Anthropology Questions and Answers for Competitive Exams | Anthropology Quiz Set 3

(1) Who is supposed to bring panacea in Cargo Cult ?
(1) The Whitemen
(2) Melanesians
(3) Peter Worsley the author of the book
(4) Melanesian Shamans
Answer: Melanesian Shamans
(2) In 0 - 14 years age group which state of the following had the highest sex ratio ?
(1) Assam
(2) Sikkim
(3) Meghalaya
(4) Tripura
Answer: Sikkim

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(3) Which of the following states had the lowest sex ratio from 0 to 49 and above age groups ?
(1) Arunachal Pradesh
(2) Mizoram
(3) Sikkim
(4) Assam
Answer: Assam
(4) Which of the following states showed the highest increase in sex ratio from one age - cohort to another ?
(1) Tripura
(2) Mizoram
(3) Arunachal Pradesh
(4) Assam
Answer: Arunachal Pradesh
(5) Which state showed the consistent increase in sex ratio from 0 to 49+ age cohorts taken together ?
(1) Mizoram
(2) Assam
(3) Tripura
(4) Sikkim
Answer: Assam
(6) Which state showed the consistent decline in sex ratio across the three major age cohorts ?
(1) Tripura
(2) Mizoram
(3) Sikkim
(4) Meghalaya
Answer: Sikkim
(7) Who among the following is a Neo - Lamarckian ?
(1) Alfred Russel Wallace
(2) T.H. Huxley
(3) J.B.S. Haldane
(4) Geoffroy Saint - Hilaire
Answer: Geoffroy Saint - Hilaire
(8) Which one of the following is an example of non-probability sampling ?
(1) Snow-ball sampling
(2) Simple random sampling
(3) Stratified sampling
(4) Cluster sampling
Answer: Snow-ball sampling
(9) Neanderthal fossil was first described by :
(1) Raymond Dart
(2) Schaaffhausen
(3) G.H.R von Koenigswald
(4) Eugene Dubois
Answer: Schaaffhausen
(10) The first discovery of human-like foot prints embedded in fossilized ash was made from :
(1) Fayum Deposits, Egypt
(2) Makapansangat, South Africa
(3) Laetoli, Tanzania
(4) La Chapelle - aux - Saints, France
Answer: Laetoli, Tanzania
(11) According to whom process related to socio - cultural system consists of three aspects - Techno - economic, social and ideological ?
(1) J.J. Bachofen
(2) E.B. Tylor
(3) Leslie A. White
(4) V.G. Childe
Answer: Leslie A. White
(12) Who formulated the widely accepted evolutionary classification of social types into Band, Tribe, Chiefdom and State ?
(1) A.L. Kroeber
(2) Elman R. Service
(3) B. Malinowski
(4) N.K. Bose
Answer: Elman R. Service
(13) Which one of the following Commissions reviewed the operation of Ashram Schools ?
(1) U.N. Dhebar Commission
(2) Kaka Kalelkar Commission
(3) Shilu Ao Commission
(4) B.P. Mandal Commission
Answer: U.N. Dhebar Commission
(14) Kula ring, a ceremonial exchange of ritualistically valued shell ornaments, and various items of economic necessities, is an example of :
(1) Generalized reciprocity
(2) Negative reciprocity
(3) Balanced reciprocity
(4) Market exchange
Answer: Balanced reciprocity
(15) Which one of the following materials is suitable for Potassium-argon dating ?
(1) Varves
(2) Parchment
(3) Tree ring
(4) Biotite
Answer: Biotite

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