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Anthropology Questions and Answers for Competitive Exams | Anthropology Quiz Set 19

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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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