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(1) Which of the following sequences of Ashrama Dharmas in descending order is correct ?
(1) Brahamcharya → Grihastha → Vanaprastha → Sanyasa
(2) Sanyasa → Vanaprastha → Grihastha → Brahamcharya
(3) Sanyasa → Vanaprastha → Brahamcharya → Grihastha
(4) Brahamcharya → Grihastha → Sanyasa → Vanaprastha
Answer: Brahamcharya → Grihastha → Vanaprastha → Sanyasa
(2) When the first organized fieldwork in anthropology was conducted ?
(1) 1898-99
(2) 1913-18
(3) 1906-08
(4) 1928
Answer: 1898-99

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(3) Who were the members of the Torres Strait Expedition ?
(1) W.H.R. Rivers, Margaret Mead, A.C. Haddon
(2) C.G. Seligman, A.C. Haddon, B.K. Malinowski
(3) A.C. Haddon, W.H.R. Rivers, C.G. Seligman
(4) Franz Boas, Margaret Mead, A.C. Haddon
Answer: A.C. Haddon, W.H.R. Rivers, C.G. Seligman
(4) Franz Boas’s first fieldwork as a geographer was conducted among
(1) Trobriand Islanders
(2) Andaman Islanders
(3) Eskimos
(4) Samoans
Answer: Eskimos
(5) Who is considered to have laid down the foundation of Culture and Personality School in Anthropology ?
(1) B.K. Malinowski
(2) A.R. Radcliffe-Brown
(3) W.H.R. Rivers
(4) Margaret Mead
Answer: Margaret Mead
(6) What did the exponents of New Ethnography do to bring more objectivity and scientism in anthropological research ?
(1) Suggested to observe cultural relativism.
(2) Suggested to empathize with the native.
(3) Suggested to study any culture from a distance.
(4) Suggested to enter into the head of the native.
Answer: Suggested to enter into the head of the native.
(7) Blood group of mother is AB and that of the father is also AB. The chances of AB group in their children is :
(1) 25 percent
(2) 75 percent
(3) 50 percent
(4) 0 percent
Answer: 50 percent
(8) Which one of the following classifications of the peoples of India is the most widely accepted ?
(1) H.H. Risley’s classification
(2) A.C. Haddon’s classification
(3) Fuherer Von Eickstedt’s classification
(4) B.S. Guha’s classification
Answer: B.S. Guha’s classification
(9) The most recent human species Homo naledi has been discovered from :
(1) India
(2) Australia
(3) South Africa
(4) East Africa
Answer: South Africa
(10) Lyonisation explains :
(1) Irregular expression
(2) Overdominance
(3) Dosage compensation
(4) Penetrance
Answer: Dosage compensation
(11) The study of the interaction between biology and culture, which plays a role in most human traits is known as :
(1) Cultural anthropology
(2) Social anthropology
(3) Socio - cultural anthropology
(4) Biocultural anthropology
Answer: Biocultural anthropology
(12) Who identified six major systems of kinship terminology ?
(1) G.P. Murdock
(2) Raymond Firth
(3) F.G. Bailey
(4) Clifford Geertz
Answer: G.P. Murdock
(13) Obligatory gift giving and counter giving of goods and services between persons (and groups) of specific status within a social system is known as :
(1) Redistributive exchange
(2) Reciprocal exchange
(3) Market exchange
(4) Silent trade
Answer: Reciprocal exchange
(14) Which of the following works is not written by C. Von. Furer - Haimendorf ?
(1) The Chenchus
(2) The Agaria
(3) The Reddis of the Bison Hills
(4) The Naked Nagas
Answer: The Agaria
(15) Which of the following is not absolute method of dating ?
(1) Radiocarbon method
(2) Potassium Argon method
(3) Flourine test method
(4) Thermoluminescence
Answer: Flourine test method

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