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(1) Identify the correct sequence of the following apes in the order of their closeness to humans :
(1) Gibbon – Chimpanzee – Gorilla – Orangutan
(2) Orangutan – Chimpanzee – Gorilla – Gibbon
(3) Chimpanzee – Gorilla – Orangutan – Gibbon
(4) Gorilla – Chimpanzee – Orangutan – Gibbon
Answer: Chimpanzee – Gorilla – Orangutan – Gibbon
(2) Choose the correct sequence of steps involved in the process of Genetic counselling :
(1) Communication – Risk assessment – Discussion of options – Long term contact and support – Medical diagnosis
(2) Medical diagnosis – Risk assessment – Communication –Discussion of options – Long term contact and support
(3) Risk assessment – Medical diagnosis – Communication –Discussion of options – Long term contact and support
(4) Long term contact and support – Discussion of options – Risk assessment – Communication – Medical diagnosis
Answer: Medical diagnosis – Risk assessment – Communication –Discussion of options – Long term contact and support

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(3) Identify the correct sequence of ecological rules in ascending order of their pronouncement
(1) Hesse’s Rule – Gloger’s Rule – Bergmann’s Rule – Allen’s Rule
(2) Bergmann’s Rule – Allen’s Rule – Hesse’s Rule – Gloger’s Rule
(3) Gloger’s Rule – Bergmann’s Rule – Allen’s Rule – Hesse’s Rule
(4) Allen’s Rule – Hesse’s Rule – Bergmann’s Rule – Gloger’s Rule
Answer: Gloger’s Rule – Bergmann’s Rule – Allen’s Rule – Hesse’s Rule
(4) Identify the correct sequence of the classic books in ascending order of their publication :
(1) Origins of Man (John Buettner – Janusch) – Up from the Ape (E.A. Hooton) – An Introduction to Physical Anthropology (Ashley Montagu) – Manual of Physical Anthropology (Juan Comas)
(2) An Introduction to Physical Anthropology (Ashley Montagu) – Up from the Ape (E.A. Hooton) – Manual of Physical Anthropology (Juan Comas) – Origins of Man (John Buettner – Janusch)
(3) Manual of Physical Anthropology (Juan Comas) – Up from the Ape (E.A. Hooton) – Origins of Man (John Buettner – Janusch) – An Introduction to Physical Anthropology (Ashley Montagu)
(4) Up from the Ape (E.A. Hooton) – Manual of Physical Anthropology (Juan Comas) – Origins of Man (John Buettner – Janusch) – An Introduction to Physical Anthropology (Ashley Montagu)
Answer: An Introduction to Physical Anthropology (Ashley Montagu) – Up from the Ape (E.A. Hooton) – Manual of Physical Anthropology (Juan Comas) – Origins of Man (John Buettner – Janusch)
(5) Identify the correct sequential order of social divisions of Indian Society.
(1) Varna – Caste – Sub-caste – Lineage
(2) Lineage – Caste – Sub-caste – Varna
(3) Caste – Sub-caste – Varna – Lineage
(4) Sub-caste – Varna – Lineage – Caste
Answer: Varna – Caste – Sub-caste – Lineage
(6) Identify the correct sequential order of the tribal revolts that took place in India during the 20th century. (A) Bastar Tribal Uprising – Rampa Rebellion – Gond and Kolam Revolt – Bondo Movement (B) Bondo Movement – Rampa Rebellion – Gond and Kolam Revolt – Bastar Tribal Uprising (C) Gond and Kolam Revolt – Rampa Rebellion – Bondo movement – Bastar Tribal Uprising (D) Rampa Rebellion – Bondo Movement – Bastar Tribal uprising – Gond and Kolam Revolt
(1) Genetic drift
(2) Gene flow
(3) Migration
(4) Natural selection
Answer: Genetic drift
(7) Which one of the following castes in South India is known for matriarchal system ?
(1) Lingayat
(2) Numbudri Brahmin
(3) Nayar
(4) Okkaliga
Answer: Nayar
(8) Who among the following propounded the concept of little and great traditions ?
(1) G.P. Murdock
(2) Robert Redfield
(3) S.F. Nadel
(4) Bronislaw Malinowski
Answer: Robert Redfield
(9) The term ‘Ethnoscience’ is closely related to
(1) Diffusionism
(2) New Ethnography
(3) Evolutionary Anthropology
(4) Functionalism
Answer: New Ethnography
(10) Who proposed that a fieldworker should empathize with the natives during the course of anthropological field work ?
(1) Margaret Mead
(2) Bronislaw Kasper Malinowski
(3) A.R. Radcliff Brown
(4) M.N. Srinivas
Answer: Bronislaw Kasper Malinowski
(11) A residence pattern where a newly married couple establishes a residence apart from both husband’s and wife’s relatives is known as
(1) Bilocal
(2) Patrilocal
(3) Neolocal
(4) Avunculocal
Answer: Neolocal
(12) Which one of the following is the earliest Mesolithic site of India ?
(1) Bagor
(2) Guntoor
(3) Jwalapuram
(4) Lagnajh
Answer: Jwalapuram
(13) People who do not produce their own food but instead rely on wild plants and animals for subsistence are known as :
(1) Foragers
(2) Horticulturalists
(3) Pastoralists
(4) Agriculturalists
Answer: Foragers
(14) Which of the following represents a habitational site of lower Paleolithic culture of Europe ?
(1) Swanscombe
(2) Terra Amata
(3) Torralba
(4) Somme Valley
Answer: Terra Amata
(15) Choose the correct sequence of the palmar configurational areas in the order of their description :
(1) Thenar – Interdigital I – Axial triradius – Hypothenar
(2) Thenar – Axial triradius – Hypothenar – Interdigital I
(3) Hypothenar – Thenar – Axial triradius – Interdigital I
(4) Interdigital I – Thenar – Axial triradius – Hypothenar
Answer: Interdigital I – Thenar – Axial triradius – Hypothenar

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