GkSeries.com

Anthropology Questions and Answers for Competitive Exams | Anthropology Quiz Set 19

Download PDF

Free Download as PDF Anthropology Quiz Questions and Answers for Competitive Exams or solved MCQs with answers. These quiz objective questions are helpful for competitive exams SSC, UPSC, IAS, IPS, CDS, NDA, Railways or RRB, psc exams of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Orissa, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Telangana etc.
Go To Download Page
(1) Identify the correct sequence of the following apes in the order of their closeness to humans :
(1) Gibbon – Chimpanzee – Gorilla – Orangutan
(2) Orangutan – Chimpanzee – Gorilla – Gibbon
(3) Chimpanzee – Gorilla – Orangutan – Gibbon
(4) Gorilla – Chimpanzee – Orangutan – Gibbon
Answer: Chimpanzee – Gorilla – Orangutan – Gibbon
(2) Choose the correct sequence of steps involved in the process of Genetic counselling :
(1) Communication – Risk assessment – Discussion of options – Long term contact and support – Medical diagnosis
(2) Medical diagnosis – Risk assessment – Communication –Discussion of options – Long term contact and support
(3) Risk assessment – Medical diagnosis – Communication –Discussion of options – Long term contact and support
(4) Long term contact and support – Discussion of options – Risk assessment – Communication – Medical diagnosis
Answer: Medical diagnosis – Risk assessment – Communication –Discussion of options – Long term contact and support

DOWNLOAD CURRENT AFFAIRS PDF FROM APP

(3) Identify the correct sequence of ecological rules in ascending order of their pronouncement
(1) Hesse’s Rule – Gloger’s Rule – Bergmann’s Rule – Allen’s Rule
(2) Bergmann’s Rule – Allen’s Rule – Hesse’s Rule – Gloger’s Rule
(3) Gloger’s Rule – Bergmann’s Rule – Allen’s Rule – Hesse’s Rule
(4) Allen’s Rule – Hesse’s Rule – Bergmann’s Rule – Gloger’s Rule
Answer: Gloger’s Rule – Bergmann’s Rule – Allen’s Rule – Hesse’s Rule
(4) Identify the correct sequence of the classic books in ascending order of their publication :
(1) Origins of Man (John Buettner – Janusch) – Up from the Ape (E.A. Hooton) – An Introduction to Physical Anthropology (Ashley Montagu) – Manual of Physical Anthropology (Juan Comas)
(2) An Introduction to Physical Anthropology (Ashley Montagu) – Up from the Ape (E.A. Hooton) – Manual of Physical Anthropology (Juan Comas) – Origins of Man (John Buettner – Janusch)
(3) Manual of Physical Anthropology (Juan Comas) – Up from the Ape (E.A. Hooton) – Origins of Man (John Buettner – Janusch) – An Introduction to Physical Anthropology (Ashley Montagu)
(4) Up from the Ape (E.A. Hooton) – Manual of Physical Anthropology (Juan Comas) – Origins of Man (John Buettner – Janusch) – An Introduction to Physical Anthropology (Ashley Montagu)
Answer: An Introduction to Physical Anthropology (Ashley Montagu) – Up from the Ape (E.A. Hooton) – Manual of Physical Anthropology (Juan Comas) – Origins of Man (John Buettner – Janusch)
(5) Identify the correct sequential order of social divisions of Indian Society.
(1) Varna – Caste – Sub-caste – Lineage
(2) Lineage – Caste – Sub-caste – Varna
(3) Caste – Sub-caste – Varna – Lineage
(4) Sub-caste – Varna – Lineage – Caste
Answer: Varna – Caste – Sub-caste – Lineage
(6) Identify the correct sequential order of the tribal revolts that took place in India during the 20th century. (A) Bastar Tribal Uprising – Rampa Rebellion – Gond and Kolam Revolt – Bondo Movement (B) Bondo Movement – Rampa Rebellion – Gond and Kolam Revolt – Bastar Tribal Uprising (C) Gond and Kolam Revolt – Rampa Rebellion – Bondo movement – Bastar Tribal Uprising (D) Rampa Rebellion – Bondo Movement – Bastar Tribal uprising – Gond and Kolam Revolt
(1) Genetic drift
(2) Gene flow
(3) Migration
(4) Natural selection
Answer: Genetic drift
(7) Which one of the following castes in South India is known for matriarchal system ?
(1) Lingayat
(2) Numbudri Brahmin
(3) Nayar
(4) Okkaliga
Answer: Nayar
(8) Who among the following propounded the concept of little and great traditions ?
(1) G.P. Murdock
(2) Robert Redfield
(3) S.F. Nadel
(4) Bronislaw Malinowski
Answer: Robert Redfield
(9) The term ‘Ethnoscience’ is closely related to
(1) Diffusionism
(2) New Ethnography
(3) Evolutionary Anthropology
(4) Functionalism
Answer: New Ethnography
(10) Who proposed that a fieldworker should empathize with the natives during the course of anthropological field work ?
(1) Margaret Mead
(2) Bronislaw Kasper Malinowski
(3) A.R. Radcliff Brown
(4) M.N. Srinivas
Answer: Bronislaw Kasper Malinowski
(11) A residence pattern where a newly married couple establishes a residence apart from both husband’s and wife’s relatives is known as
(1) Bilocal
(2) Patrilocal
(3) Neolocal
(4) Avunculocal
Answer: Neolocal
(12) Which one of the following is the earliest Mesolithic site of India ?
(1) Bagor
(2) Guntoor
(3) Jwalapuram
(4) Lagnajh
Answer: Jwalapuram
(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 of the following represents a habitational site of lower Paleolithic culture of Europe ?
(1) Swanscombe
(2) Terra Amata
(3) Torralba
(4) Somme Valley
Answer: Terra Amata
(15) Choose the correct sequence of the palmar configurational areas in the order of their description :
(1) Thenar – Interdigital I – Axial triradius – Hypothenar
(2) Thenar – Axial triradius – Hypothenar – Interdigital I
(3) Hypothenar – Thenar – Axial triradius – Interdigital I
(4) Interdigital I – Thenar – Axial triradius – Hypothenar
Answer: Interdigital I – Thenar – Axial triradius – Hypothenar

View All Anthropology Practice Test Sets

Please share this page

Click Here to Read more questions

Teacher Eligibility Test