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Anthropology Questions and Answers for Competitive Exams | Anthropology Quiz Set 13

Questions
1 Who among the following propounded the ‘Theory of Need’ ?
1 G. P. Murdock
2 B. Malinowski
3 R.H. Lowie
4 Victor Turner

Answer: B. Malinowski
2 Which of the following is not a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (earlier known as PTG) :
1 Chenchu
2 Birhor
3 Jarawa
4 Santhal

Answer:Santhal
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3 World AIDS Day is celebrated on which of the following dates :
1 1 October
2 1 November
3 1 December
4 1 January

Answer:1 January
4 The concept of ‘Survivals’ was given by which of the following :
1 A. L. Kroeber
2 Leslie A. White
3 Ralph Linton
4 E. B. Tylor

Answer: E. B. Tylor
5 What metals are alloyed to produce bronze ?
1 Copper and tin
2 Copper and lead
3 Copper and aluminium
4 Copper and manganese

Answer:Copper and tin
6 Which of the following cultures lies between Palaeolithic and Neolithic cultures ?
1 Middle Palaeolithic
2 Mesolithic
3 Middle Stone Age
4 Middle lithic

Answer:Mesolithic
7 Which of the following scholars is responsible for New Archaeology ?
1 Lewis Benford
2 Francois Bordes
3 H.D. Sankalia
4 D.L. Clarke

Answer:Lewis Benford
8 Identify the correct chronological sequence of stages of human evolution :
1 Neanderthal man - Australopithecus - Cro-Magnon - Homo erectus
2 Australopithecus - Homo erectus - Neanderthal man - Cro-Magnon
3 Cro-Magnon - Neanderthal man - Homo erectus - Australopithecus
4 Australopithecus - Cro-Magnon - Homo erectus - Neanderthal man

Answer: Australopithecus - Homo erectus - Neanderthal man - Cro-Magnon
9 Identify the correct chronological sequence of the following as per their formation as State :
1 Telangana ® Uttaranchal ® Jharkhand ® Chattisgarh
2 Chattisgarh ® Uttaranchal ® Jharkhand ® Telangana
3 Jharkhand ® Telangana ® Uttaranchal ® Chattisgarh
4 Uttaranchal ® Telangana ® Jharkhand ® Chattisgarh

Answer: Chattisgarh ® Uttaranchal ® Jharkhand ® Telangana
10 Arrange the following in sequence of their population from the smallest to the largest :
1 Birhor ® Buksa ® Onge ® Santhal
2 Onge ® Birhor ® Buksa ® Santhal
3 Buksa ® Santhal ® Onge ® Birhor
4 Santhal ® Buksa ® Onge ® Birhor

Answer:Onge ® Birhor ® Buksa ® Santhal
11 Arrange the following method of food getting in sequence of their appearance in prehistoric times :
1 foraging ® gathering ® hunting ® herding
2 herding ® foraging ® hunting ® gathering
3 hunting ® herding ® gathering ® foraging
4 gathering ® hunting ® foraging ® herding

Answer:foraging ® gathering ® hunting ® herding
12 Arrange the following sites in proper sequence of cultures they yielded from early to later :
1 Renigunta ® Langhnaj ® Inamgaon ® Pallavaram
2 Inamgaon ® Pallavaram ® Langhnaj ® Renigunta
3 Pallavaram ® Renigunta ® Langhnaj ® Inamgaon
4 Langhnaj ® Inamgaon ® Renigunta ® Pallavaram

Answer:Pallavaram ® Renigunta ® Langhnaj ® Inamgaon
13 What has greatly affected the socio-political scenario of the country ?
1 Scramble for exploring new lands and people by Europeans.
2 Constitutional privileges and safeguards granted to the scheduled tribes in the country.
3 Discovery of the New World by Christopher Columbus in 1492.
4 British Rule in entire Indian sub-continent.

Answer: Constitutional privileges and safeguards granted to the scheduled tribes in the country.
14 What was the result of discovery of the New World by Christopher Columbus ?
1 Constitutional privileges and safeguards were granted to the scheduled tribes in India.
2 Scramble for exploring new lands and people by Europeans began.
3 Dark Continent of Africa remained unexplored forever.
4 The British equated such populations of India with the Indigenous people

Answer:Scramble for exploring new lands and people by Europeans began.
15 What type of culture did the British explorers find in the newly discovered lands ?
1 The Indian Culture.
2 The European culture.
3 The culture of the Scheduled Tribes.
4 Contrast of the British or the Victorian culture.

Answer: Contrast of the British or the Victorian culture.

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