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Social Anthropology | Set 1

1. The word “anthropology” has been derived from

Correct : B. Greek

2. Anthropology is a science of

Correct : C. Man

3. Anthropologists are interested in all aspects of human species and human

Correct : A. Behavior

4. Kluckhohn was a famous___________ anthropologist -

Correct : D. American

5. Topinard gave a definition of anthropology in

Correct : B. 1876

6. Each branch of anthropology studies one special aspects of human

Correct : A. Behavior

7. Social Anthropology is called the natural science of

Correct : A. Society

8. French sociologist, Emile Durkheim had decisive influence on the development of Social

Correct : C. Anthropology

9. According to Radcliffe Brown in 1952, social anthropology is that branch of Sociology which deals with primitive

Correct : A. Societies

10. Archaeology is an important branch of

Correct : A. Biology

11. Cultural Anthropology studies human

Correct : A. Culture

12. Ethnology studies human

Correct : B. Races

13. Anthropometry may be defined as measurement of

Correct : D. Man

14. Familial Anthropology studies

Correct : A. Families of different culture and forms of marriage

15. Economic Anthropology studies

Correct : C. Economic Administration of Primitive societies

16. Political Anthropology studies all types of

Correct : A. Political administration

17. Linguistics Anthropology studies

Correct : D. Languages of different societies

18. Scientific method is a systematic study of subject matter with a/an

Correct : B. Limited scope

19. In social research, the first method normally applied is

Correct : C. Observation

20. Scientific Principles are

Correct : D. Universal

21. All methods of social anthropology are

Correct : A. Scientific

22. Social Anthropology is a

Correct : C. Science

23. According to Ralph Piddington the primary trait of Primitive societies is

Correct : A. Illiteracy

24. The Primitive Societies’ Technological level of development is

Correct : B. Very low

25. The Primitive Societies are

Correct : C. Little communities

26. According Robert Redfield, the Primitive societies are

Correct : A. “The fold Society”

27. Important reason for the study of Primitive Societies is

Correct : D. Their utility in understanding civilized societies.

28. According to Evans Pritchard primitive societies are studied because of their

Correct : C. Intrinsic value

29. The primitive societies are fast changing in the present day world due to

Correct : A. Cultural contact

30. The most important reason for the attention of Social Anthropologist to the study of primitive societies is

Correct : A. Methodological

31. The need for studying Social Anthropology in India is

Correct : A. Urgent

32. Social Anthropology makes for sympathetic understanding of

Correct : C. Primitive and tribal in isolation

33. If proper research is done among tribal people, the implementation of these development programmes would yield

Correct : C. Fruitful results

34. Anthropology therefore, accepts and uses the general principles of

Correct : A. Biology

35. Anthropology is a large and

Correct : B. Diversified subject

36. It is unanimously agreed all over the world that one of the architects of Sociology is

Correct : D. Emile Durkheim

37. The 19th century social anthropologists were greatly influenced by -

Correct : A. Charles Darwin

38. Bronislaw Malinowski studies the people of

Correct : B. Trobriand Islanders

39. The Primitives had been living in a state of

Correct : C. Nature

40. The study of Primitive people would bring out

Correct : A. A new world of life

41. The institution of marriage is

Correct : A. Universal

42. Thomas Hylland Erickson very rightly says that marriage is essential for human

Correct : B. Survival

43. The institution of marriage fulfills the Biological needs of

Correct : C. Individual

44. Freud argued that man has two innate needs

Correct : D. Sex and hunger

45. Sex is fulfilled through the institution of

Correct : C. Marriage

46. Procreation is another institution of

Correct : D. Marriage

47. Marriage is performed according to the tradition of

Correct : A. Society

48. Among the tribal groups marriage is a social

Correct : B. Contract

49. Dowry has been interpreted in terms of the nature of particular

Correct : A. Society

50. There are cases where in the groom who is not economically well off renders services to the parents of

Correct : D. The bride

51. Primitive people marry

Correct : B. Young

52. The Hindu concept of widowhood is absent among

Correct : A. The Tribal

53. When a person marries outside social group is

Correct : C. Exogamy

54. When a person marries within his own group

Correct : B. Endogamy

55. Monogamy appears to be a natural form of

Correct : C. Marriage

56. The classical Hindu joint family is getting weak in the context of

Correct : A. Globalization

57. The prospective spouses meet each other before actually entering into marriage bond is called marriage by

Correct : B. Probation

58. In Civilized society, marriage by capture is

Correct : C. Condemned

59. When one or both the parents object to the love marriage, the partners resort to marriage by

Correct : D. Elopement

60. In order to give legitimacy to sex hunger there is always some institution of

Correct : B. Marriage

61. Marriage is a result of

Correct : C. Civil or Religious ceremony

62. When marriage is contracted within the caste

Correct : C. Caste endogamy

63. Matrilineal societies can be seen among

Correct : A. The Garo

64. The most prevalent method of securing bride in primitive societies is marriage by

Correct : B. Purchase

65. The type of marriage when a person dies, his younger brother marries his wife

Correct : B. Levirate

66. Like most species of animals, human beings must mate in order to

Correct : C. Reproduce themselves

67. Human infants have the longest period of

Correct : A. Infant dependency

68. Marriage rules are conventionally prescribed by the

Correct : D. Society

69. Endogamy is also sometimes extended to village

Correct : A. Endogamy

70. In matrilineal society every child belongs to its

Correct : A. Mother’s lineage

71. Dissolution of marriage is made difficult by

Correct : A. Religious sacrament

72. The marriage ceremony consists of a series of ritual

Correct : B. Performances

73. Female infanticide leads to scarcity of

Correct : C. Women

74. The most universal prohibition regarding marriage is the union between

Correct : B. Blood relationship

75. Incest has been defined as the sexual transaction between

Correct : D. Animal relationship

76. No one can deny that biological aim of marriage is the

Correct : A. Primary aim of society

77. Social anthropologist believes that some sort of marriage institution is found in every

Correct : A. Human society

78. In the evolution of marriage endogamy takes the

Correct : D. First stage

79. In food-gathering societies, the status of male and female is

Correct : B. Almost equal

80. Sagotra and Sapravara marriages are forbidden by

Correct : C. Hindu Dharma Shastra

81. Family is an important and primary unit of any

Correct : A. Social organization

82. It is the family which rears and brings up

Correct : C. A child

83. I.P Desai made a break through by stating that the Indian family essentially

Correct : B. A joint family

84. The family is a social group characterized by common

Correct : D. Residence

85. The structure of the family varies from

Correct : C. Society to Society

86. According to Strauss, the prime condition of a family is

Correct : B. Family

87. True family is a Universal

Correct : A. Social Institution

88. In bilateral family form, family descent is stressed from

Correct : B. Both the parents

89. Family is universal institution and it is created to fulfill some basic needs of

Correct : D. Mankind

90. In Social Anthropology, generally, when we talk about family, we have to look at it in the context of

Correct : D. Primitive life

91. Talcott Parsons calls the nuclear family

Correct : B. Isolated family

92. Extended family consists of

Correct : C. A woman, her husband, children and married children

93. Iravati Karve defines the joint family as where

Correct : A. All the members live under one roof

94. Matrilocal family is a family in which the marriage couple resides with

Correct : D. Wife’s family

95. In Polyandrous family, a woman has

Correct : B. Several husbands

96. In the words of MacIver and Page, the family has

Correct : C. No origin

97. The child’s first school is his home and his

Correct : C. Family

98. According to Hindu Shastras procreation is the main function of

Correct : B. The family

99. The fundamental functions of the family according to Reed is to regulate and gratify

Correct : A. Sexual need

100. A family where the entire authority is in the hands of the father is called

Correct : B. Patriarchal family