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1 Which of the following sequences of Ashrama Dharmas in descending order is correct ?
1 Brahamcharya → Grihastha → Vanaprastha → Sanyasa
2 Sanyasa → Vanaprastha → Grihastha → Brahamcharya
3 Sanyasa → Vanaprastha → Brahamcharya → Grihastha
4 Brahamcharya → Grihastha → Sanyasa → Vanaprastha

Answer: Brahamcharya → Grihastha → Vanaprastha → Sanyasa
2 When the first organized fieldwork in anthropology was conducted ?
1 1898-99
2 1913-18
3 1906-08
4 1928

Answer:1898-99
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3 Who were the members of the Torres Strait Expedition ?
1 W.H.R. Rivers, Margaret Mead, A.C. Haddon
2 C.G. Seligman, A.C. Haddon, B.K. Malinowski
3 A.C. Haddon, W.H.R. Rivers, C.G. Seligman
4 Franz Boas, Margaret Mead, A.C. Haddon

Answer:A.C. Haddon, W.H.R. Rivers, C.G. Seligman
4 Franz Boas’s first fieldwork as a geographer was conducted among
1 Trobriand Islanders
2 Andaman Islanders
3 Eskimos
4 Samoans

Answer: Eskimos
5 Who is considered to have laid down the foundation of Culture and Personality School in Anthropology ?
1 B.K. Malinowski
2 A.R. Radcliffe-Brown
3 W.H.R. Rivers
4 Margaret Mead

Answer:Margaret Mead
6 What did the exponents of New Ethnography do to bring more objectivity and scientism in anthropological research ?
1 Suggested to observe cultural relativism.
2 Suggested to empathize with the native.
3 Suggested to study any culture from a distance.
4 Suggested to enter into the head of the native.

Answer:Suggested to enter into the head of the native.
7 Blood group of mother is AB and that of the father is also AB. The chances of AB group in their children is :
1 25 percent
2 75 percent
3 50 percent
4 0 percent

Answer:50 percent
8 Which one of the following classifications of the peoples of India is the most widely accepted ?
1 H.H. Risley’s classification
2 A.C. Haddon’s classification
3 Fuherer Von Eickstedt’s classification
4 B.S. Guha’s classification

Answer:B.S. Guha’s classification
9 The most recent human species Homo naledi has been discovered from :
1 India
2 Australia
3 South Africa
4 East Africa

Answer:South Africa
10 Lyonisation explains :
1 Irregular expression
2 Overdominance
3 Dosage compensation
4 Penetrance

Answer:Dosage compensation
11 The study of the interaction between biology and culture, which plays a role in most human traits is known as :
1 Cultural anthropology
2 Social anthropology
3 Socio - cultural anthropology
4 Biocultural anthropology

Answer:Biocultural anthropology
12 Who identified six major systems of kinship terminology ?
1 G.P. Murdock
2 Raymond Firth
3 F.G. Bailey
4 Clifford Geertz

Answer:G.P. Murdock
13 Obligatory gift giving and counter giving of goods and services between persons (and groups) of specific status within a social system is known as :
1 Redistributive exchange
2 Reciprocal exchange
3 Market exchange
4 Silent trade

Answer: Reciprocal exchange
14 Which of the following works is not written by C. Von. Furer - Haimendorf ?
1 The Chenchus
2 The Agaria
3 The Reddis of the Bison Hills
4 The Naked Nagas

Answer: The Agaria
15 Which of the following is not absolute method of dating ?
1 Radiocarbon method
2 Potassium Argon method
3 Flourine test method
4 Thermoluminescence

Answer: Flourine test method

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