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(1) Identify the correct sequence of the hierarchy of communities in descending order according to Robert Redfield.
(1) State ® Region ® Country ® Village
(2) Village ® Country ® Region ® State
(3) Region ® State ® Village ® Country
(4) Country ® Region ® Village ® State
Answer: State ® Region ® Country ® Village
(2) Identify the correct sequence in the development of Anthropological theories :
(1) Unilinear evolutionism ® Diffusionism ® Functionalism ® Structuralism
(2) Diffusionism ® Functionalism ® Structuralism ® Unilinear evolutionism
(3) Functionalism ® Unilinear evolutionism ® Diffusionism ® Structuralism
(4) Structuralism ® Functionalism ® Diffusionism ® Unilinear evolutionism
Answer: Unilinear evolutionism ® Diffusionism ® Functionalism ® Structuralism

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(3) Identify the correct sequence of origin of marriage as given by L.H. Morgan :
(1) Consanguinous ® Patriarchal ® Monogamy ® Punaluan ® Syndasmian
(2) Syndasmian ® Punaluan ® Consanguinous ® Patriarchal ® Monogamy
(3) Monogamy ® Punaluan ® Consanguinous ® Syndasmian ® Patriarchal
(4) Consanguinous ® Punaluan ® Syndasmian ® Patriarchal ® Monogamy
Answer: Consanguinous ® Punaluan ® Syndasmian ® Patriarchal ® Monogamy
(4) Identify the correct sequence of the following Pleistocene climatic episodes.
(1) Amersfoort - Alleroid - Paudorf - Gotwig
(2) Alleroid - Amersfoort - Gotwig - Paudorf
(3) Gotwig - Amersfoort - Paudorf - Alleroid
(4) Paudorf - Alleroid - Amersfoort - Gotwig
Answer: Gotwig - Amersfoort - Paudorf - Alleroid
(5) Identify the correct sequence of the following artifacts.
(1) Tan Slipped Ware - O.C.P. - P.G.W - N.B.P
(2) O.C.P - Tan slipped ware - P.G.W - N.B.P
(3) P.G.W - N.B.P - O.C.P - Tan slipped ware
(4) N.B.P - O.C.P - Tan slipped ware - P.G.W
Answer: Tan Slipped Ware - O.C.P. - P.G.W - N.B.P
(6) Kwashiorkar is due to :
(1) Vitamin A deficiency
(2) Vitamin C deficiency
(3) Cholestrol deficiency
(4) Protein - energy deficiency
Answer: Protein - energy deficiency
(7) The highest polymorphism among the human blood antigens is shown by :
(1) Rh system
(2) ABO system
(3) HLA system
(4) MNSs system
Answer: HLA system
(8) Patau syndrome is due to the abnormality of the following chromosome :
(1) Thirteen
(2) Eighteen
(3) Twenty - two
(4) Sixteen
Answer: Thirteen
(9) The degree of resemblance between monozygotic twins is :
(1) 1
(2) 0
(3) 0.5
(4) 0.75
Answer: 1
(10) Which of the following is an invasive prenatal diagnostic technique ?
(1) Maternal serum screening
(2) a-fetoprotein test
(3) Amniocentesis
(4) Ultrasound
Answer: Amniocentesis
(11) Biological anthropologists who study human growth are known as :
(1) Ethologists
(2) Nosologists
(3) Philologists
(4) Auxologists
Answer: Auxologists
(12) Who has defined culture as “an instrumental reality for the fulfilment of basic needs of man”?
(1) Margaret Mead
(2) B. Malinowski
(3) Robert Lowie
(4) Marvin Harris
Answer: B. Malinowski
(13) Whose definition of culture is called a ‘classical definition’ ?
(1) Tylor
(2) Frazer
(3) Durkheim
(4) Clifford Geertz
Answer: Tylor
(14) Who proposed participant observation ?
(1) Margaret Mead
(2) Bronislaw Kasper Malinowski
(3) A.R. Radcliffe Brown
(4) M.N. Srinivas
Answer: Bronislaw Kasper Malinowski
(15) Who is the author of “Consanguinity and Affinity of the Human Family” ?
(1) E.B. Tylor
(2) W.H.R. Rivers
(3) L.H. Morgan
(4) Ralph Linton
Answer: L.H. Morgan

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