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1 Identify the correct sequence of the hierarchy of communities in descending order according to Robert Redfield.
1 State ® Region ® Country ® Village
2 Village ® Country ® Region ® State
3 Region ® State ® Village ® Country
4 Country ® Region ® Village ® State

Answer:State ® Region ® Country ® Village
2 Identify the correct sequence in the development of Anthropological theories :
1 Unilinear evolutionism ® Diffusionism ® Functionalism ® Structuralism
2 Diffusionism ® Functionalism ® Structuralism ® Unilinear evolutionism
3 Functionalism ® Unilinear evolutionism ® Diffusionism ® Structuralism
4 Structuralism ® Functionalism ® Diffusionism ® Unilinear evolutionism

Answer:Unilinear evolutionism ® Diffusionism ® Functionalism ® Structuralism
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3 Identify the correct sequence of origin of marriage as given by L.H. Morgan :
1 Consanguinous ® Patriarchal ® Monogamy ® Punaluan ® Syndasmian
2 Syndasmian ® Punaluan ® Consanguinous ® Patriarchal ® Monogamy
3 Monogamy ® Punaluan ® Consanguinous ® Syndasmian ® Patriarchal
4 Consanguinous ® Punaluan ® Syndasmian ® Patriarchal ® Monogamy

Answer:Consanguinous ® Punaluan ® Syndasmian ® Patriarchal ® Monogamy
4 Identify the correct sequence of the following Pleistocene climatic episodes.
1 Amersfoort - Alleroid - Paudorf - Gotwig
2 Alleroid - Amersfoort - Gotwig - Paudorf
3 Gotwig - Amersfoort - Paudorf - Alleroid
4 Paudorf - Alleroid - Amersfoort - Gotwig

Answer: Gotwig - Amersfoort - Paudorf - Alleroid
5 Identify the correct sequence of the following artifacts.
1 Tan Slipped Ware - O.C.P. - P.G.W - N.B.P
2 O.C.P - Tan slipped ware - P.G.W - N.B.P
3 P.G.W - N.B.P - O.C.P - Tan slipped ware
4 N.B.P - O.C.P - Tan slipped ware - P.G.W

Answer:Tan Slipped Ware - O.C.P. - P.G.W - N.B.P
6 Kwashiorkar is due to :
1 Vitamin A deficiency
2 Vitamin C deficiency
3 Cholestrol deficiency
4 Protein - energy deficiency

Answer:Protein - energy deficiency
7 The highest polymorphism among the human blood antigens is shown by :
1 Rh system
2 ABO system
3 HLA system
4 MNSs system

Answer:HLA system
8 Patau syndrome is due to the abnormality of the following chromosome :
1 Thirteen
2 Eighteen
3 Twenty - two
4 Sixteen

Answer:Thirteen
9 The degree of resemblance between monozygotic twins is :
1 1
2 0
3 0.5
4 0.75

Answer:1
10 Which of the following is an invasive prenatal diagnostic technique ?
1 Maternal serum screening
2 a-fetoprotein test
3 Amniocentesis
4 Ultrasound

Answer: Amniocentesis
11 Biological anthropologists who study human growth are known as :
1 Ethologists
2 Nosologists
3 Philologists
4 Auxologists

Answer:Auxologists
12 Who has defined culture as “an instrumental reality for the fulfilment of basic needs of man”?
1 Margaret Mead
2 B. Malinowski
3 Robert Lowie
4 Marvin Harris

Answer:B. Malinowski
13 Whose definition of culture is called a ‘classical definition’ ?
1 Tylor
2 Frazer
3 Durkheim
4 Clifford Geertz

Answer:Tylor
14 Who proposed participant observation ?
1 Margaret Mead
2 Bronislaw Kasper Malinowski
3 A.R. Radcliffe Brown
4 M.N. Srinivas

Answer:Bronislaw Kasper Malinowski
15 Who is the author of “Consanguinity and Affinity of the Human Family” ?
1 E.B. Tylor
2 W.H.R. Rivers
3 L.H. Morgan
4 Ralph Linton

Answer:L.H. Morgan

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