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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.
| 251. |
Trobriand Islands is situated in |
| A. | America |
| B. | Japan |
| C. | New Guinea |
| D. | Paris |
| Answer» D. Paris | |
| 252. |
Cultural anthropology means |
| A. | Norms and values |
| B. | Social gathering |
| C. | Communities |
| D. | Tribes |
| Answer» B. Social gathering | |
| 253. |
An exploratory research design the major focus is on |
| A. | Experimentation |
| B. | Hypothesetesting |
| C. | Profile development |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Profile development | |
| 254. |
Sociology should relinquish every attempt at discovering origins and forms of evolution |
| A. | Aristotle? |
| B. | Karl Marx |
| C. | Claude Levi Strauss |
| D. | Herbert Spenser |
| Answer» D. Herbert Spenser | |
| 255. |
English kinship terminology follows the patterns of a |
| A. | Eskimo |
| B. | Sudanese |
| C. | Omaha |
| D. | Hawaiian |
| Answer» B. Sudanese | |
| 256. |
Who mainly advocated that "the economic structure of the society is the real foundation of the society? |
| A. | Karl Marx |
| B. | Charles Coaley |
| C. | Robert Merton |
| D. | August Comte |
| Answer» D. August Comte | |
| 257. |
The establishment and maintenance of rule, for an extended period of time and power is called |
| A. | Colonialism |
| B. | Authority |
| C. | Class |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» B. Authority | |
| 258. |
Who has Linked the theory of social change with Organism |
| A. | Karl Marx |
| B. | August Comte |
| C. | Herbert Spencer |
| D. | Alcott Parsons |
| Answer» D. Alcott Parsons | |
| 259. |
Which of the following varies from culture to culture with respect to people's perceptions of space and time? |
| A. | The direction from which they read, right to left or left to right |
| B. | The direction in which they see the future, ahead of them or behind them |
| C. | Whether or not they ignore directions such as east and west when thinking about time |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 260. |
Which of the following factors would come under the term of 'diversity'? |
| A. | All of these |
| B. | Gender |
| C. | Socio-economic status |
| D. | Cultural background |
| Answer» B. Gender | |
| 261. |
The concept alienation was first introduced by |
| A. | Max Weber |
| B. | Karl Marx |
| C. | August Comte |
| D. | C.W. Mills |
| Answer» C. August Comte | |
| 262. |
A Ndembu diviner is a place where diviner practices their spirits and actions and it's in |
| A. | America |
| B. | China |
| C. | Africa |
| D. | South Asia |
| Answer» D. South Asia | |
| 263. |
The dynamic process of interaction between population and ecosystem is |
| A. | Archeological anthropology |
| B. | Ecological Anthropology |
| C. | both a and b |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. both a and b | |
| 264. |
Standard deviation in statistics is the measure that indicates in essence the |
| A. | Central tendency |
| B. | Spread of the sample means/values |
| C. | both a and b |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 265. |
Kardiner in his study of the relationship between culture and personality is |
| A. | Present personality |
| B. | Grooming personality |
| C. | Basic personality |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 266. |
Woman is treated as the wife of all brothers in the family and should live in one place |
| A. | Polyandry |
| B. | Woman is supposed to have more than one husband |
| C. | both a and b |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Woman is supposed to have more than one husband | |
| 267. |
The belief system of Life or Spirit is |
| A. | Animism |
| B. | Spiritual |
| C. | Deviance |
| D. | Social settings |
| Answer» B. Spiritual | |
| 268. |
SAP stands for |
| A. | Social Activity Programming |
| B. | Social Action Planning |
| C. | Sociological Association of Pakistan |
| D. | Socio-archeological plan of Pakistan |
| Answer» B. Social Action Planning | |
| 269. |
Process when a person learns the requirements of culture by he or she is surrounded, values and behaviors that are appropriate or necessary of that culture |
| A. | Cultural Shock |
| B. | Exposure |
| C. | Enculturation |
| D. | Participant Observation |
| Answer» D. Participant Observation | |
| 270. |
In a society organized as a band, what is probably the only group |
| A. | The band |
| B. | Nuclear family |
| C. | Band and sodalities |
| D. | Extended family and sodalities |
| Answer» C. Band and sodalities | |
| 271. |
Key informant is using for field work during data collection is called |
| A. | Medical science |
| B. | Laboratory experiments |
| C. | Anthropologist |
| D. | Experimental |
| Answer» D. Experimental | |
| 272. |
The segment of the lineage system is |
| A. | Kinship |
| B. | Cults |
| C. | Social organization |
| D. | Ancestor |
| Answer» E. | |
| 273. |
Which one is a basic institution for socialization of children? |
| A. | School |
| B. | Religion |
| C. | Family |
| D. | Community |
| Answer» D. Community | |
| 274. |
The unilateral decent groups are called? |
| A. | Matrilineal |
| B. | Patrilineal |
| C. | Clans |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 275. |
Homosexual and hetro sexuality was introduced by |
| A. | Harriet Whitehead |
| B. | Morgan |
| C. | E.B Taylor |
| D. | Malinowski |
| Answer» B. Morgan | |
| 276. |
Who define Crime as "an anti social behavior"? |
| A. | Elliot and Merrill |
| B. | Gillian and Gillian |
| C. | Karl Marx |
| D. | Karl Mannheim |
| Answer» E. | |
| 277. |
The number of people who could, in theory, be supported indefinitely in a given environment with a given technology and culture |
| A. | People capacity |
| B. | Amount available |
| C. | Carry capacity |
| D. | Limit capacity |
| Answer» D. Limit capacity | |
| 278. |
M.Sahlins characterized a big man in |
| A. | 1973 |
| B. | 1955 |
| C. | 1950 |
| D. | 1963 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 279. |
In anthropology the creative use of the human body in time and space within culturally meaning is called |
| A. | Music |
| B. | Cultural songs |
| C. | Dance |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 280. |
Kinship is the elementary of |
| A. | Society |
| B. | within the groups |
| C. | Man, Women and their children |
| D. | institutions and Organizations |
| Answer» D. institutions and Organizations | |
| 281. |
Individuals who are legally related through marriage |
| A. | Affine Kin means |
| B. | Individuals who are related through blood |
| C. | Descendants of a common ancestor in the male line |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Individuals who are related through blood | |
| 282. |
Marriage upward from a lower social class to caste into a higher one |
| A. | Hyper gamy |
| B. | Position holds in lower classes |
| C. | A society dominated by wealthy people |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Position holds in lower classes | |
| 283. |
A human being deprived of all communication with other humans from birth would all but one of the followings |
| A. | Language |
| B. | Rudimentary personality |
| C. | Self |
| D. | Independent |
| Answer» D. Independent | |
| 284. |
Penology is the study of |
| A. | Studies of social structure |
| B. | Study of Punishments |
| C. | Alternative methods of social control |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Alternative methods of social control | |
| 285. |
A formal research instrument containing a pre-set series of questions that the anthropologist ask in a face-to-face setting, by mail, or by e-mail |
| A. | Discussion |
| B. | Observation |
| C. | Interview |
| D. | Questionnaire |
| Answer» E. | |
| 286. |
Culture and personality studies in American anthropology on "food habits" during the |
| A. | 1930 , 1950 |
| B. | 1930, 1940 |
| C. | 1935, 1940 |
| D. | 1938, 1939 |
| Answer» C. 1935, 1940 | |
| 287. |
Culture of poverty was a term originally used by Oscar Lewis in |
| A. | 1955 |
| B. | 1977 |
| C. | 1944 |
| D. | 1966 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 288. |
A women who shares a husband with one or more other women in a polygynous union are called |
| A. | Co-friend |
| B. | Co-women |
| C. | Co-wife |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 289. |
Emile Durkheim gave the concept suicide in |
| A. | 1951 |
| B. | 1945 |
| C. | 1950 |
| D. | 1949 |
| Answer» B. 1945 | |
| 290. |
The rule that requires the mates are chosen within some specified group |
| A. | Mates be chosen within the same family |
| B. | Mates may be chosen within the same group |
| C. | By endogamy |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 291. |
Outside observer of the culture is called |
| A. | Ethic |
| B. | Emic |
| C. | a and b |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. a and b | |
| 292. |
The consanguine ties from both mother and father side are called |
| A. | Kinship |
| B. | cognates |
| C. | Descent groups |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» C. Descent groups | |
| 293. |
The process of using ritual means to reveal things hidden to ordinary perception such as information about future events, sources of illness, and witches are called |
| A. | Divination |
| B. | Spiritual power |
| C. | Leader |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Spiritual power | |
| 294. |
Endogamy in anthropology is |
| A. | Marriage within the family |
| B. | Marriage out of the family |
| C. | Class and caste |
| D. | within the community |
| Answer» B. Marriage out of the family | |
| 295. |
As maintained in "The Adaptive Value of Religious Ritual," rituals promote group cohesion by |
| A. | Involving all members of the group regardless of rank |
| B. | Requiring members to engage in behavior that is too costly to fake |
| C. | Convincing individuals that their survival is at stake |
| D. | Showing that the results of participation are more rewarding than nonparticipation |
| Answer» C. Convincing individuals that their survival is at stake | |
| 296. |
A social condition in which values are conflicting, weak or absent is called |
| A. | Assimilation |
| B. | Hawthrne effect |
| C. | invasion |
| D. | Anomie |
| Answer» E. | |
| 297. |
Kinship was introduced by |
| A. | Franz Boas |
| B. | E.B Taylor |
| C. | Morgan |
| D. | Malinowski |
| Answer» D. Malinowski | |
| 298. |
The anthropologists interest in food center upon taboo, totems', sacrifice and communion in the century of |
| A. | 18 |
| B. | 17 |
| C. | 20 |
| D. | 19 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 299. |
The anthropological approach to religion has two approach which are |
| A. | Magic and science |
| B. | Science and symbol |
| C. | Worshiping God |
| D. | Intellectualist and Symbolist |
| Answer» E. | |
| 300. |
The concept of cultural materialism was given by Marvin Harris in |
| A. | 1968. 1979 |
| B. | 1958, 1965 |
| C. | 1969, 1971 |
| D. | 1966, 1970 |
| Answer» B. 1958, 1965 | |