Anthropology Questions and Answers for Competitive Exams | Anthropology Quiz Set 7

Questions
1 Identify the correct sequence of the development of anthropological theories :
1 Evolution → Diffusion → Structure and function → Culture and personality
2 Culture and personality → Structure and function → Diffusion → Evolution
3 Evolution → Diffusion → Culture and personality → Structure and function
4 Diffusion → Evolution → Structure and function → Culture and personality

Answer:Evolution → Diffusion → Structure and function → Culture and personality
2 Arrange the following books in order in which they appeared (in ascending order).
1 We the Tikopia by Raymond Firth → Suicide by Emile Durkheim → The Kamar by S.C. Dubey → The Mirror of Man by Clyde Kluckhohn
2 Suicide by Emile Durkheim → We the Tikopia by Raymond Firth → The Mirror of Man by Clyde Kluckhohn → The Kamar by S.C. Dubey
3 Suicide by Emile Durkheim → The Mirror of Man by Clyde Kluckhohn → The Kamar by S.C. Dubey → We the Tikopia by Raymond Firth
4 The Mirror of Man by Clyde Kluckhohn → We the Tikopia by Raymond Firth → The Kamar by S.C. Dubey → Suicide by Emile Durkheim

Answer: We the Tikopia by Raymond Firth → Suicide by Emile Durkheim → The Kamar by S.C. Dubey → The Mirror of Man by Clyde Kluckhohn

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3 Arrange Anthony Wallace’s concept of organization of religious beliefs and practices in descending order :
1 Individualistic cult → Shamanistic cult → Communal cult → Ecclesiastical cult
2 Ecclesiastical cult → Communal cult → Individualistic cult → Shamanistic cult
3 Shamanistic cult → Communal cult → Ecclesiastical cult → Individualistic cult
4 Ecclesiastical cult → Communal cult → Shamanistic cult → Individualistic cult

Answer:Ecclesiastical cult → Communal cult → Shamanistic cult → Individualistic cult
4 The prenatal diagnostic technique that can detect neural tube defects is
1 Radiography
2 Alpha Fetoproteins test
3 Ultrasonography
4 Chorionic villus sampling

Answer:Alpha Fetoproteins test
5 Which one of the following primate fossils is known as “Aberrent Ape” ?
1 Gigantopithecus
2 Ramapithecus
3 Kenyapithecus
4 Oreopithecus

Answer:Oreopithecus
6 Alkaptonuria is caused by the deficiency of
1 Tyrosinase
2 Arginase
3 Homogentisic acid oxidase
4 Carbamyl synthase

Answer:Homogentisic acid oxidase
7 Short stature is a typical feature of
1 Klinefelter syndrome
2 Turner syndrome
3 Fragile X-syndrome
4 Edward syndrome

Answer:Edward syndrome
8 The basic classification of finger ball patterns was given by
1 S.B. Holt
2 J.D. Malavwala
3 Francis Galton
4 Edward Henry

Answer: Francis Galton
9 Favism leading to acute hemolytic anemia is due to 7
1 Hemoglobin
2 Iron deficiency
3 Thalassemia
4 G6PD deficiency

Answer: G6PD deficiency
10 Taurodontism is seen in which of the following hominids ?
1 Australopithecus
2 Homo habilis
3 Homo erectus
4 Neanderthal man

Answer: Neanderthal man
11 The classification of simple societies into Band, Tribe, Chiefdom and kingdom in American Anthropology was first done by
1 Marshal Sahlins
2 Elmen Service
3 Julian Steward
4 Henry Maine

Answer: Elmen Service
12 Who substituted the term bride-price with bride-wealth ?
1 M.N. Srinivas
2 S.C. Roy
3 L.H. Morgan
4 E.E. Evans-Pritchard

Answer:E.E. Evans-Pritchard
13 New Ethnography appeared in anthropology in order to
1 partially accept and partially denounce culture and personality school.
2 improve the quality of data collection and interpretation.
3 accept functionalism and structuralism both.
4 denounce evolution and diffusion

Answer:improve the quality of data collection and interpretation.
14 The classificatory and the descriptive Kinship terminologies were first brought to the notice in anthropology by
1 B.K. Malinowski
2 L.H. Morgan
3 E.E. Evans-Pritchard
4 D.N. Majumdar

Answer:L.H. Morgan
15 One can judge the level of a culture by “the amount of energy harnessed and put to use per capita per year by the group”, has been proposed by
1 Leslie White
2 Abram Kardiner
3 V.G. Childe
4 Cora Du-Bois

Answer:Leslie White

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