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(1) The concept of ‘culture shock’ denotes
(1) The mental distress caused by adjustment in a different culture.
(2) Male anthropologists having problems with interviewing female informants.
(3) The mental distress caused by hazardous field-work.
(4) Involves himself in solving people’s problems.
Answer: The mental distress caused by adjustment in a different culture.
(2) Potlatch among north-western American-Indians is an example of
(1) Redistributive exchange
(2) Culture of poverty
(3) Political alliance
(4) Reciprocal exchange
Answer: Redistributive exchange

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(3) Which of the following articles of the Indian Constitution empowers the President to declare an area as ‘Scheduled Area’ ?
(1) Article 275
(2) Article 244
(3) Article 165
(4) Article 365
Answer: Article 244
(4) Which of the following techniques produces fluted core ?
(1) Block on block technique
(2) Clactionian technique
(3) Levalloisian technique
(4) Punch technique
Answer: Punch technique
(5) Which of the following methods of Archaeology does not belong to statistical method ?
(1) Correlation
(2) Multivariate
(3) Histogram
(4) Standard Deviation
Answer: Histogram
(6) Arrange the following curves which form the S-curve in the human vertebral column in the head to toe sequence.
(1) Thoracic curve – Lumbar curve – Cervical curve – Pelvic curve.
(2) Cervical curve – Thoracic curve – Lumbar curve – Pelvic curve.
(3) Lumbar curve - Cervical curve – Thoracic curve – Pelvic curve.
(4) Cervical curve – Lumbar curve – Thoracic curve – Pelvic curve.
Answer: Cervical curve – Thoracic curve – Lumbar curve – Pelvic curve.
(7) Identify the correct sequence of the following fossils in the chronological order of their discovery.
(1) Neanderthal Man – Pithecanthropus – Mauer Jaw – Sinanthropus.
(2) Mauer Jaw – Neanderthal Man – Pithecanthropus – Sinanthropus.
(3) Sinanthropus – Mauer Jaw – Pithecanthropus – Neanderthal Man.
(4) Pithecanthropus – Neanderthal Man – Mauer Jaw – Sinanthropus.
Answer: Neanderthal Man – Pithecanthropus – Mauer Jaw – Sinanthropus.
(8) Identify the correct sequence of phases of cell cycle. Use the codes given.
(1) G1 → G0 → S → M
(2) G1 → S → G2 → M
(3) G0 → S → G1 → M
(4) G1 → S → G0 → G2 → M
Answer: G1 → S → G2 → M
(9) Identify the correct sequence of the following racial classifications in the ascending order of their being given by the under mentioned scholars.
(1) H.H. Risley – A.C. Haddon – B.S. Guha – S.S. Sarkar
(2) A.C. Haddon – H.H. Risley – S.S. Sarkar – B.S. Guha
(3) B.S. Guha – H.H. Risley – S.S. Sarkar – A.C. Haddon
(4) S.S. Sarkar – A.C. Haddon – B.S. Guha – H.H. Risley
Answer: H.H. Risley – A.C. Haddon – B.S. Guha – S.S. Sarkar
(10) Identify the correct sequence in descending order of stages in economic developments in human society.
(1) Industrial stage → Agricultural stage → Pastoral stage → Hunting and Gathering stage.
(2) Hunting and Gathering stage → Pastoral Stage → Agricultural stage → Industrial stage
(3) Pastoral stage → Agricultural stage → Industrial stage → Hunting and Gathering stage.
(4) Industrial stage → Agricultural stage → Hunting and Gathering stage → Pastoral stage.
Answer: Industrial stage → Agricultural stage → Pastoral stage → Hunting and Gathering stage.
(11) Patau syndrome is caused by
(1) Trisomy 13
(2) Trisomy 21
(3) Trisomy 18
(4) Trisomy 16
Answer: Trisomy 13
(12) The two theories combined in the synthetic theory of evolution or Neo-Darwinism, are
(1) Lamarckism and Natural selection.
(2) Mutation and Blending inheritance
(3) Natural selection and Mendelian inheritance.
(4) Migration and Natural selection
Answer: Natural selection and Mendelian inheritance.
(13) Mendel’s work as rediscovered by
(1) Bateson and Punnet
(2) Hardy and Weinberg
(3) Morgan and Sutton
(4) Correns, Tschermark and De Vries
Answer: Correns, Tschermark and De Vries
(14) Alkaptonuria is caused by the deficiency of
(1) Phenylalanine hydroxylase
(2) Tyrosinase
(3) Homogentisic acid
(4) Glucose-6-phosphatase
Answer: Homogentisic acid
(15) The movement of individuals in or out of a particular breeding population is known as
(1) Gene frequency
(2) Genetic drift
(3) Variation
(4) Migration
Answer: Migration

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