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1 Oldest known stone tool was found in :
1 Kenya
2 China
3 Tanzania
4 Indonesia

Answer:Kenya
2 Identify the correct sequence of the following racial classifications of the Indian people in the ascending order of their being propounded by the under mentioned scholars.
1 B.S. Guha - E.F.Eickstedt - H.H. Risley - S.S. Sarkar
2 H.H. Risley - E.F.Eickstedt - B.S. Guha - S.S. Sarkar
3 B.S. Guha - S.S. Sarkar - E.F.Eickstedt - H.H. Risley
4 S.S. Sarkar - B.S. Guha - E.F.Eickstedt - H.H. Risley

Answer:Sikkim
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3 Arrange the following anthropological studies (field work) in ascending chronological sequence :
1 Torres straight expedition → Yale - Cambridge expedition → Trobriand expedition by Malinowski → Andaman expedition by Radcliffe Brown
2 Torres straight expedition → Andaman expedition by Radcliffe Brown → Trobriand expedition by Malinowski → Yale - Cambridge expedition
3 Yale - Cambridge expedition → Trobriand expedition by Malinowski → Andaman expedition by Radcliffe Brown → Torres straight expedition
4 Andaman expedition by Radcliffe Brown → Torres straight expedition → Yale - Cambridge expedition → Trobriand expedition by Malinowski

Answer:Torres straight expedition → Andaman expedition by Radcliffe Brown → Trobriand expedition by Malinowski → Yale - Cambridge expedition
4 Identify the correct sequence involved in the study of sacred complex :
1 Sacred Geography → Sacred Performance → Sacred Specialist
2 Sacred Geography → Sacred Specialist → Sacred Performance
3 Sacred Specialist → Sacred Geography → Sacred Performance
4 Sacred Performance → Sacred Geography → Sacred Specialist

Answer:Sacred Geography → Sacred Performance → Sacred Specialist
5 Polygenic or multi regional model was given by :
1 Le Gros Clark
2 Raymond Dart
3 Davidson Black
4 Wolpoff, Zhi and Thorne

Answer:Wolpoff, Zhi and Thorne
6 J.M. Tanner is known for his landmark studies in the field of :
1 Biochemical Genetics
2 Auxology
3 Forensic Anthropology
4 Palaeo Anthropology

Answer: Auxology
7 Dian Fossey conducted the pioneering field studies on the social behaviour of :
1 Howler monkey
2 Baboons
3 Gorilla
4 Orangutan

Answer: Gorilla
8 A measure of fertility and their by a contributor to the gene pool of succeeding generation is :
1 Selection
2 Genetic Drift
3 Gene Flow
4 Fitness

Answer:Fitness
9 The Java Man or Pithecanthropus was discovered by :
1 E.L. Simons
2 Eugene Dubois
3 David Pilbeam
4 S.R.K. Chopra

Answer: Eugene Dubois
10 Homologous organs are :
1 Dissimilar in origin and functions
2 Similar in origin and different in functions
3 Dissimilar in origin and similar in functions
4 Similar in structure and functions

Answer:Similar in origin and different in functions
11 Alkaptonuria is caused by the deficiency of enzyme :
1 Glyoxalase I
2 Carbonic anhydrase II
3 Homogentisic oxidase
4 6 - Phosphogluconate dehydrogenase

Answer:Homogentisic oxidase
12 Which one of the following methods is most useful for kinship studies ?
1 Genealogical method
2 T.A.T. Method
3 Rorscharch test
4 Sentence completion test

Answer:Genealogical method
13 The concept of ‘Teknonymy’ was first used in Anthropology by :
1 L.H. Morgan
2 E.B. Tylor
3 R.L. Lowie
4 A.R. Radcliffe-Brown

Answer:E.B. Tylor
14 Which of the following book is written by Robert Redfield ?
1 The Primitive world and its Transformations
2 History and Ethnology
3 Structure and Sentiment
4 Social Structure

Answer:The Primitive world and its Transformations
15 Which one of the following book is written by Margaret Mead ?
1 Male and Female
2 Patterns of Culture
3 A Tribe in Transition
4 Argonauts of Western Pacific

Answer:Male and Female

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