Anthropology Questions and Answers - Set 17 | Anthropology Quiz GkSeries

(1) What is globalization ?

(1) Free flow of goods, services, and ideas throughout the globe.

(2) Cessation of flow of goods, services, and ideas throughout the globe.

(3) Restricted flow of goods, services, and ideas throughout the globe.

(4) Limited flow of goods, services, and ideas throughout the globe.

Answer: Free flow of goods, services, and ideas throughout the globe.

(2) Anthropologically speaking, when did globalization emerge on this planet ?

(1) Ever since man’s appearance on earth

(2) Since the First World War.

(3) Since the Second World war

(4) Since the medieval period.

Answer: Ever since man’s appearance on earth

(3) What is meant by ‘state restriction’ ?

(1) Restrictions imposed by citizens of a state

(2) Restrictions imposed by the state

(3) Restrictions imposed on a state by the neighbouring state.

(4) Restrictions imposed by a conquering state.

Answer: Restrictions imposed on a state by the neighbouring state.

(4) Who are the First Americans ?

(1) The Europeans who migrated to the New World after Columbus discovered it.

(2) The Africans who were taken as slaves by the Europeans during the age of slavery.

(3) The Central Asians who crossed the Bering Strait through the Siberian Desert.

(4) The ancient Egyptians who crossed the Atlantic and reached the New World.

Answer: The Central Asians who crossed the Bering Strait through the Siberian Desert.

(5) What is meant by ‘national boundaries’ ?

(1) The physical and the political boundary of a country.

(2) The physical boundary of a continent.

(3) The physical boundary of a city.

(4) The physical boundary of a big island.

Answer: The physical and the political boundary of a country.

(6) Who is considered as the founder of Physical Anthropology ?

(1) Johann Friedrich Blumanbach

(2) Georges Cuvier

(3) Ashley Montagu

(4) Juan Comas

Answer: Johann Friedrich Blumanbach

(7) Darwin’s theory was unable to explain :

(1) Natural Selection

(2) Struggle for existence

(3) Variation

(4) Survival of the fittest

Answer: Variation

(8) Who discovered Australopithecus afarensis ?

(1) Donald Johanson

(2) Meave Leakey

(3) Raymond Dart

(4) C. Loring Brace

Answer: Donald Johanson

(9) Classification of the Indian races was done by :

(1) I.P. Singh

(2) D.P. Mukherjee

(3) S.S. Sarkar

(4) P.C. Biswas

Answer: S.S. Sarkar

(10) Who is the author of the book ‘Primitive Culture’ ?

(1) Lewis H. Morgan

(2) E.B. Tylor

(3) A.C. Haddon

(4) Henry Maine

Answer: E.B. Tylor

(11) The formal custom which requires a man to marry a woman of the category of his mother’s brother’s daughter involves the notion of :

(1) Restricted exchange

(2) Generalized exchange

(3) Delayed exchange

(4) No exchange

Answer: Generalized exchange

(12) Who coined the terms ‘Endogamy’ and ‘Exogamy’ ?

(1) J.F. McLennan

(2) Adolf Bastian

(3) L.H. Morgan

(4) G.P. Murdock

Answer: J.F. McLennan

(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 one of the following pluvial is known as Kanjeran ?

(1) First pluvial

(2) Second pluvial

(3) 1st inter-pluvial

(4) Third pluvial

Answer: Third pluvial

(15) Which of the following is primary stone tool making technique for fluting ?

(1) Block-on-Block technique

(2) Free flaking technique

(3) Resolved flaking technique

(4) Pressure flaking technique

Answer: Pressure flaking technique

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