Anthropology Questions and Answers for Competitive Exams | Anthropology Quiz Set 6

(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.
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
Answer: Gibbon

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(3) The term “Anthropometry” was coined by
(1) Quetlet
(2) Martin & Saller
(3) Hrdlicka
(4) Georges Cuvier
Answer: Georges Cuvier
(4) The Boyd’s racial classification was based on
(1) Blood groups
(2) Anthropometry
(3) Dermatoglyphics
(4) DNA markers
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
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
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
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
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
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
Answer: Backed blade
(11) Which of the following is radiometric dating ?
(1) Archaeomagnetism
(2) Varve
(3) Thermo-luminescence
(4) Potassium-Argon
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
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
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
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
Answer: Neanderthal Man – Homo erectus – Homo habilis – Australopithecus africanus

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