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(1) Oldest known stone tool was found in :
(1) Kenya
(2) China
(3) Tanzania
(4) Indonesia
Answer: Kenya
(2) Identify the correct sequence of the following racial classifications of the Indian people in the ascending order of their being propounded by the under mentioned scholars.
(1) B.S. Guha - E.F.Eickstedt - H.H. Risley - S.S. Sarkar
(2) H.H. Risley - E.F.Eickstedt - B.S. Guha - S.S. Sarkar
(3) B.S. Guha - S.S. Sarkar - E.F.Eickstedt - H.H. Risley
(4) S.S. Sarkar - B.S. Guha - E.F.Eickstedt - H.H. Risley
Answer: Sikkim

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(3) Arrange the following anthropological studies (field work) in ascending chronological sequence :
(1) Torres straight expedition → Yale - Cambridge expedition → Trobriand expedition by Malinowski → Andaman expedition by Radcliffe Brown
(2) Torres straight expedition → Andaman expedition by Radcliffe Brown → Trobriand expedition by Malinowski → Yale - Cambridge expedition
(3) Yale - Cambridge expedition → Trobriand expedition by Malinowski → Andaman expedition by Radcliffe Brown → Torres straight expedition
(4) Andaman expedition by Radcliffe Brown → Torres straight expedition → Yale - Cambridge expedition → Trobriand expedition by Malinowski
Answer: Torres straight expedition → Andaman expedition by Radcliffe Brown → Trobriand expedition by Malinowski → Yale - Cambridge expedition
(4) Identify the correct sequence involved in the study of sacred complex :
(1) Sacred Geography → Sacred Performance → Sacred Specialist
(2) Sacred Geography → Sacred Specialist → Sacred Performance
(3) Sacred Specialist → Sacred Geography → Sacred Performance
(4) Sacred Performance → Sacred Geography → Sacred Specialist
Answer: Sacred Geography → Sacred Performance → Sacred Specialist
(5) Polygenic or multi regional model was given by :
(1) Le Gros Clark
(2) Raymond Dart
(3) Davidson Black
(4) Wolpoff, Zhi and Thorne
Answer: Wolpoff, Zhi and Thorne
(6) J.M. Tanner is known for his landmark studies in the field of :
(1) Biochemical Genetics
(2) Auxology
(3) Forensic Anthropology
(4) Palaeo Anthropology
Answer: Auxology
(7) Dian Fossey conducted the pioneering field studies on the social behaviour of :
(1) Howler monkey
(2) Baboons
(3) Gorilla
(4) Orangutan
Answer: Gorilla
(8) A measure of fertility and their by a contributor to the gene pool of succeeding generation is :
(1) Selection
(2) Genetic Drift
(3) Gene Flow
(4) Fitness
Answer: Fitness
(9) The Java Man or Pithecanthropus was discovered by :
(1) E.L. Simons
(2) Eugene Dubois
(3) David Pilbeam
(4) S.R.K. Chopra
Answer: Eugene Dubois
(10) Homologous organs are :
(1) Dissimilar in origin and functions
(2) Similar in origin and different in functions
(3) Dissimilar in origin and similar in functions
(4) Similar in structure and functions
Answer: Similar in origin and different in functions
(11) Alkaptonuria is caused by the deficiency of enzyme :
(1) Glyoxalase I
(2) Carbonic anhydrase II
(3) Homogentisic oxidase
(4) 6 - Phosphogluconate dehydrogenase
Answer: Homogentisic oxidase
(12) Which one of the following methods is most useful for kinship studies ?
(1) Genealogical method
(2) T.A.T. Method
(3) Rorscharch test
(4) Sentence completion test
Answer: Genealogical method
(13) The concept of ‘Teknonymy’ was first used in Anthropology by :
(1) L.H. Morgan
(2) E.B. Tylor
(3) R.L. Lowie
(4) A.R. Radcliffe-Brown
Answer: E.B. Tylor
(14) Which of the following book is written by Robert Redfield ?
(1) The Primitive world and its Transformations
(2) History and Ethnology
(3) Structure and Sentiment
(4) Social Structure
Answer: The Primitive world and its Transformations
(15) Which one of the following book is written by Margaret Mead ?
(1) Male and Female
(2) Patterns of Culture
(3) A Tribe in Transition
(4) Argonauts of Western Pacific
Answer: Male and Female

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