Anthropology Questions and Answers - Set 11 | Anthropology Quiz GkSeries

(1) Which of the following sequences of Ashrama Dharmas in descending order is correct ?

(1) Brahamcharya → Grihastha → Vanaprastha → Sanyasa

(2) Sanyasa → Vanaprastha → Grihastha → Brahamcharya

(3) Sanyasa → Vanaprastha → Brahamcharya → Grihastha

(4) Brahamcharya → Grihastha → Sanyasa → Vanaprastha

Answer: Brahamcharya → Grihastha → Vanaprastha → Sanyasa

(2) When the first organized fieldwork in anthropology was conducted ?

(1) 1898-99

(2) 1913-18

(3) 1906-08

(4) 1928

Answer: 1898-99

(3) Who were the members of the Torres Strait Expedition ?

(1) W.H.R. Rivers, Margaret Mead, A.C. Haddon

(2) C.G. Seligman, A.C. Haddon, B.K. Malinowski

(3) A.C. Haddon, W.H.R. Rivers, C.G. Seligman

(4) Franz Boas, Margaret Mead, A.C. Haddon

Answer: A.C. Haddon, W.H.R. Rivers, C.G. Seligman

(4) Franz Boas’s first fieldwork as a geographer was conducted among

(1) Trobriand Islanders

(2) Andaman Islanders

(3) Eskimos

(4) Samoans

Answer: Eskimos

(5) Who is considered to have laid down the foundation of Culture and Personality School in Anthropology ?

(1) B.K. Malinowski

(2) A.R. Radcliffe-Brown

(3) W.H.R. Rivers

(4) Margaret Mead

Answer: Margaret Mead

(6) What did the exponents of New Ethnography do to bring more objectivity and scientism in anthropological research ?

(1) Suggested to observe cultural relativism.

(2) Suggested to empathize with the native.

(3) Suggested to study any culture from a distance.

(4) Suggested to enter into the head of the native.

Answer: Suggested to enter into the head of the native.

(7) Blood group of mother is AB and that of the father is also AB. The chances of AB group in their children is :

(1) 25 percent

(2) 75 percent

(3) 50 percent

(4) 0 percent

Answer: 50 percent

(8) Which one of the following classifications of the peoples of India is the most widely accepted ?

(1) H.H. Risley’s classification

(2) A.C. Haddon’s classification

(3) Fuherer Von Eickstedt’s classification

(4) B.S. Guha’s classification

Answer: B.S. Guha’s classification

(9) The most recent human species Homo naledi has been discovered from :

(1) India

(2) Australia

(3) South Africa

(4) East Africa

Answer: South Africa

(10) Lyonisation explains :

(1) Irregular expression

(2) Overdominance

(3) Dosage compensation

(4) Penetrance

Answer: Dosage compensation

(11) The study of the interaction between biology and culture, which plays a role in most human traits is known as :

(1) Cultural anthropology

(2) Social anthropology

(3) Socio - cultural anthropology

(4) Biocultural anthropology

Answer: Biocultural anthropology

(12) Who identified six major systems of kinship terminology ?

(1) G.P. Murdock

(2) Raymond Firth

(3) F.G. Bailey

(4) Clifford Geertz

Answer: G.P. Murdock

(13) Obligatory gift giving and counter giving of goods and services between persons (and groups) of specific status within a social system is known as :

(1) Redistributive exchange

(2) Reciprocal exchange

(3) Market exchange

(4) Silent trade

Answer: Reciprocal exchange

(14) Which of the following works is not written by C. Von. Furer - Haimendorf ?

(1) The Chenchus

(2) The Agaria

(3) The Reddis of the Bison Hills

(4) The Naked Nagas

Answer: The Agaria

(15) Which of the following is not absolute method of dating ?

(1) Radiocarbon method

(2) Potassium Argon method

(3) Flourine test method

(4) Thermoluminescence

Answer: Flourine test method

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