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Anthropology Questions and Answers for Competitive Exams | Anthropology Quiz Set 3

Questions
1 Who is supposed to bring panacea in Cargo Cult ?
1 The Whitemen
2 Melanesians
3 Peter Worsley the author of the book
4 Melanesian Shamans

Answer:Melanesian Shamans
2 In 0 - 14 years age group which state of the following had the highest sex ratio ?
1 Assam
2 Sikkim
3 Meghalaya
4 Tripura

Answer:Sikkim
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3 Which of the following states had the lowest sex ratio from 0 to 49 and above age groups ?
1 Arunachal Pradesh
2 Mizoram
3 Sikkim
4 Assam

Answer:Assam
4 Which of the following states showed the highest increase in sex ratio from one age - cohort to another ?
1 Tripura
2 Mizoram
3 Arunachal Pradesh
4 Assam

Answer:Arunachal Pradesh
5 Which state showed the consistent increase in sex ratio from 0 to 49+ age cohorts taken together ?
1 Mizoram
2 Assam
3 Tripura
4 Sikkim

Answer:Assam
6 Which state showed the consistent decline in sex ratio across the three major age cohorts ?
1 Tripura
2 Mizoram
3 Sikkim
4 Meghalaya

Answer: Sikkim
7 Who among the following is a Neo - Lamarckian ?
1 Alfred Russel Wallace
2 T.H. Huxley
3 J.B.S. Haldane
4 Geoffroy Saint - Hilaire

Answer: Geoffroy Saint - Hilaire
8 Which one of the following is an example of non-probability sampling ?
1 Snow-ball sampling
2 Simple random sampling
3 Stratified sampling
4 Cluster sampling

Answer:Snow-ball sampling
9 Neanderthal fossil was first described by :
1 Raymond Dart
2 Schaaffhausen
3 G.H.R von Koenigswald
4 Eugene Dubois

Answer: Schaaffhausen
10 The first discovery of human-like foot prints embedded in fossilized ash was made from :
1 Fayum Deposits, Egypt
2 Makapansangat, South Africa
3 Laetoli, Tanzania
4 La Chapelle - aux - Saints, France

Answer: Laetoli, Tanzania
11 According to whom process related to socio - cultural system consists of three aspects - Techno - economic, social and ideological ?
1 J.J. Bachofen
2 E.B. Tylor
3 Leslie A. White
4 V.G. Childe

Answer: Leslie A. White
12 Who formulated the widely accepted evolutionary classification of social types into Band, Tribe, Chiefdom and State ?
1 A.L. Kroeber
2 Elman R. Service
3 B. Malinowski
4 N.K. Bose

Answer:Elman R. Service
13 Which one of the following Commissions reviewed the operation of Ashram Schools ?
1 U.N. Dhebar Commission
2 Kaka Kalelkar Commission
3 Shilu Ao Commission
4 B.P. Mandal Commission

Answer:U.N. Dhebar Commission
14 Kula ring, a ceremonial exchange of ritualistically valued shell ornaments, and various items of economic necessities, is an example of :
1 Generalized reciprocity
2 Negative reciprocity
3 Balanced reciprocity
4 Market exchange

Answer:Balanced reciprocity
15 Which one of the following materials is suitable for Potassium-argon dating ?
1 Varves
2 Parchment
3 Tree ring
4 Biotite

Answer:Biotite

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