous region of Vindhya and Satpura ranges have the highest number of rock art sites.

Reason (R) : Vindhya and Satpura ranges are fractured and elevated to such a way which produced natural shelters and caves to be occupied by early man.

In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct ?