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1.	Davis's work focused on issues of personality development, childhood socialization , and the educational testing of intelligence in
A.	1940
B.	1950
C.	1930
D.	1941
Answer» B. 1950

Discussion

2.	An alpha male is
A.	A male who is at the top of the dominance hierarchy
B.	A healthy adult male
C.	A male who is not yet old enough to mate
D.	None of these
Answer» B. A healthy adult male

Discussion

3.	Honor Killing is killing a person in name of
A.	Money
B.	Property
C.	Respect
D.	None of these
Answer» D. None of these

Discussion

4.	The most common social group pattern among semi-terrestrial non-human primates is
A.	Monogamous
B.	Fission-fusion
C.	Multimale-multifemale
D.	None of these
Answer» D. None of these

Discussion

5.	Who is the founder of "Theory of Class Consciousness"?
A.	Mannheim
B.	Karl Marx
C.	Al-Ghastly
D.	Edwin Sutherland
Answer» C. Al-Ghastly

Discussion

6.	A family who have a wife, husband, and their children is called
A.	Elementary families
B.	Necular families
C.	Joint family
D.	None of these
Answer» B. Necular families

Discussion

7.	Systems are ones in which kinship group membership and inheritance passes through the female line
A.	Matrilineal
B.	Patrilineal
C.	Matriarchy
D.	Patriarchy
Answer» B. Patrilineal

Discussion

8.	Which of the following statements is true of non-human primate communities?
A.	They are more or less closed to contact with members of other communities
B.	They usually are tied to a particular locale and rarely migrate outside of their home range
C.	They usually avoid or are aggressive towards members of other communities
D.	All of the above
Answer» E.

Discussion

9.	Research methodology is the use of
A.	Tools and techniques
B.	For office work
C.	For lecture
D.	For presentation
Answer» B. For office work

Discussion

10.	Anthropology and cultural anthropology are the study of
A.	Cultural and language
B.	Norms and Values
C.	Society and community
D.	Present and Past
Answer» C. Society and community

Discussion

11.	An Ecological anthropology is the study of
A.	Animal science
B.	Human beings
C.	Environmental science
D.	None of these
Answer» D. None of these

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12.	Anthropology is traditionally divided into
A.	3 Fields
B.	6 Fields
C.	2 Fields
D.	4 Fields
Answer» E.

Discussion

13.	The work of economic historian was
A.	Malinowski
B.	Karl Polanyi
C.	August Comte
D.	C.W. Mills
Answer» C. August Comte

Discussion

14.	The most famous linguistic anthropologist to study with boas was
A.	Karl Marx
B.	Edward Sapir
C.	Malinowski
D.	None of these
Answer» C. Malinowski

Discussion

15.	The concept of feuding to social organization was given by
A.	E.B Taylor
B.	August Comte
C.	Margaret
D.	Evans-Pritchard
Answer» E.

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16.	What are the four sub-fields of anthropology
A.	Biological , Archaeology, Linguistic, and Cultural anthropology
B.	Cultural , Archaeology, Linguistic, and Civilized anthropology
C.	Sociological , Psychological, Language, and Cultural anthropology
D.	None of these
Answer» B. Cultural , Archaeology, Linguistic, and Civilized anthropology

Discussion

17.	Divorces are easier to acquire in matrilineal societies because
A.	Women are more likely to wish for a divorce
B.	Children are linked to the lineage through their uncle, not their father
C.	Children are linked to the matrilineal by their mother, so fatherhood has a diminished role in kinsh
D.	A group of women can successfully eject a male from their home
Answer» D. A group of women can successfully eject a male from their home

Discussion

18.	In which of the following social group types are adult females most likely to periodically leave their community and join a new one?
A.	Monogamous
B.	one-male-several-female
C.	fission-fusion
D.	None of these
Answer» D. None of these

Discussion

19.	In our society, a stage between the attainment of physical maturity and adult status is
A.	Adolescence
B.	Immature
C.	Puberty
D.	Adult
Answer» B. Immature

Discussion

20.	The words ethnography and ethnology appears to have been introduced in
A.	1985
B.	1955
C.	1975
D.	1995
Answer» E.

Discussion

21.	Who presented that capitalism is the product of one sect of Christianity?
A.	Max Weber
B.	Karl Max
C.	Emile Durkheim
D.	Spenser
Answer» B. Karl Max

Discussion

22.	Which of the following is true about anthropology
A.	It usually is preferable to do anthropological research alone rather than with a team of researchers
B.	Roots in 18th and early 19th centuries in Europe and North America
C.	Most anthropologists today are generalists
D.	None of these
Answer» C. Most anthropologists today are generalists

Discussion

23.	Action anthropology, development anthropology, research anthropology and advocacy anthropology is known as
A.	Archeological anthropology
B.	Intervention
C.	Practicing and applied anthropology
D.	None of these
Answer» D. None of these

Discussion

24.	Fertility, Mortality and Migration is totally based on
A.	Population change
B.	Fertility and Mortality
C.	Mortality and Migration
D.	Fertility and Migration
Answer» B. Fertility and Mortality

Discussion

25.	In caste society groups of persons engaged in specific occupations and characteristics which is called
A.	Impurity
B.	Purity
C.	Clean
D.	None of these
Answer» C. Clean

Discussion

26.	A close connection between religion and economic forces was presented by
A.	Max Weber
B.	Karl Max
C.	Emile Durkheim
D.	Morgan
Answer» B. Karl Max

Discussion

27.	The process used to collect information and data are
A.	Data base
B.	Research
C.	Tools
D.	Questioners
Answer» C. Tools

Discussion

28.	Reciprocity was the process which is used in
A.	Primitive society
B.	Modern era
C.	Present time
D.	Egalitarian
Answer» B. Modern era

Discussion

29.	Concept of Co-variation means
A.	When two variables vary together
B.	Remain Unchanged
C.	One variable changes, other remains unchanged
D.	None of these
Answer» B. Remain Unchanged

Discussion

30.	Which of the following kin term systems distinguishes between cross and parallel cousins
A.	Hawaiian
B.	Eskimo
C.	Sudanese
D.	Iroquois
Answer» E.

Discussion

31.	Feminist anthropology is approach of
A.	6 field
B.	5 field
C.	4 field
D.	2 field
Answer» D. 2 field

Discussion

32.	As Shamanism , shamans and shamanisms are found in
A.	Primarily in Asia
B.	Mostly in Africa
C.	Only in South America and Siberia
D.	Virtually throughout the entire world
Answer» E.

Discussion

33.	An overall outline of the procedures and operations that includes methods, techniques and tools of the study
A.	Research design
B.	The developing of techniques of data collection
C.	The decisions that a researcher makes/takes to verify the data
D.	The way to participate in an ongoing research project
Answer» B. The developing of techniques of data collection

Discussion

34.	Going out of home country is called
A.	Going out of home district
B.	Going out of home village
C.	Emigration
D.	None of these
Answer» D. None of these

Discussion

35.	The anthropologist Edward Taylor stated that culture is
A.	Acquired by humans as members of society
B.	Adaptive.
C.	Taught directly
D.	Symbolic
Answer» B. Adaptive.

Discussion

36.	Technology is often narrowly defined as a tools and process of knowledge is
A.	Economic anthropology
B.	Archeology
C.	History
D.	All of the above
Answer» B. Archeology

Discussion

37.	The following social features is unique to state organization
A.	Kinship
B.	Prestige
C.	Differential access to resources
D.	Stratification
Answer» E.

Discussion

38.	Anthropology focuses on the role of
A.	Biology
B.	Religion
C.	Values
D.	Culture
Answer» E.

Discussion

39.	Another component for copying with the environmental crisis since is a cross cultural humans are spiritual animals are called
A.	Feminist
B.	Ecologist
C.	Religion
D.	Economy
Answer» D. Economy

Discussion

40.	Edward Tolman is related to
A.	Behaviorist Framework
B.	Cognitive approach
C.	Social & cognitive Framework
D.	None of these
Answer» C. Social & cognitive Framework

Discussion

41.	Applied anthropology always concerns about the
A.	Education and health
B.	Physical health
C.	Human beings
D.	both a and b
Answer» B. Physical health

Discussion

42.	Human's are spiritual elements in the field of
A.	Ecology
B.	Anthropology
C.	Sociology
D.	None of these
Answer» B. Anthropology

Discussion

43.	Social structure of a society is the network of
A.	Institutional Relations
B.	Value system
C.	Traditions
D.	Compliance to norms
Answer» E.

Discussion

44.	The term used to refer to the biological maximum number of birth is
A.	Sex ratio
B.	Fertility
C.	Fecundity
D.	Natural increase
Answer» D. Natural increase

Discussion

45.	A group of human beings including their language, beliefs, and things to by anthropologists as
A.	Religion
B.	Heritage
C.	Culture
D.	Environment
Answer» D. Environment

Discussion

46.	Agriculture is the production of
A.	Food and shelter
B.	Food and Goods
C.	Shelter and dress
D.	None of these
Answer» B. Food and Goods

Discussion

47.	Agriculture usually refers to
A.	Manage food
B.	Plantation
C.	Human activities
D.	None of these
Answer» D. None of these

Discussion

48.	Boomerangs is using for
A.	Hunting rabbits
B.	Hunting kangaroos
C.	Hunting Ibex
D.	Non of these
Answer» C. Hunting Ibex

Discussion

49.	Changing of goods in many ways in the societies is
A.	Give and take
B.	Reciprocity system
C.	Gift exchange
D.	None of these
Answer» C. Gift exchange

Discussion

50.	Symbolic anthropology studies
A.	culture trait
B.	Political organization
C.	Symbols
D.	Globalization
Answer» D. Globalization

Discussion

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The words ethnography and ethnology appears to have been introduced in

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Which of the following is true about anthropology

Action anthropology, development anthropology, research anthropology and advocacy anthropology is known as

Fertility, Mortality and Migration is totally based on

In caste society groups of persons engaged in specific occupations and characteristics which is called

A close connection between religion and economic forces was presented by

The process used to collect information and data are

Reciprocity was the process which is used in

Concept of Co-variation means

Which of the following kin term systems distinguishes between cross and parallel cousins

Feminist anthropology is approach of

As Shamanism , shamans and shamanisms are found in

An overall outline of the procedures and operations that includes methods, techniques and tools of the study

Going out of home country is called

The anthropologist Edward Taylor stated that culture is

Technology is often narrowly defined as a tools and process of knowledge is

The following social features is unique to state organization

Anthropology focuses on the role of

Another component for copying with the environmental crisis since is a cross cultural humans are spiritual animals are called

Edward Tolman is related to

Applied anthropology always concerns about the

Human's are spiritual elements in the field of

Social structure of a society is the network of

The term used to refer to the biological maximum number of birth is

A group of human beings including their language, beliefs, and things to by anthropologists as

Agriculture is the production of

Agriculture usually refers to

Boomerangs is using for

Changing of goods in many ways in the societies is

Symbolic anthropology studies