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This section includes 767 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your UGC-NET knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 201. |
Among primates, which of the following are most likely to form large communities? |
| A. | Nocturnal species |
| B. | Semi-terrestrial species |
| C. | Arboreal species that predominantly eat tree leaves |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Arboreal species that predominantly eat tree leaves | |
| 202. |
The study of ancestry and family histories are |
| A. | History |
| B. | Family research |
| C. | Genealogical data |
| D. | life history |
| Answer» D. life history | |
| 203. |
Matrilineal inheritance rules mean that in Tlingit society on the Pacific Northwest coast, a man's inheritance passes to his |
| A. | Sister's husband. |
| B. | Sister's son |
| C. | son |
| D. | Daughter |
| Answer» C. son | |
| 204. |
Ethnocide can also be used against |
| A. | Ethnic minorities |
| B. | Ethnic majorities |
| C. | within communities |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» B. Ethnic majorities | |
| 205. |
A group with a foraging economy is most likely going to have which type of sociopolitical organization? |
| A. | Band |
| B. | Tribe |
| C. | Chiefdom |
| D. | state |
| Answer» B. Tribe | |
| 206. |
A political leader who show's his personal prestige is |
| A. | Big man |
| B. | Leader |
| C. | Authority person |
| D. | Holder |
| Answer» B. Leader | |
| 207. |
Folkways and some important functions are |
| A. | God-given and cannot be changed |
| B. | Buildings and people |
| C. | Social institutions |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 208. |
Another component of radical ecology is |
| A. | Ecofeminism |
| B. | Ecology |
| C. | Ethnocentrism |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» B. Ecology | |
| 209. |
Feminist anthropologists shows that there is no difference |
| A. | with women and girl |
| B. | Men and boys |
| C. | Women and men |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 210. |
Magic in a more neutral term |
| A. | General practice to cure sick |
| B. | All of the above |
| C. | Sorcery |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 211. |
The country with better record for gathering population statistics then any other is |
| A. | Japan |
| B. | Sweden |
| C. | USA |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Sweden | |
| 212. |
Polygamy means |
| A. | Several Husbands |
| B. | Several Wives |
| C. | Several Marriages |
| D. | Single Marriage |
| Answer» D. Single Marriage | |
| 213. |
Male bias or the tendency to underestimate or ignore the female perspective is |
| A. | Gender |
| B. | Androcentrism |
| C. | Male and Female |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Male and Female | |
| 214. |
There is evidence that the language one speaks has an influence on one's ability to |
| A. | Sense direction |
| B. | Figure out one's gender early in life |
| C. | Remember who caused an accident |
| D. | Do all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 215. |
Anthropological Archaeology is the |
| A. | Study of future |
| B. | study of mankind |
| C. | Study of ancient and recent human past |
| D. | Study of primitives |
| Answer» D. Study of primitives | |
| 216. |
Archaeology is a branch of |
| A. | Anthropology |
| B. | Cultural anthropology |
| C. | Biological anthropology |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Cultural anthropology | |
| 217. |
A verities of language traditionally, the term was applied to regional dialects but applied to verities of particular social groups are called |
| A. | Mother toung |
| B. | National Language |
| C. | Languages |
| D. | Dialects |
| Answer» E. | |
| 218. |
All human societies have exchange institutions whereby goods and services are transferred from one local group to another is called |
| A. | Business |
| B. | Exchange system |
| C. | Trade |
| D. | Market place |
| Answer» D. Market place | |
| 219. |
Enculturation is the process by which |
| A. | Culture is reduced |
| B. | A child learns his or her culture |
| C. | A culture is transformed |
| D. | Culture becomes adaptive |
| Answer» C. A culture is transformed | |
| 220. |
Personality structure shapes the secondary institutions is |
| A. | Culture |
| B. | Family system |
| C. | Cross-Culture |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Family system | |
| 221. |
Which anthropologist indicates about the ethnographic fieldwork? |
| A. | Margaret Mead |
| B. | Napoleon Chagnon |
| C. | Charles Darwin |
| D. | Bronislaw Malinowski |
| Answer» E. | |
| 222. |
The problem of high fertility rates today is mostly in |
| A. | Europe |
| B. | China |
| C. | America |
| D. | Africa |
| Answer» E. | |
| 223. |
A metrical is a clan organized by |
| A. | Father side |
| B. | Family members |
| C. | Head of the family |
| D. | Mother side |
| Answer» E. | |
| 224. |
Cultural and personality was the movement of |
| A. | African |
| B. | American |
| C. | Asian |
| D. | Japan |
| Answer» C. Asian | |
| 225. |
Food production systems are often categorized into |
| A. | Hunting and gathering |
| B. | Food and Goods |
| C. | Food and market |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Food and Goods | |
| 226. |
Kinship is the definition of |
| A. | Bilateral and Unilateral |
| B. | Decent groups |
| C. | Communities |
| D. | Family and decent groups |
| Answer» B. Decent groups | |
| 227. |
Biological characteristics distinguishing male from female is called |
| A. | Heterosexuality |
| B. | Gender |
| C. | Sex |
| D. | Homosexuality |
| Answer» D. Homosexuality | |
| 228. |
An object, often an animal or plant, held in special regard by an individual or social group |
| A. | Totem |
| B. | High regards between the members of the Community |
| C. | Children are looked after with great care |
| D. | Shaman |
| Answer» B. High regards between the members of the Community | |
| 229. |
Marriage alliance that is to say the marriage of persons in different social status is |
| A. | Anis gamy |
| B. | Status |
| C. | Marriage |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Status | |
| 230. |
The practice of women being married down in social status and marriage exchange, the practice of wife-givers as higher in status then wife-takers are called to be |
| A. | Hydro gamy |
| B. | Hypo gamy |
| C. | Hyper gamy |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Hyper gamy | |
| 231. |
Totem symbolized the |
| A. | Culture |
| B. | Community |
| C. | Society |
| D. | People |
| Answer» D. People | |
| 232. |
Who has defined Social Selection Saying "Social Selection as a process of creating conditions for survival"? |
| A. | Herbert Spencer |
| B. | Lewis Morgan |
| C. | Karl Marx |
| D. | Mac lever |
| Answer» B. Lewis Morgan | |
| 233. |
Native of culture represents |
| A. | Emil |
| B. | Ethic |
| C. | Self |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» B. Ethic | |
| 234. |
A person who have wealth, power, and prestige are called |
| A. | Class |
| B. | Caste |
| C. | Power |
| D. | Authority |
| Answer» B. Caste | |
| 235. |
All of the following are true about bands, except |
| A. | Bands have no methods of social control or dispute settlement |
| B. | Thefts are uncommon |
| C. | Bands lack formal law |
| D. | Bands are egalitarian with regard to power and authority |
| Answer» B. Thefts are uncommon | |
| 236. |
Changes that improve community development is |
| A. | Action anthropology |
| B. | Practical anthropology |
| C. | Culture anthropology |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Practical anthropology | |
| 237. |
Mode of production that includes the gathering of food that is available in nature, by gathering, fishing, or hunting |
| A. | Foraging |
| B. | Horticulture |
| C. | Pastoralist |
| D. | Agriculture |
| Answer» B. Horticulture | |
| 238. |
As claimed that" hunter-gatherer diets like those eaten by the northern groups |
| A. | Were vitamin C deficient, resulting in a high incidence of scurvy |
| B. | Are among the older approaches to human eating |
| C. | Became the chief causes of early deaths in the pioneer days |
| D. | Have been purposely duplicated in modern times |
| Answer» C. Became the chief causes of early deaths in the pioneer days | |
| 239. |
Culture always treats human being in the society is called |
| A. | Modernization |
| B. | Psychology |
| C. | Socialization |
| D. | institutions |
| Answer» C. Socialization | |
| 240. |
A person who specializes in the study of human skeletal remains within a legal context is known as a |
| A. | Forensic deontologist |
| B. | Forensic scientist |
| C. | Forensic anthropologist |
| D. | Forensic pathologist |
| Answer» D. Forensic pathologist | |
| 241. |
Sexual relations by married persons other than those with their legislate spouse is |
| A. | Adultery |
| B. | Reproductive activity |
| C. | Biological paternity |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Reproductive activity | |
| 242. |
Cultural anthropology to understand human ecology and adaptation was introduced by |
| A. | Julian steward |
| B. | Malinowski |
| C. | E.B Taylor |
| D. | Morgan |
| Answer» B. Malinowski | |
| 243. |
A sexually dimorphic species is one in which? |
| A. | Adult males are sexually promiscuous |
| B. | Both adult males and females are sexually promiscuous |
| C. | Male and female bodies are noticeably different from each other |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 244. |
The belief that ones ethnic or cultural back group is centrally is centrally important, and all others are measured in relation to one's own |
| A. | Ethnocentrism |
| B. | Racism |
| C. | Egotistical |
| D. | Selfish |
| Answer» B. Racism | |
| 245. |
Which of the following is not a benefit of multiculturalism? |
| A. | Reduction of prejudice, negative stereotypes and discrimination |
| B. | Enforcement of the beliefs and behaviors of the dominant ethnic group |
| C. | Equal opportunities |
| D. | Values diversity |
| Answer» C. Equal opportunities | |
| 246. |
Culture is based on |
| A. | communication |
| B. | Norms and Values |
| C. | Symbol |
| D. | Sign |
| Answer» D. Sign | |
| 247. |
Forces affecting organizational behavior are |
| A. | People |
| B. | Environment |
| C. | Technology |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 248. |
Who thought that the moving force behind the new-capitalism stood Calvinism |
| A. | Emile Durkheim |
| B. | Max Weber |
| C. | Spencer |
| D. | Karl Marx |
| Answer» E. | |
| 249. |
The concept of culture was given by |
| A. | Franz Boas |
| B. | E.B Taylor |
| C. | Kroeber |
| D. | Margaret |
| Answer» C. Kroeber | |
| 250. |
A form of fictive kinship which may be regarded as a social mechanism through biological process of reproduction is |
| A. | Give birth |
| B. | Death |
| C. | Born |
| D. | Adaptation |
| Answer» E. | |