Anthropology Questions and Answers - Set 6 | Anthropology Quiz GkSeries

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1 Why was Laura Bohannan collecting folktales among the TIV ?

1 Because she wanted to utilize the time by collecting folktales, as no ceremony or ritual was taking place there.

2 Because she liked to listen to the folktales.

3 Because she wanted to tell those folktales to her friends.

4 Because she had never heard any folktale earlier.

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Answer:Because she wanted to utilize the time by collecting folktales, as no ceremony or ritual was taking place there.

2 Identify the “suspensory primate” from the following :

1 Chimpanzee

2 Tree-Shrew

3 Gibbon

4 Howler Monkey

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Answer:Gibbon

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3 The term “Anthropometry” was coined by

1 Quetlet

2 Martin & Saller

3 Hrdlicka

4 Georges Cuvier

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Answer:Georges Cuvier

4 The Boyd’s racial classification was based on

1 Blood groups

2 Anthropometry

3 Dermatoglyphics

4 DNA markers

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Answer:Blood groups

5 Which one of the following is associated with the racial classification of the peoples of India ?

1 S.R.K. Chopra

2 S.S. Sarkar

3 D.N. Majumdar

4 P.C. Biswas

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Answer:S.S. Sarkar

6 The principal objective of which article of Indian Constitution is to ban the practice of untouchability in any form ?

1 Article 17

2 Article 16

3 Article 19

4 Article 25

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Answer: Article 17

7 Who among the following is not an affinal kin ?

1 Ego’s husband’s sister

2 Ego’s brother’s son

3 Ego’s wife’s brother

4 Ego’s wife’s mother

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Answer: Ego’s brother’s son

8 Which among the following is not a source of law ?

1 Custom

2 Religion

3 Habits

4 Judicial decision

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Answer: Habits

9 Who, among the following, has propounded a ‘descent’ theory of kinship ?

1 Rodney Needham

2 Claude Levi-Strauss

3 Marvin Harris

4 A.R. Radcliffe-Brown

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Answer: A.R. Radcliffe-Brown

10 Which of the following is not considered as a geometric type of microlith ?

1 Backed blade

2 Trapeze

3 Triangle

4 Rhomboid

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Answer: Backed blade

11 Which of the following is radiometric dating ?

1 Archaeomagnetism

2 Varve

3 Thermo-luminescence

4 Potassium-Argon

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Answer: Potassium-Argon

12 Identify the correct sequence of different phases of Indian Anthropology in the ascending order of their development.

1 Evaluation phase – Analytical phase – Constructive phase – Formative phase

2 Formative phase – Constructive phase – Analytical phase – Evaluation phase

3 Constructive phase – Formative phase – Evaluation phase – Analytical phase

4 Analytical phase – Formative phase – Evaluation phase – Constructive phase

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Answer:Formative phase – Constructive phase – Analytical phase – Evaluation phase

13 Identify the correct order of organization of genetic material from the largest to the smallest.

1 Chromosome – Gene – Nucleotide – Genome

2 Genome – Gene – Chromosome – Nucleotide

3 Genome – Chromosome – Gene – Nucleotide .

4 Gene – Nucleotide – Chromosome – Genome

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Answer:Genome – Chromosome – Gene – Nucleotide

14 Arrange the following authorities in the order in which they gave classifications of the peoples of India from the earliest to the most recent.

1 Risley – Haddon – Guha – Sarkar

2 Haddon – Risley – Guha – Sarkar

3 Sarkar – Risley – Haddon – Guha

4 Guha – Sarkar – Haddon – Risley

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Answer:Risley – Haddon – Guha – Sarkar

15 Arrange the following fossil hominids in the descending order of their cranial capacity.

1 Homo habilis – Australopithecus africanus – Homo erectus – Neanderthal Man

2 Neanderthal Man – Homo habilis – Homo erectus – Australopithecus africanus

3 Australopithecus africanus – Neanderthal man – Homo erectus – Homo habilis

4 Neanderthal Man – Homo erectus – Homo habilis – Australopithecus africanus

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Answer:Neanderthal Man – Homo erectus – Homo habilis – Australopithecus africanus

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