Assertion (A) : Malinowski is considered to have conducted the longest period of fieldwork in anthropology(from 1913 to 1918 in Trobriand Islands)
Research (R) : It was his ‘self exile’, not a voluntary stay owing to First World War.
In the context of the above two statements which one of the following is correct ?
Codes :
Answer:Both (A) and (R) are correct.
Assertion (A) : “Man and man alone can acquire culture.”
Research (R) : Man is equipped with certain crucial Physical/Biolgoical characteristics.
In the context of the above two statements which one of the following is correct ?
Codes :Answer:Both (A) and (R) are true
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Assertion (A) : Mesolithic people were species specific hunter-gatherers.
Research (R) : Mesolithic was a stage of incipient cultivation.
In the context of the above two statements which one of the following is correct ?
Codes :Answer:Both (A) and (R) are correct
Assertion (A) : Hydraulic theory explains growth of early civilization.
Research (R) : Irrigation made land productive.
In the context of the above two statements which one of the following is correct ?
CodesAnswer:Both (A) and (R) are correct
Assertion (A) : Carrying capacity of land increased with food production.
Research (R) : Food producers need less amount of land.
In the context of the above two statements which one of the following is correct ?
Codes :Answer:Both (A) and (R) are true
Assertion (A) : Biface tool makers hunted big games.
Research (R) : Biface tool makers were scavengers.
In the context of the above two statements which one of the following is correct ?
CodesAnswer:Both (A) and (R) are correct
Assertion (A) : Since the early 1990s, the focus of human variation studies has shifted completely away from the visible differences we see in people to the understanding genetic factors that influence these traits.
Reason (R) : This shift occurred partly because examining genetic variation between populations and individuals helps explain biological changes overtime.
In the context of the above two statements which one of the following is correct ?
Answer: Both (A) and (R) are true
Assertion (A) : Species is group of interbreeding natural populations that are reproductively isolated from other such groups.
Reason (R) : Interruptions of gene flow by geographical barriers may result in speciation.
In the context of the above two statements which one of the following is correct ?
Answer: Both (A) and (R) are correct
Assertion (A) : In 1954, A.C. Allison showed that the sickle cell trait in its heterozygote condition affords protection against malarial infection.
Reason (R) : The S gene is maintained as ‘SS’ individuals do not suffer from tuberculosis.
In the context of the above two statements which one of the following is correct ?
Answer:(A) is correct, but (R) is wrong
Assertion (A) : Y chromosomal variation is the basis of mitochondrial eve hypothesis.
Reason (R) : Y chromosome is useful for tracing patrilineal lineage.
In the context of the above two statements which one of the following is correct ?
Answer:(A) is false, but (R) is true.
Assertion (A) : One of the basic assumptions of the mid - 19th century evolutionism has been ‘comparative method’.
Reason (R) : ‘Comparative method’ of the mid - 19th century meant ‘equation of contemporary society with the primitive ones’.
In the context of the above two statements which one of the following is correct ?
Answer:Both (A) and (R) are true
Assertion (A) : The chief characteristics of a ‘State’ are population, territory, sovereignty and government.
Reason (R) : Except kingdom, band, tribe and chiefdom are ‘Stateless Societies’.
In the context of the above two statements which one of the following is correct ?
Answer:Both (A) and (R) are correct
Assertion (A) : The concept of ‘Animatism’ was postulated by R.R. Marret.
Reason (R) : ‘Animatism’ means belief in supernatural beings and souls.
In the context of the above two statements which one of the following is correct ?
Answer:Both (A) and (R) are true
Assertion (A) : Handaxe is called multipurpose tool.
Reason (R) : Handaxe is made by multidirectional flaking.
In the context of the above two statements which one of the following is correct ?
Answer:Both (A) and (R) are correct
Assertion (A) : Pleistocene is a period of climatic fluctuation.
Reason (R) : In temperate regions climate during Pleistocene alternated between cold and warm phases.
In the context of the above two statements which one of the following is correct ?
Answer:Both (A) and (R) are true
