ANTHROPOLOGY- PAGE 2
ANTHROPOLOGY- PAGE 2 MCQs
1 . Heath and Carter somatotype method includes:
(A) Photoscopy and anthropometry
(B) Anthropometry
(C) Photoscopy
(D) None of the above
Ans: A
2. Adaptive biological changes occurring within the lifetime of an organism in response to environmental stress refers to
(A) Acclimation
(B) Habituation
(C) Acclimatization
(D) Adaptation
Ans: C
3. Cephalo-Caudal growth occurs from
(A) head-to-tail
(B) tail-to-head
(C) Centre of body to outward
(D) Outward to centre of body
Ans: A
4. DNA molecule was discovered by
(A) G. Mendel
(B) J. Watson & F. Crick
(C) J. M. Lowenstein
(D) M. Kimura
Ans: B
5. Who among the following wrote the book ‘Genetics and the Origin of Species’?
(A) C. Darwin
(B) R. Goldschmidt
(C) T. Dobzhansky
(D) R. A. Fisher
Ans: C
6. Mendelian population is
(A) Reproductive community of a common gene pool
(B) Isolated population without common gene pool
(C) Not a reproductive population
(D) Not integrated by genetic factors
Ans: A
7. Which one of the following is the characteristic of the primates?
(A) Arboreal locomotion
(B) Extremitie not adapted for prehension
(C) Olfactory sense is greatly emphasized
(D) Dental formula exhibits four incisors
Ans: A
8. Unilineal Kin group is characterized by
(A) Their size
(B) Their corporate character
(C) Their utility in emergency situation
(D) Their amorphous character
Ans: B
9. Who among the following is a consanguineal kin?
(A) Father’s young brother
(B) Wife’s sister
(C) Wife’s brother
(D) Sister’s husband
Ans: A
10. Who among the following advocated a ‘four-fold approach’ that divided anthropology into cultural anthropology, physical anthropology, archaeology and linguistics?
(A) Bronislaw Malinowski
(B) Franz Boas
(C) A.R. Radcliffe Brown
(D) Marcel Mauss
Ans: B
11. Who among the following has made the statement?
“Anthropology is the science of human similarities and differences.”
(A) A.L. Krocbar
(B) A.R. Radcliffe Brown
(C) M.J. Herskowits
(D) Clyde Kluckhohn
Ans: D
12. What are the main tool types that characterise Upper Palaeolithic in Europe?
(A) Backed blades
(B) Chopper / Chopping
(C) Microliths
(D) Side scraper
Ans: A
13. Which one of the following research methods, is best suited to study the processual aspect of political organization?
(A) Key Informant Interview
(B) Extended Case Study Method
(C) Participant Observation
(D) Focus Group Discussion
Ans: B
14. The inheritance rule that makes the eldest child (usually the eldest son) the only heir.
(A) Primogeniture
(B) Ultimogeniture
(C) Equigeniture
(D) None of the above
Ans: A
15. Which one of the following best describes the custom by which a widower marries the sisters of the deseased wife?
(A) Sororate
(B) Levirate
(C) Polygyny
(D) Plural marriage
Ans: A
16. Levalloisean technique appears for the first time in which of the following cultural traditions?
(A) Azillo-Tardenoisean
(B) Aurignacian
(C) Maglamosean
(D) Acheulian
Ans: D
17. Which one of the following regions shows Stellenbosh culture?
(A) Western Europe.
(B) Central Europe.
(C) South Africa.
(D) East Africa.
Ans: D
18. Acheulian culture heralds the beginning of which of the following techniques?
(A) Block-on-block technique
(B) Cylinder hammer technique
(C) Pressure flaking technique
(D) Punching technique
Ans: B
19. Forensic Anthropology
(A) Is a field of applied physical anthropology.
(B) Specializes in identification of human skeleton remains for legal purposes.
(C) Specializes in identification of murder victims, age, sex and ethnicity.
(D) All of the above.
Ans: D
20. DNA molecule represents
(A) Single helix strand
(B) Double helix strand
(C) Triple helix strand
(D) None of the above
Ans: B
21. Who among the following wrote the book “Human Heredity”?
(A) A. Montagu
(B) R.H. Lowie
(C) E.A. Hoebel
(D) A.M. Brues
Ans: A
22. Natural selection accounts for
(A) Changes over a period of time.
(B) Progressive adaptation of organisms to environment.
(C) The production of differences recognized by systematics.
(D) All of the above.
Ans: D
23. Who among the following named Pithecanthropus?
(A) W. Howells
(B) E. Dubois
(C) E. Hooton
(D) F. Haeckel
Ans: D
24. Given below are two statements one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): In a population at genetic equilibrium, both gene and genotype frequencies remain constant from one generation to next.
Reason (R): Genetic equilibrium results in the presence of micro evolutionary forces.
Codes:
(A) (A) is correct, but (R) is false.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(C) (A) is false, but (R) is correct.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are false.
Ans: A
25. Given below are two statements. One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): Anthropologists distinguish between the ‘family of orientation’ (formed when one marries and has children) and ‘family of procreation’ (the family in which one is born and grows up).
Reason (R): From individual’s point of view, the critical relationships are with spouse and children in the family of orientation and with parents and siblings in the family of procreation.
Based on the above statement choose the correct answer code:
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct
(B) (A) is correct and (R) is wrong
(C) (A) is wrong and (R) is correct
(D) Both (A) and (R) are wrong
Ans: D
26. Given below are two statements. One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): Early states are formed during chalcolithic period.
Reason (R): This was mainly possible for the rise of professionals.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are incorrect
(C) (A) is correct, (R) is incorrect.
(D) (A) is incorrect, (R) is correct.
Ans: A
27. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other Is labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): State less societies lack in centralized political control.
Reason (R): Such societies rely primarily on generalized economic exchange to integrate members into the society.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Ans: B
28. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): Secret societies are all male societies.
Reason (R): Secret initiation ceremonies provide social solidarity to secret societies.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, and (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Ans: D
29. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): A descent group is a permanent social unit in human society.
Reason (R): Members of a descent group claim their origin from a common ancestor, who may be mythical or human.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(B) (A) is false (R) is true.
(C) (A) is true, (R) is false.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are true.
Ans: D
30. Given below are two statements. One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): Matrilineal and Patrilineal descent are types of unilineal descent which is same as the ambilineal descent.
Reason (R): With matrilineal descent, people join the mother’s group automatically at birth and stay as members throughout life; with patrilineal descent, people automatically have life time membership in the father’s group.
Based on the above statements, choose the correct answer.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are Wrong.
(B) (A) is correct and (R) is wrong.
(C) (A) is wrong and (R) is correct.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
Ans: C
31. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): Flake and blade tools are more advanced.
Reason (R): These provide the possibility of finer manipulation
Codes:
(A) (A) is correct (R) is correct.
(B) (A) is incorrect (R) is correct.
(C) (A) is correct (R) is incorrect.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are incorrect.
Ans: A
32. Given below are two statements. One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): Goitre is prevalent among Himalayan populations.
Reason (R): People suffer from Goitre due to iodine deficiency.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(B) (A) is correct, but (R) is false.
(C) (A) is false, but (R) is correct.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
Ans: D
33. Identify the correct sequence in the process of cell division:
(A) Metaphase – Prophase –Anaphase – Telophase
(B) Prophase – Metaphase –Anaphase – Telophase
(C) Anaphase – Telophase – Prophase – Metaphase
(D) Prophase – Anaphase –Metaphase – Telophase
Ans: B
34. Arrange the following anthropological studies in ascending chronological sequence.
I. League of Traquois
II. Trobriand Island study
III. Torres straight Expedition
IV. Yale-Cambridge Expedition
(A) I, II, III, IV
(B) I, III, II, IV
(C) II, IV, I, III
(D) IV, III, I, II
Ans: B
35. Choose the correct sequence of the following stone age tool types:
(A) Trapeze – Cleaver – Backed knife.
(B) Cleaver – Trapeze – Backed knife.
(C) Trapeze – backed knife – Cleaver.
(D) Cleaver – backed knife – Trapeze.
Ans: D
36. Identify the correct sequence designating sacred complex:
(A) Sacred Geography – Sacred Performance – Sacred Cluster
(B) Sacred Specialists – Sacred Zone – Sacred Centre
(C) Sacred Object – Sacred Cluster – Sacred Geography
(D) Sacred Geography – Sacred Performance – Sacred Specialist
Ans: D
37. Identify the correct sequence of economic organisation.
(A) Gathering and hunting – Fishing – Pastoralism – Cultivation
(B) Fishing – Gathering and hunting – Cultivation – Pastoralism
(C) Pastoralism – Cultivation – Gathering and hunting – Fishing
(D) Cultivation – Pastoralism – Fishing – Gathering and hunting
Ans: A
38. Choose the correct sequence of cultural tradition:
(A) Mousterian – Acheulian – Magdalenian
(B) Magdalenian – Acheulian – Mousterian
(C) Acheulian – Mousterian – Magdalenian
(D) Acheulian – Magdalenian – Mousterian
Ans: C
39. Identify the correct sequence in ascending order of human evolution:
(A) Anthropoidea – Hominoidea – Cattarrhini – Hominidac
(B) Anthropoidea – Cattarrhini – Hominoidea – Hominidac
(C) Hominidac – Hominoidea – Cattarrhini – Anthropoidea
(D) Hominoidea – Anthropoidea – Cattarrhini – Hominidac
Ans: B
40. Identify the correct sequence in ascending order.
(A) Palaeocene – Eocene – Oligocene – Miocene
(B) Miocene – Palaocene –Oligocene – Eocene
(C) Palaeocene – Oligocene – Eocene – Miocene
(D) Eocene – Miocene – Palaeocene – Oligocene
Ans: A
41. Identify the correct sequence in the pathway of gene expression:
(A) DNA – RNA transcript –mRNA – Protein
(B) RNA transcript – DNA – Protein – mRNA
(C) MRNA – RNA transcript – DNA – Protein
(D) DNA – mRNA – RNA transcript – Protein
Ans: A
42. Identify the correct sequence of Key Neandertal fossil discoveries by chronology in descending order:
(A) Tabun – Shanidar – La – Chapelle
(B) Shanidar – La – Chapelle – Tabun
(C) Shanidar – Tabun – La – Chapelle
(D) Tabun – La – Chapelle – Shanider
Ans: A
43. Match an item in List-I with an item in List-II. Use the code given below:
List-I List-II
a. Hb S i. Micro evolutionary force
b. Hb E ii. Africa
c. Thalasaemia iii. S.E. Asia
d. Migration iv. Greece
Codes:
a b c d
(A) ii i iv iii
(B) iii iv ii i
(C) iv i ii iii
(D) ii iii iv i
Ans: D
44. Match an item in List – I with an item in List – II. Use the code given below:
List-I List-II
a. 11. 9. 7. i. Finger
b. Hypothenar ii. Triradius
c. Angle atd iii. Palm
d. Pattern type iv. Main line
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iv i iii ii
(B) ii i iv iii
(C) ii iv i iii
(D) iv iii ii i
Ans: D
45. Match an item in List-I with an item in List-II. Use the codes given below:
List-I List-II
(Pheno type) (Geno type)
a. Blood group A i. OO
b. Blood group B ii. AA, AO
c. Blood group O iii. AB
d. Blood group AB iv. BB, BO
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i iv iii ii
(B) i iii ii iv
(C) ii i iv iii
(D) ii iv i iii
Ans: D
46. Match an item in List-I with an item in List-II. Use the codes given below:
List-I List-II
a. Occipital bones i. Fore arm
b. Maxilla ii. Lower limb
c. Tibia iii. Cranial part
d. Radius iv. Facial part
Codes:
a b c d
(A) ii i iv iii
(B) ii i iii iv
(C) iii iv ii i
(D) iv i ii iii
Ans: C
47. Match an item in List-I with an item in List-II. Use the codes given below:
List-I List-II
a. Hunting-Gathering i. Lower Palaeolithic
b. Fishing-Fowling ii. Mesolithic
c. Farming iii. Neolithic
d. Large game hunting iv Upper Palaeolithic
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) ii iii iv i
(C) iv ii iii i
(D) iii iv i ii
Ans: A
48. Match an item in List-I with an item in List-II. Use the codes given below:
List-I List-II
a. Leavalloise technique i. Solutrean culture
b. End scraper ii. Achenliam culture
c. Denticulate iii. Mousterian
d. Laurel leaf iv. Magdaelenian
Codes:
a b c d
(A) ii iv iii i
(B) i ii iv iii
(C) ii iii iv i
(D) iv ii i iii
Ans: A
49. Match an item in List-I with an item in List-II. Use the codes given below:
List-I List-II
a. Bushman i. Fishing
b. Nuer ii. Gathering
c. Kwakitul iii. Horticulturists
d. Kujkuru iv. Pastoralism
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i iii ii iv
(B) iv iii i ii
(C) iii ii iv i
(D) ii iv i iii
Ans: D
50. Which one of the following is NOT correctly matched?
(A) Taboo – Prohibition backed by supernatural sanction
(B) Shaman - A part-time religious practitioner who mediates between ordinary people and supernatural beings and forces
(C) Animism - Belief in souls
(D) Communitas - The critically important marginal or in between phase of a rite of passage
Ans: D
(A) Photoscopy and anthropometry
(B) Anthropometry
(C) Photoscopy
(D) None of the above
Ans: A
2. Adaptive biological changes occurring within the lifetime of an organism in response to environmental stress refers to
(A) Acclimation
(B) Habituation
(C) Acclimatization
(D) Adaptation
Ans: C
3. Cephalo-Caudal growth occurs from
(A) head-to-tail
(B) tail-to-head
(C) Centre of body to outward
(D) Outward to centre of body
Ans: A
4. DNA molecule was discovered by
(A) G. Mendel
(B) J. Watson & F. Crick
(C) J. M. Lowenstein
(D) M. Kimura
Ans: B
5. Who among the following wrote the book ‘Genetics and the Origin of Species’?
(A) C. Darwin
(B) R. Goldschmidt
(C) T. Dobzhansky
(D) R. A. Fisher
Ans: C
6. Mendelian population is
(A) Reproductive community of a common gene pool
(B) Isolated population without common gene pool
(C) Not a reproductive population
(D) Not integrated by genetic factors
Ans: A
7. Which one of the following is the characteristic of the primates?
(A) Arboreal locomotion
(B) Extremitie not adapted for prehension
(C) Olfactory sense is greatly emphasized
(D) Dental formula exhibits four incisors
Ans: A
8. Unilineal Kin group is characterized by
(A) Their size
(B) Their corporate character
(C) Their utility in emergency situation
(D) Their amorphous character
Ans: B
9. Who among the following is a consanguineal kin?
(A) Father’s young brother
(B) Wife’s sister
(C) Wife’s brother
(D) Sister’s husband
Ans: A
10. Who among the following advocated a ‘four-fold approach’ that divided anthropology into cultural anthropology, physical anthropology, archaeology and linguistics?
(A) Bronislaw Malinowski
(B) Franz Boas
(C) A.R. Radcliffe Brown
(D) Marcel Mauss
Ans: B
11. Who among the following has made the statement?
“Anthropology is the science of human similarities and differences.”
(A) A.L. Krocbar
(B) A.R. Radcliffe Brown
(C) M.J. Herskowits
(D) Clyde Kluckhohn
Ans: D
12. What are the main tool types that characterise Upper Palaeolithic in Europe?
(A) Backed blades
(B) Chopper / Chopping
(C) Microliths
(D) Side scraper
Ans: A
13. Which one of the following research methods, is best suited to study the processual aspect of political organization?
(A) Key Informant Interview
(B) Extended Case Study Method
(C) Participant Observation
(D) Focus Group Discussion
Ans: B
14. The inheritance rule that makes the eldest child (usually the eldest son) the only heir.
(A) Primogeniture
(B) Ultimogeniture
(C) Equigeniture
(D) None of the above
Ans: A
15. Which one of the following best describes the custom by which a widower marries the sisters of the deseased wife?
(A) Sororate
(B) Levirate
(C) Polygyny
(D) Plural marriage
Ans: A
16. Levalloisean technique appears for the first time in which of the following cultural traditions?
(A) Azillo-Tardenoisean
(B) Aurignacian
(C) Maglamosean
(D) Acheulian
Ans: D
17. Which one of the following regions shows Stellenbosh culture?
(A) Western Europe.
(B) Central Europe.
(C) South Africa.
(D) East Africa.
Ans: D
18. Acheulian culture heralds the beginning of which of the following techniques?
(A) Block-on-block technique
(B) Cylinder hammer technique
(C) Pressure flaking technique
(D) Punching technique
Ans: B
19. Forensic Anthropology
(A) Is a field of applied physical anthropology.
(B) Specializes in identification of human skeleton remains for legal purposes.
(C) Specializes in identification of murder victims, age, sex and ethnicity.
(D) All of the above.
Ans: D
20. DNA molecule represents
(A) Single helix strand
(B) Double helix strand
(C) Triple helix strand
(D) None of the above
Ans: B
21. Who among the following wrote the book “Human Heredity”?
(A) A. Montagu
(B) R.H. Lowie
(C) E.A. Hoebel
(D) A.M. Brues
Ans: A
22. Natural selection accounts for
(A) Changes over a period of time.
(B) Progressive adaptation of organisms to environment.
(C) The production of differences recognized by systematics.
(D) All of the above.
Ans: D
23. Who among the following named Pithecanthropus?
(A) W. Howells
(B) E. Dubois
(C) E. Hooton
(D) F. Haeckel
Ans: D
24. Given below are two statements one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): In a population at genetic equilibrium, both gene and genotype frequencies remain constant from one generation to next.
Reason (R): Genetic equilibrium results in the presence of micro evolutionary forces.
Codes:
(A) (A) is correct, but (R) is false.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(C) (A) is false, but (R) is correct.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are false.
Ans: A
25. Given below are two statements. One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): Anthropologists distinguish between the ‘family of orientation’ (formed when one marries and has children) and ‘family of procreation’ (the family in which one is born and grows up).
Reason (R): From individual’s point of view, the critical relationships are with spouse and children in the family of orientation and with parents and siblings in the family of procreation.
Based on the above statement choose the correct answer code:
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct
(B) (A) is correct and (R) is wrong
(C) (A) is wrong and (R) is correct
(D) Both (A) and (R) are wrong
Ans: D
26. Given below are two statements. One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): Early states are formed during chalcolithic period.
Reason (R): This was mainly possible for the rise of professionals.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are incorrect
(C) (A) is correct, (R) is incorrect.
(D) (A) is incorrect, (R) is correct.
Ans: A
27. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other Is labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): State less societies lack in centralized political control.
Reason (R): Such societies rely primarily on generalized economic exchange to integrate members into the society.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Ans: B
28. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): Secret societies are all male societies.
Reason (R): Secret initiation ceremonies provide social solidarity to secret societies.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, and (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Ans: D
29. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): A descent group is a permanent social unit in human society.
Reason (R): Members of a descent group claim their origin from a common ancestor, who may be mythical or human.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(B) (A) is false (R) is true.
(C) (A) is true, (R) is false.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are true.
Ans: D
30. Given below are two statements. One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): Matrilineal and Patrilineal descent are types of unilineal descent which is same as the ambilineal descent.
Reason (R): With matrilineal descent, people join the mother’s group automatically at birth and stay as members throughout life; with patrilineal descent, people automatically have life time membership in the father’s group.
Based on the above statements, choose the correct answer.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are Wrong.
(B) (A) is correct and (R) is wrong.
(C) (A) is wrong and (R) is correct.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
Ans: C
31. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): Flake and blade tools are more advanced.
Reason (R): These provide the possibility of finer manipulation
Codes:
(A) (A) is correct (R) is correct.
(B) (A) is incorrect (R) is correct.
(C) (A) is correct (R) is incorrect.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are incorrect.
Ans: A
32. Given below are two statements. One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): Goitre is prevalent among Himalayan populations.
Reason (R): People suffer from Goitre due to iodine deficiency.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(B) (A) is correct, but (R) is false.
(C) (A) is false, but (R) is correct.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
Ans: D
33. Identify the correct sequence in the process of cell division:
(A) Metaphase – Prophase –Anaphase – Telophase
(B) Prophase – Metaphase –Anaphase – Telophase
(C) Anaphase – Telophase – Prophase – Metaphase
(D) Prophase – Anaphase –Metaphase – Telophase
Ans: B
34. Arrange the following anthropological studies in ascending chronological sequence.
I. League of Traquois
II. Trobriand Island study
III. Torres straight Expedition
IV. Yale-Cambridge Expedition
(A) I, II, III, IV
(B) I, III, II, IV
(C) II, IV, I, III
(D) IV, III, I, II
Ans: B
35. Choose the correct sequence of the following stone age tool types:
(A) Trapeze – Cleaver – Backed knife.
(B) Cleaver – Trapeze – Backed knife.
(C) Trapeze – backed knife – Cleaver.
(D) Cleaver – backed knife – Trapeze.
Ans: D
36. Identify the correct sequence designating sacred complex:
(A) Sacred Geography – Sacred Performance – Sacred Cluster
(B) Sacred Specialists – Sacred Zone – Sacred Centre
(C) Sacred Object – Sacred Cluster – Sacred Geography
(D) Sacred Geography – Sacred Performance – Sacred Specialist
Ans: D
37. Identify the correct sequence of economic organisation.
(A) Gathering and hunting – Fishing – Pastoralism – Cultivation
(B) Fishing – Gathering and hunting – Cultivation – Pastoralism
(C) Pastoralism – Cultivation – Gathering and hunting – Fishing
(D) Cultivation – Pastoralism – Fishing – Gathering and hunting
Ans: A
38. Choose the correct sequence of cultural tradition:
(A) Mousterian – Acheulian – Magdalenian
(B) Magdalenian – Acheulian – Mousterian
(C) Acheulian – Mousterian – Magdalenian
(D) Acheulian – Magdalenian – Mousterian
Ans: C
39. Identify the correct sequence in ascending order of human evolution:
(A) Anthropoidea – Hominoidea – Cattarrhini – Hominidac
(B) Anthropoidea – Cattarrhini – Hominoidea – Hominidac
(C) Hominidac – Hominoidea – Cattarrhini – Anthropoidea
(D) Hominoidea – Anthropoidea – Cattarrhini – Hominidac
Ans: B
40. Identify the correct sequence in ascending order.
(A) Palaeocene – Eocene – Oligocene – Miocene
(B) Miocene – Palaocene –Oligocene – Eocene
(C) Palaeocene – Oligocene – Eocene – Miocene
(D) Eocene – Miocene – Palaeocene – Oligocene
Ans: A
41. Identify the correct sequence in the pathway of gene expression:
(A) DNA – RNA transcript –mRNA – Protein
(B) RNA transcript – DNA – Protein – mRNA
(C) MRNA – RNA transcript – DNA – Protein
(D) DNA – mRNA – RNA transcript – Protein
Ans: A
42. Identify the correct sequence of Key Neandertal fossil discoveries by chronology in descending order:
(A) Tabun – Shanidar – La – Chapelle
(B) Shanidar – La – Chapelle – Tabun
(C) Shanidar – Tabun – La – Chapelle
(D) Tabun – La – Chapelle – Shanider
Ans: A
43. Match an item in List-I with an item in List-II. Use the code given below:
List-I List-II
a. Hb S i. Micro evolutionary force
b. Hb E ii. Africa
c. Thalasaemia iii. S.E. Asia
d. Migration iv. Greece
Codes:
a b c d
(A) ii i iv iii
(B) iii iv ii i
(C) iv i ii iii
(D) ii iii iv i
Ans: D
44. Match an item in List – I with an item in List – II. Use the code given below:
List-I List-II
a. 11. 9. 7. i. Finger
b. Hypothenar ii. Triradius
c. Angle atd iii. Palm
d. Pattern type iv. Main line
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iv i iii ii
(B) ii i iv iii
(C) ii iv i iii
(D) iv iii ii i
Ans: D
45. Match an item in List-I with an item in List-II. Use the codes given below:
List-I List-II
(Pheno type) (Geno type)
a. Blood group A i. OO
b. Blood group B ii. AA, AO
c. Blood group O iii. AB
d. Blood group AB iv. BB, BO
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i iv iii ii
(B) i iii ii iv
(C) ii i iv iii
(D) ii iv i iii
Ans: D
46. Match an item in List-I with an item in List-II. Use the codes given below:
List-I List-II
a. Occipital bones i. Fore arm
b. Maxilla ii. Lower limb
c. Tibia iii. Cranial part
d. Radius iv. Facial part
Codes:
a b c d
(A) ii i iv iii
(B) ii i iii iv
(C) iii iv ii i
(D) iv i ii iii
Ans: C
47. Match an item in List-I with an item in List-II. Use the codes given below:
List-I List-II
a. Hunting-Gathering i. Lower Palaeolithic
b. Fishing-Fowling ii. Mesolithic
c. Farming iii. Neolithic
d. Large game hunting iv Upper Palaeolithic
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) ii iii iv i
(C) iv ii iii i
(D) iii iv i ii
Ans: A
48. Match an item in List-I with an item in List-II. Use the codes given below:
List-I List-II
a. Leavalloise technique i. Solutrean culture
b. End scraper ii. Achenliam culture
c. Denticulate iii. Mousterian
d. Laurel leaf iv. Magdaelenian
Codes:
a b c d
(A) ii iv iii i
(B) i ii iv iii
(C) ii iii iv i
(D) iv ii i iii
Ans: A
49. Match an item in List-I with an item in List-II. Use the codes given below:
List-I List-II
a. Bushman i. Fishing
b. Nuer ii. Gathering
c. Kwakitul iii. Horticulturists
d. Kujkuru iv. Pastoralism
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i iii ii iv
(B) iv iii i ii
(C) iii ii iv i
(D) ii iv i iii
Ans: D
50. Which one of the following is NOT correctly matched?
(A) Taboo – Prohibition backed by supernatural sanction
(B) Shaman - A part-time religious practitioner who mediates between ordinary people and supernatural beings and forces
(C) Animism - Belief in souls
(D) Communitas - The critically important marginal or in between phase of a rite of passage
Ans: D
51. Identify the correct sequence of the following authorities in the order they gave their racial classifications:
(A) Johann Blumenbach – Deniker – Boyd – Garn
(B) Garn – Deniker – Boyd – Johann Blumenbach
(C) Deniker – Garn – Boyd – Johann Blumenbach
(D) Boyd – Johann – Blumenbach – Deniker – Garn
Ans: A
52. Identify the correct sequence of ‘actions’ the genetic counselling involves:
(A) Diagnosis – Risk assessment – Communication and Discussion – Long term contact and support
(B) Risk assessment – Diagnosis Long term contact and support – Communication and Discussion
(C) Diagnosis – Communication and Discussion – Long term contact and support – Risk assessment
(D) Communication and Discussion – Diagnosis – Risk assessment – Long term contact and support
Ans: A
53. Identify the correct sequence of the following bones in the order they are placed from head to toe position:
(A) Femur – Fibula – Tarsals – Phalanges
(B) Fibula – Femur – Phalanges – Tarsals
(C) Tarsals – Femur – Fibula – Phalanges
(D) Phalanges – Femur – Tarsals – Fibula
Ans: A
54. Arrange the following methods of dating in order in which they were discovered:
i. Varve Analysis
ii. Radio Carbon
iii. Stratigraphy
iv. Racemization
Codes:
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) iii i iv ii
(C) iii ii i iv
(D) iv ii i iii
Ans: C
55. Arrange the following material traits of early man in order of their emergence:
i. Pestle and Mortar
ii. Harpoon
iii. Point
iv. Bow and arrow
(A) ii i iii iv
(B) iv iii ii i
(C) i ii iii iv
(D) iii ii iv i
Ans: D
56. Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow: (Q. Nos. 56 to 60)
Humankind is undergoing evolution with a new twist. Among many animal species, the individuals that survive and breed are the stock selected by nature to continue the species. But Homo sapiens is a social and cultural species. Just as the infertile worker bees make an essential contribution to the survival of the bee colony, so too in our own society, all members contribute to the species’ survival even if they bear no children. They do so all the more as our skills and roles in society become increasingly specialized (like the bees’). In the present state of human overpopulation, it is clear that those who do not reproduce are making a greater contribution to the species as a whole than those who do, because the stress of overdense populations is the greatest threat to our survival.
For a species like ours, whose survival depends on culture (which is based on knowledge), it is essential to use all available knowledge and understanding to achieve better adaptation to a changing environment. This is perhaps our most difficult problem: each new cultural adaptation we make alters the environment to which we are adapting. New adaptations increase population; greater population densities require further adaptations; new adaptations deplete world resources; resource depletion requires further adaptation. And so it goes on. We find ourselves in a vicious circle of ever-increasing instability.
Essential now is an all-out attempt to break that accelerating positive feedback loop and bring about new stability in population size, in technological investment, in consumption.
56. Why is evolution of humankind different from the other animals?
(A) Human species belong to the group of higher animals in the animal kingdom.
(B) Humankind is a social and cultural species.
(C) Human stock selected by nature alone survive and breed.
(D) Unproductive human beings constitute a burden to the society.
Ans: B
57. How is the survival of human kind different from the survival of other animals?
(A) The individuals who breed successfully alone contribute to the survival.
(B) Those individuals who do not reproduce also have a great role to play in the survival.
(C) Human over-population contributes to survival.
(D) Specialization of skills and roles has negative effect on survival.
Ans: B
58. In what way the society of bees is comparable to that of Homosapiens?
(A) Infertile bees contribute to the survival.
(B) Only fertile bees contribute to the survival.
(C) Skills and roles in case of bees are not different from that of humans.
(D) Population increase is not different from that of Homosapiens
Ans: A
59. What is the greatest threat to the survival of Human species?
(A) Changing environment
(B) Lack of sufficient knowledge
(C) Lack of better adaptation
(D) Over population
Ans: D
60. What is the vicious circle of ever-increasing instability?
(A) Increase in population and adaptation → depletion of resources → further adaptation.
(B) Increase in population → depletion of resources → change in environment
(C) Depletion in resources → increase in population → changing environment
(D) Greater population density → change in environment → depletion in resources
Ans: A
(A) Johann Blumenbach – Deniker – Boyd – Garn
(B) Garn – Deniker – Boyd – Johann Blumenbach
(C) Deniker – Garn – Boyd – Johann Blumenbach
(D) Boyd – Johann – Blumenbach – Deniker – Garn
Ans: A
52. Identify the correct sequence of ‘actions’ the genetic counselling involves:
(A) Diagnosis – Risk assessment – Communication and Discussion – Long term contact and support
(B) Risk assessment – Diagnosis Long term contact and support – Communication and Discussion
(C) Diagnosis – Communication and Discussion – Long term contact and support – Risk assessment
(D) Communication and Discussion – Diagnosis – Risk assessment – Long term contact and support
Ans: A
53. Identify the correct sequence of the following bones in the order they are placed from head to toe position:
(A) Femur – Fibula – Tarsals – Phalanges
(B) Fibula – Femur – Phalanges – Tarsals
(C) Tarsals – Femur – Fibula – Phalanges
(D) Phalanges – Femur – Tarsals – Fibula
Ans: A
54. Arrange the following methods of dating in order in which they were discovered:
i. Varve Analysis
ii. Radio Carbon
iii. Stratigraphy
iv. Racemization
Codes:
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) iii i iv ii
(C) iii ii i iv
(D) iv ii i iii
Ans: C
55. Arrange the following material traits of early man in order of their emergence:
i. Pestle and Mortar
ii. Harpoon
iii. Point
iv. Bow and arrow
(A) ii i iii iv
(B) iv iii ii i
(C) i ii iii iv
(D) iii ii iv i
Ans: D
56. Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow: (Q. Nos. 56 to 60)
Humankind is undergoing evolution with a new twist. Among many animal species, the individuals that survive and breed are the stock selected by nature to continue the species. But Homo sapiens is a social and cultural species. Just as the infertile worker bees make an essential contribution to the survival of the bee colony, so too in our own society, all members contribute to the species’ survival even if they bear no children. They do so all the more as our skills and roles in society become increasingly specialized (like the bees’). In the present state of human overpopulation, it is clear that those who do not reproduce are making a greater contribution to the species as a whole than those who do, because the stress of overdense populations is the greatest threat to our survival.
For a species like ours, whose survival depends on culture (which is based on knowledge), it is essential to use all available knowledge and understanding to achieve better adaptation to a changing environment. This is perhaps our most difficult problem: each new cultural adaptation we make alters the environment to which we are adapting. New adaptations increase population; greater population densities require further adaptations; new adaptations deplete world resources; resource depletion requires further adaptation. And so it goes on. We find ourselves in a vicious circle of ever-increasing instability.
Essential now is an all-out attempt to break that accelerating positive feedback loop and bring about new stability in population size, in technological investment, in consumption.
56. Why is evolution of humankind different from the other animals?
(A) Human species belong to the group of higher animals in the animal kingdom.
(B) Humankind is a social and cultural species.
(C) Human stock selected by nature alone survive and breed.
(D) Unproductive human beings constitute a burden to the society.
Ans: B
57. How is the survival of human kind different from the survival of other animals?
(A) The individuals who breed successfully alone contribute to the survival.
(B) Those individuals who do not reproduce also have a great role to play in the survival.
(C) Human over-population contributes to survival.
(D) Specialization of skills and roles has negative effect on survival.
Ans: B
58. In what way the society of bees is comparable to that of Homosapiens?
(A) Infertile bees contribute to the survival.
(B) Only fertile bees contribute to the survival.
(C) Skills and roles in case of bees are not different from that of humans.
(D) Population increase is not different from that of Homosapiens
Ans: A
59. What is the greatest threat to the survival of Human species?
(A) Changing environment
(B) Lack of sufficient knowledge
(C) Lack of better adaptation
(D) Over population
Ans: D
60. What is the vicious circle of ever-increasing instability?
(A) Increase in population and adaptation → depletion of resources → further adaptation.
(B) Increase in population → depletion of resources → change in environment
(C) Depletion in resources → increase in population → changing environment
(D) Greater population density → change in environment → depletion in resources
Ans: A
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow, based on your understanding of the passage: (Q.Nos. 61-65)
The field of development anthropology has been around long enough to know, in general terms, what works and what does not when designing programs of planned change. It would be overstating the case to suggest that an anthropologically informed project that takes into consideration local cultural realities is bound to succeed. But it would not be unreasonable to hold that any project ignoring local cultures is very likely to shoot itself in the foot. It is, therefore, stunning to read about a development project initiated in the 1990s that so thoroughly avoided addressing the major issues of development anthropology. Applied anthropologist William Loker (2000) describes a $ 25 million project in Central Honduras designed (allegedly) to create sustainable development while at the same time protect the environment.
The El Cajon Watershed Renewable Natural Resource Program was designed to help very poor people who had been displaced a decade earlier by the construction of a large dam controlled and operated by the national electrical authority. Although the planning documents said all of the right things, the implementation was quite another story. First, because there was no anthropological input, the project administrators knew little about the local culture, attitudes, or local organizations. Project plans called for active participation by local people and close coordination with local non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Yet, owing to lack of interest, a lack of good information, or both, neither of these proposed goals was successfully carried out.
But perhaps even more damaging to this expensive, but potentially beneficial, project was the apparent lack of consideration for some basic issues of development. The dual objectives of the project – sustainable economic development for local people and protecting the environment – are often at odds with each other. The literature is filled with examples of how conflicts exist between economic development and protecting the environment yet program planners never addressed this issue or its implications for project activities. Instead of considering how environmental and development goals could be made compatible, administrators embarked on a tree-planting project without much of an idea as to how it might impact either the social or natural environment. After interviewing the forestry engineer responsible for carrying out the tree-planting project, it became clear to Loker that the most basic questions had not been answered. For example, what trees should be planted, by whom, and for what purpose? How should trees be integrated into the already existing agricultural system? On whose land should the trees be planted, and who owns them? That none of these questions had been answered prior to the start of the project indicated to Loker a shameful lack of thought about the project on the part of the administrators.
61. What should be the main concern of development anthropology?
(A) To know what works when designing planned change.
(B) To know what does not work when designing planned change.
(C) To know what works and what does not work when designing planned change.
(D) To design planned change.
Ans: C
62. An anthropologically informed project means:
(A) That anthropologists are also the executors of the project.
(B) That it seeks the views of anthropologists on the modalities of the project.
(C) That it takes into consideration local cultural realities.
(D) That it ignores local cultures in favour of anthropologists’ personal opinion.
Ans: C
63. What did the El Cajon Watershed Renewable Natural Resource Program in Honduras want to achieve?
I. To create sustainable development.
II. To protect the environment.
III. To create sustainable development. and at the same time protect the environment.
IV. To help very poor people who had been displaced earlier.
Codes:
(A) I & II
(B) II & III
(C) I & III
(D) III & IV
Ans: D
64. Why did the Watershed Renewable Natural Resource Program fail?
(A) The local nongovernmental organizations were left out.
(B) Active participation of local people in the project was not sought.
(C) There was a general lack of interest on the part of all the stakeholders.
(D) The dual reasons of a lack of interest and a lack of good information about local cultural realities contributed to the failure of the program.
Ans: D
65. What were the lessons learnt from the project?
I. Potential areas of conflict between economic development and protecting the environment were never addressed.
II. There was not much of an idea about the social and natural environment.
III. The tree-planting project undertaken by the forestry engineer should have been vigorously pursued.
IV. The administrator should have taken more such initiatives from their side.
Codes:
(A) I and II
(B) II and III
(C) III and IV
(D) I and IV
Ans: A
66. Match an item in List-I with an item in List-II. Use the code given below:
List – I List – II
(a) Radcliffe Brown (1) Culture patterning of Temparament
(b) Levi- Strauss (2) Polygynandry
(c) Margaret Mead (3) Natural laws of society
(d) D. N. Majumdar (4) Ideal structure of society
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (3) (4) (1) (2)
(B) (1) (3) (2) (4)
(C) (1) (2) (3) (4)
(D) (4) (1) (2) (3)
Ans: A
67. Match an item in List-I with an item in List-II. Use the code given below:
List – I List – II
(a) Apical Ancestor (i) Unilineal descent group based on stipulated descent
(b) Clan (ii) Unilineal descent group based on demonstrated descent
(c) Lineage (iii) In a descent group, the individual who stands at the pex or top of the community genealogy
(d) Totem (iv) An animal or plant apical ancestor of a clan
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)
(B) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
(C) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
(D) (iv) (ii) (i) (iii)
Ans: A
68. Match an item in List-I with an item in List-II. Use the code given below:
List – I List – II
(a) Food gathering (i) Sedentary
(b) Settled cultivation (ii) Nomadism
(c) Pastoralism (iii) Fallowing
(d) Shifting cultivation (iv) Transhumance
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(B) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
(C) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)
(D) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
Ans: B
69. Match an item in List-I with an item in List-II. Use the code given below:
List – I List – II
(a) Katuleen Gongh (i) Rampura
(b) A. C. Mayer (ii) Kumbapetai
(c) A. R. Beals (iii) Rampur
(d) M. N. Srinivas (iv) Hattura Halli
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
(B) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
(C) (i) (iii) (iv) (iii)
(D) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
Ans: B
70. Match an item in List-I with an item in List-II. Use the code given below:
List – I List – II
(a) Ternifine (i) France
(b) Tatun (ii) Israel
(c) Swans Combe (iii) England
(d) La Chapelle (iv) Algeria
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
(B) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)
(C) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
(D) (iv) (i) (iii) (ii)
Ans: A
The field of development anthropology has been around long enough to know, in general terms, what works and what does not when designing programs of planned change. It would be overstating the case to suggest that an anthropologically informed project that takes into consideration local cultural realities is bound to succeed. But it would not be unreasonable to hold that any project ignoring local cultures is very likely to shoot itself in the foot. It is, therefore, stunning to read about a development project initiated in the 1990s that so thoroughly avoided addressing the major issues of development anthropology. Applied anthropologist William Loker (2000) describes a $ 25 million project in Central Honduras designed (allegedly) to create sustainable development while at the same time protect the environment.
The El Cajon Watershed Renewable Natural Resource Program was designed to help very poor people who had been displaced a decade earlier by the construction of a large dam controlled and operated by the national electrical authority. Although the planning documents said all of the right things, the implementation was quite another story. First, because there was no anthropological input, the project administrators knew little about the local culture, attitudes, or local organizations. Project plans called for active participation by local people and close coordination with local non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Yet, owing to lack of interest, a lack of good information, or both, neither of these proposed goals was successfully carried out.
But perhaps even more damaging to this expensive, but potentially beneficial, project was the apparent lack of consideration for some basic issues of development. The dual objectives of the project – sustainable economic development for local people and protecting the environment – are often at odds with each other. The literature is filled with examples of how conflicts exist between economic development and protecting the environment yet program planners never addressed this issue or its implications for project activities. Instead of considering how environmental and development goals could be made compatible, administrators embarked on a tree-planting project without much of an idea as to how it might impact either the social or natural environment. After interviewing the forestry engineer responsible for carrying out the tree-planting project, it became clear to Loker that the most basic questions had not been answered. For example, what trees should be planted, by whom, and for what purpose? How should trees be integrated into the already existing agricultural system? On whose land should the trees be planted, and who owns them? That none of these questions had been answered prior to the start of the project indicated to Loker a shameful lack of thought about the project on the part of the administrators.
61. What should be the main concern of development anthropology?
(A) To know what works when designing planned change.
(B) To know what does not work when designing planned change.
(C) To know what works and what does not work when designing planned change.
(D) To design planned change.
Ans: C
62. An anthropologically informed project means:
(A) That anthropologists are also the executors of the project.
(B) That it seeks the views of anthropologists on the modalities of the project.
(C) That it takes into consideration local cultural realities.
(D) That it ignores local cultures in favour of anthropologists’ personal opinion.
Ans: C
63. What did the El Cajon Watershed Renewable Natural Resource Program in Honduras want to achieve?
I. To create sustainable development.
II. To protect the environment.
III. To create sustainable development. and at the same time protect the environment.
IV. To help very poor people who had been displaced earlier.
Codes:
(A) I & II
(B) II & III
(C) I & III
(D) III & IV
Ans: D
64. Why did the Watershed Renewable Natural Resource Program fail?
(A) The local nongovernmental organizations were left out.
(B) Active participation of local people in the project was not sought.
(C) There was a general lack of interest on the part of all the stakeholders.
(D) The dual reasons of a lack of interest and a lack of good information about local cultural realities contributed to the failure of the program.
Ans: D
65. What were the lessons learnt from the project?
I. Potential areas of conflict between economic development and protecting the environment were never addressed.
II. There was not much of an idea about the social and natural environment.
III. The tree-planting project undertaken by the forestry engineer should have been vigorously pursued.
IV. The administrator should have taken more such initiatives from their side.
Codes:
(A) I and II
(B) II and III
(C) III and IV
(D) I and IV
Ans: A
66. Match an item in List-I with an item in List-II. Use the code given below:
List – I List – II
(a) Radcliffe Brown (1) Culture patterning of Temparament
(b) Levi- Strauss (2) Polygynandry
(c) Margaret Mead (3) Natural laws of society
(d) D. N. Majumdar (4) Ideal structure of society
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (3) (4) (1) (2)
(B) (1) (3) (2) (4)
(C) (1) (2) (3) (4)
(D) (4) (1) (2) (3)
Ans: A
67. Match an item in List-I with an item in List-II. Use the code given below:
List – I List – II
(a) Apical Ancestor (i) Unilineal descent group based on stipulated descent
(b) Clan (ii) Unilineal descent group based on demonstrated descent
(c) Lineage (iii) In a descent group, the individual who stands at the pex or top of the community genealogy
(d) Totem (iv) An animal or plant apical ancestor of a clan
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)
(B) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
(C) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
(D) (iv) (ii) (i) (iii)
Ans: A
68. Match an item in List-I with an item in List-II. Use the code given below:
List – I List – II
(a) Food gathering (i) Sedentary
(b) Settled cultivation (ii) Nomadism
(c) Pastoralism (iii) Fallowing
(d) Shifting cultivation (iv) Transhumance
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(B) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
(C) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)
(D) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
Ans: B
69. Match an item in List-I with an item in List-II. Use the code given below:
List – I List – II
(a) Katuleen Gongh (i) Rampura
(b) A. C. Mayer (ii) Kumbapetai
(c) A. R. Beals (iii) Rampur
(d) M. N. Srinivas (iv) Hattura Halli
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
(B) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
(C) (i) (iii) (iv) (iii)
(D) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
Ans: B
70. Match an item in List-I with an item in List-II. Use the code given below:
List – I List – II
(a) Ternifine (i) France
(b) Tatun (ii) Israel
(c) Swans Combe (iii) England
(d) La Chapelle (iv) Algeria
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
(B) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)
(C) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
(D) (iv) (i) (iii) (ii)
Ans: A
71. “Venus of Willendorf” belongs to which of the following traditions?
(A) Perigordian
(B) Aurignacian
(C) Gravettian
(D) Magdalenian
Ans: B
72. In which of the following cultural traditions does one find the tool type Lunate?
(A) Mousterian
(B) Magdalenian
(C) Choukoutien
(D) Tardenoisean
Ans: D
73. Mature Harappan site in Haryana is best represented at which of the following sites?
(A) Ahichchatra
(B) Kalibangan
(C) Amri
(D) Mitathal
Ans: D
74. Metal technology, Art and Writing is known from which one of the following cultures?
(A) Jorwe
(B) Banasian
(C) Harappa
(D) Painted Grey Ware
Ans: C
75. Harpoons with a hole in the body are found in which one of the following traditions?
(A) Tardenoisean
(B) Kitchen Midden
(C) Azilian
(D) Campignian
Ans: C
76. In line with Friedrich Ratzel’s theory which one of the following is the correct statement?
(A) Single items of culture tended to diffuse, whereas whole “culture complex” were spread by migration.
(B) Single items of culture spread by migration, whereas “culture complex” diffuse.
(C) Both single items of culture as well as “culture complex” diffuse.
(D) Both single items of culture as well as “culture complex” spread through migration.
Ans: A
77. Who among the following challenged the universal nature of Oedipus complex and instead proposed a culturally specific, parallel nuclear complex?
(A) Franz Boas
(B) Margared Mead
(C) Brownslaw Malinowski
(D) Ralph Linton
Ans: C
78. The roots of New Ethnography in Social-cultural Anthropology lie on
(A) Holistic approach
(B) Eromic approach
(C) Etic approach
(D) Linguistic approach
Ans: B
79. Malinowski propounded Functional Theory based on his ethnographic field work among
(A) Andamanese
(B) Trobriand Islanders
(C) Nicobarese
(D) Nuer
Ans: B
80. The concept of ‘Technonomy’ was first used in Anthropology by
(A) E. B. Tylor
(B) L. H. Morgan
(C) R. H. Lowie
(D) Benedict
Ans: A
81. Which one of the following statements about descent affiliation is correct?
(A) Unilineal descent refers to the fact that a person is affiliated with a group of kin through descent links of one sex only.
(B) Ambilineal descent affiliates individuals with kin related to them through either men or women.
(C) Bilateral descent refers to the fact that one’s relatives on both the mother’s and father’s sides of family are of equal importance or, more usually, unimportant.
(D) All of the above
Ans: D
82. Which of the following commission(s) was/were set up by President of India in fulfillment of constitutional requirement?
(A) Backward Classes Commission headed by Kaka Kalelkar (1953)
(B) Backward Class Commission headed by B. P. Mandal (1979)
(C) Scheduled Area and Scheduled Tribes Commission headed by U. N. Dheber (1961)
(D) All of the above
Ans: D
83. Who among the following was not an advocate of British Evolutionary School?
(A) E. B. Tylor
(B) H. J. S. Maine
(C) S. J. G. Frazer
(D) L. H. Morgan
Ans: D
84. A man with type ‘A’ blood marries a woman with type “AB” blood. What are the different blood types their children could have?
(A) A only
(B) AB only
(C) A and AB
(D) A, B and AB
Ans: D
85. Levalloise technique appears for the first time in which one of the following cultural traditions?
(A) Azillo-Tardenoisean
(B) Acheulian
(C) Aurignacian
(D) None of the above
Ans: B
86. Which one of the following Articles of Indian Constitution states that there shall be a Minister In-Charge of Tribal Welfare in the State of Bihar, M.P. and Orissa?
(A) Article – 244
(B) Article – 330
(C) Article – 275
(D) Article – 164
Ans: D
87. Which of the following correctly represents cultural relativism?
(A) Cultural patterns or traits that exist in some but not all societies.
(B) Culture in the general sense as a possession shared by hominids.
(C) Tendency to view one’s own culture as best.
(D) The position that the values and standards of cultures differ and deserve respect.
Ans: D
88. Who among the following is the author of the book “Caste among the Non-Hindus in India”?
(A) G. S. Ghureye
(B) S. C. Dubey
(C) T. K. Oomen
(D) Imtiaz Ahamed
Ans: D
89. Who among the following added the concepts of ‘Cultural Intensity’ and ‘Cultural Climax’ to that of ‘Culture area’?
(A) E. B. Tylor
(B) A. L. Krober
(C) Franz Boas
(D) Clark Wissler
Ans: B
90. What are alleles?
(A) These are genes controlling the same trait.
(B) These are genes on same locus of the chromosome
(C) These are genes controlling one trait that are able to recombine.
(D) These are genes unable to control the same trait.
Ans: B
91. Which one of the following is pattern intensity index?
(A) Whorls/Loops × 100
(B) (2[Whorls] + Loops)/N
(C) Arches/ Whorls × 100
(D) None of the above
Ans: B
92. In a population which one of the following cannot maintain genetic equilibrium?
(A) The number of lethal mutations increases.
(B) The population evolves
(C) The gene frequencies change
(D) All of the above
Ans: D
93. Ethnocide is a process in which the members of an ethnic group
(A) survive but loose or severely modify their ancestral culture
(B) are brutally killed
(C) maintain its cultural patterns by enforcing a normative pattern
(D) commit suicide due to compulsive situation.
Ans: A
94. Pantheon is
(A) collection of supernatural beings in a particular religion
(B) worship of an external, omniscient, omnipotent and omnipresent supreme being.
(C) belief in several deities who control aspects of nature
(D) sacred impersonal force in Melanesian and Polynesian culture.
Ans: A
95. Read the statements and choose the answer from the options given:
i. Autosomal dominant inheritance will be shown in 50% of the offspring.
ii. The males will express in higher frequency than females.
iii. The trait will be revealed in every generation.
iv. The trait is expressed in both the sexes.
Codes:
(A) i, ii, iii
(B) i, iii, iv
(C) ii, iii, iv
(D) iii, iv, ii
Ans: B
96. The features of Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium are:
i. It occurs in large population.
ii. The gene frequency fluctuates randomly.
iii. Mating is selective
iv. It is not influenced by mutation and selection.
The statements not applicable to Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium are
Codes:
(A) ii, iii, iv
(B) i, iii, iv
(C) i, ii, iii
(D) iii, i, ii
Ans: A
97. Which of the following pairs is correctly matched?
(A) Prosimian – Gorilla
(B) Dryopithecus – Indonesia
(C) Peking Man – Africa
(D) Homo habilis – Olduvai Gorge
Ans: D
98. Which of the following statements about fossils is true?
(A) All body parts of an organism are equally likely to become fossilized.
(B) There are fossils of all species of organisms that have ever lived.
(C) Fossils in upper layers of rock are likely to be older than fossils in lower layers.
(D) Fossils are most likely to be found in sedimentary rocks.
Ans: D
99. Which of the following act(s) like a molecular copy machine(s) rapidly, making large numbers of specific sequences of DNA?
Use the code to answer.
a. DNA fingerprinting
b. DNA Ligase
c. Bacteria
d. Polymerase chain reaction
Codes:
(A) Both c and d
(B) a, b, c & d
(C) Only d
(D) Only a
Ans: A
100. Mesolithic culture in India is found in the site namely
(A) Chauntra
(B) Sangana Kallu
(C) Tilwara
(D) Navdatolli
Ans: C
(A) Perigordian
(B) Aurignacian
(C) Gravettian
(D) Magdalenian
Ans: B
72. In which of the following cultural traditions does one find the tool type Lunate?
(A) Mousterian
(B) Magdalenian
(C) Choukoutien
(D) Tardenoisean
Ans: D
73. Mature Harappan site in Haryana is best represented at which of the following sites?
(A) Ahichchatra
(B) Kalibangan
(C) Amri
(D) Mitathal
Ans: D
74. Metal technology, Art and Writing is known from which one of the following cultures?
(A) Jorwe
(B) Banasian
(C) Harappa
(D) Painted Grey Ware
Ans: C
75. Harpoons with a hole in the body are found in which one of the following traditions?
(A) Tardenoisean
(B) Kitchen Midden
(C) Azilian
(D) Campignian
Ans: C
76. In line with Friedrich Ratzel’s theory which one of the following is the correct statement?
(A) Single items of culture tended to diffuse, whereas whole “culture complex” were spread by migration.
(B) Single items of culture spread by migration, whereas “culture complex” diffuse.
(C) Both single items of culture as well as “culture complex” diffuse.
(D) Both single items of culture as well as “culture complex” spread through migration.
Ans: A
77. Who among the following challenged the universal nature of Oedipus complex and instead proposed a culturally specific, parallel nuclear complex?
(A) Franz Boas
(B) Margared Mead
(C) Brownslaw Malinowski
(D) Ralph Linton
Ans: C
78. The roots of New Ethnography in Social-cultural Anthropology lie on
(A) Holistic approach
(B) Eromic approach
(C) Etic approach
(D) Linguistic approach
Ans: B
79. Malinowski propounded Functional Theory based on his ethnographic field work among
(A) Andamanese
(B) Trobriand Islanders
(C) Nicobarese
(D) Nuer
Ans: B
80. The concept of ‘Technonomy’ was first used in Anthropology by
(A) E. B. Tylor
(B) L. H. Morgan
(C) R. H. Lowie
(D) Benedict
Ans: A
81. Which one of the following statements about descent affiliation is correct?
(A) Unilineal descent refers to the fact that a person is affiliated with a group of kin through descent links of one sex only.
(B) Ambilineal descent affiliates individuals with kin related to them through either men or women.
(C) Bilateral descent refers to the fact that one’s relatives on both the mother’s and father’s sides of family are of equal importance or, more usually, unimportant.
(D) All of the above
Ans: D
82. Which of the following commission(s) was/were set up by President of India in fulfillment of constitutional requirement?
(A) Backward Classes Commission headed by Kaka Kalelkar (1953)
(B) Backward Class Commission headed by B. P. Mandal (1979)
(C) Scheduled Area and Scheduled Tribes Commission headed by U. N. Dheber (1961)
(D) All of the above
Ans: D
83. Who among the following was not an advocate of British Evolutionary School?
(A) E. B. Tylor
(B) H. J. S. Maine
(C) S. J. G. Frazer
(D) L. H. Morgan
Ans: D
84. A man with type ‘A’ blood marries a woman with type “AB” blood. What are the different blood types their children could have?
(A) A only
(B) AB only
(C) A and AB
(D) A, B and AB
Ans: D
85. Levalloise technique appears for the first time in which one of the following cultural traditions?
(A) Azillo-Tardenoisean
(B) Acheulian
(C) Aurignacian
(D) None of the above
Ans: B
86. Which one of the following Articles of Indian Constitution states that there shall be a Minister In-Charge of Tribal Welfare in the State of Bihar, M.P. and Orissa?
(A) Article – 244
(B) Article – 330
(C) Article – 275
(D) Article – 164
Ans: D
87. Which of the following correctly represents cultural relativism?
(A) Cultural patterns or traits that exist in some but not all societies.
(B) Culture in the general sense as a possession shared by hominids.
(C) Tendency to view one’s own culture as best.
(D) The position that the values and standards of cultures differ and deserve respect.
Ans: D
88. Who among the following is the author of the book “Caste among the Non-Hindus in India”?
(A) G. S. Ghureye
(B) S. C. Dubey
(C) T. K. Oomen
(D) Imtiaz Ahamed
Ans: D
89. Who among the following added the concepts of ‘Cultural Intensity’ and ‘Cultural Climax’ to that of ‘Culture area’?
(A) E. B. Tylor
(B) A. L. Krober
(C) Franz Boas
(D) Clark Wissler
Ans: B
90. What are alleles?
(A) These are genes controlling the same trait.
(B) These are genes on same locus of the chromosome
(C) These are genes controlling one trait that are able to recombine.
(D) These are genes unable to control the same trait.
Ans: B
91. Which one of the following is pattern intensity index?
(A) Whorls/Loops × 100
(B) (2[Whorls] + Loops)/N
(C) Arches/ Whorls × 100
(D) None of the above
Ans: B
92. In a population which one of the following cannot maintain genetic equilibrium?
(A) The number of lethal mutations increases.
(B) The population evolves
(C) The gene frequencies change
(D) All of the above
Ans: D
93. Ethnocide is a process in which the members of an ethnic group
(A) survive but loose or severely modify their ancestral culture
(B) are brutally killed
(C) maintain its cultural patterns by enforcing a normative pattern
(D) commit suicide due to compulsive situation.
Ans: A
94. Pantheon is
(A) collection of supernatural beings in a particular religion
(B) worship of an external, omniscient, omnipotent and omnipresent supreme being.
(C) belief in several deities who control aspects of nature
(D) sacred impersonal force in Melanesian and Polynesian culture.
Ans: A
95. Read the statements and choose the answer from the options given:
i. Autosomal dominant inheritance will be shown in 50% of the offspring.
ii. The males will express in higher frequency than females.
iii. The trait will be revealed in every generation.
iv. The trait is expressed in both the sexes.
Codes:
(A) i, ii, iii
(B) i, iii, iv
(C) ii, iii, iv
(D) iii, iv, ii
Ans: B
96. The features of Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium are:
i. It occurs in large population.
ii. The gene frequency fluctuates randomly.
iii. Mating is selective
iv. It is not influenced by mutation and selection.
The statements not applicable to Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium are
Codes:
(A) ii, iii, iv
(B) i, iii, iv
(C) i, ii, iii
(D) iii, i, ii
Ans: A
97. Which of the following pairs is correctly matched?
(A) Prosimian – Gorilla
(B) Dryopithecus – Indonesia
(C) Peking Man – Africa
(D) Homo habilis – Olduvai Gorge
Ans: D
98. Which of the following statements about fossils is true?
(A) All body parts of an organism are equally likely to become fossilized.
(B) There are fossils of all species of organisms that have ever lived.
(C) Fossils in upper layers of rock are likely to be older than fossils in lower layers.
(D) Fossils are most likely to be found in sedimentary rocks.
Ans: D
99. Which of the following act(s) like a molecular copy machine(s) rapidly, making large numbers of specific sequences of DNA?
Use the code to answer.
a. DNA fingerprinting
b. DNA Ligase
c. Bacteria
d. Polymerase chain reaction
Codes:
(A) Both c and d
(B) a, b, c & d
(C) Only d
(D) Only a
Ans: A
100. Mesolithic culture in India is found in the site namely
(A) Chauntra
(B) Sangana Kallu
(C) Tilwara
(D) Navdatolli
Ans: C