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110+ Basic of Social Anthropology Solved MCQs

These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts in Sociology (BA Sociology) .

1.

Which of the following is not a characteristics of culture?

A. culture is inborn
B. culture is social
C. culture is transmissive
D. culture is gratifying
Answer» A. culture is inborn
2.

In functionalist approach, distinguished the three levels, such as biological, the social structural and symbolic, proposed by ……………………..?

A. talcott parson
B. levistrauss
C. radcliffe brown
D. malinowski
Answer» D. malinowski
3.

According to 2011 census, how many tribal groups are notified?

A. 710
B. 705
C. 698
D. 689
Answer» B. 705
4.

The term ‘cultural lag’ is coined by …………………………..?

A. ogburn
B. malinowski
C. talsott parson
D. a l kroeber
Answer» A. ogburn
5.

Who said “Culture is Manifest in act and artifact”?

A. evans pritchard
B. ralph linton
C. robert redfield
D. margaret mead
Answer» C. robert redfield
6.

According to Majumdar, which of the following tribal area is included in North-North Eastern zone?

A. kashmir, punjab, himachal pradesh, sikkim
B. bengal, bihar, madya pradesh, orissa
C. hyderabad, orissa, karnataka, andra and madras
D. bengal, bihar, sikkim, east punjab
Answer» A. kashmir, punjab, himachal pradesh, sikkim
7.

It is a method of data collection, in which consists small groups of peoples, organized by researcher or a moderator to acquire attitudes, opinions, feelings and ideas about a particular topic?

A. ethnography
B. focused group interview .
C. case study
D. survey
Answer» B. focused group interview .
8.

According to Herskovitz, Integration has two approach, Functional and …………………….?

A. structural
B. phenomenological
C. interactional
D. configurational
Answer» D. configurational
9.

It is a process of coordination into a single unit, we can call …………………..?

A. isolation
B. accommodation
C. cooperation
D. integration
Answer» D. integration
10.

The word “Tribe” derived from the Latin word ……………………?

A. tribos
B. tribum
C. tribus
D. tribows
Answer» C. tribus
11.

Non material culture is……………

A. abstract
B. concrete
C. materialisation
D. tangible
Answer» A. abstract
12.

It is an observation method, researcher participate in observing or studying a phenomenon?

A. unstructured observation
B. controlled observation
C. participant observation
D. uncontrolled observation
Answer» C. participant observation
13.

Who defined “culture as the complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, customs and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society”?

A. robert biersted
B. radcliffe brown
C. malinowski
D. e b tylor
Answer» D. e b tylor
14.

The term “Ethos” means …………………..?

A. race and people
B. culture and integration
C. enculturation
D. human relations
Answer» A. race and people
15.

……………….. is a term used to refer that society also passes through various phases of development like an organism.

A. acculturation
B. organic analogy
C. structuralism
D. enculturation
Answer» B. organic analogy
16.

Find out an Example of associative social process?

A. competition
B. contravention
C. acculturation
D. conflict
Answer» C. acculturation
17.

The term Enculturation was coined by …………………….?

A. melville herskovits
B. talcott parson
C. robert e park
D. ferdinand tonnies
Answer» A. melville herskovits
18.

Which of the following statement is true regarding case study method?

A. take single or more such unit according to study purpose
B. the selected units studying intensively i.e. studied each every data minutely
C. this method mainly used in qualitative research not quantitative
D. all of the above
Answer» D. all of the above
19.

Which of the following statement is not true regarding diffusion?

A. the process of diffusion can be call inter societal and cross cultural
B. changes produced in a culture by the influence of another culture
C. time and space inherent to diffusion
D. it ends ups in transformation
Answer» B. changes produced in a culture by the influence of another culture
20.

Which district in Kerala has the third largest tribal population?

A. palakkad
B. idukki
C. malappuram
D. wayanad
Answer» A. palakkad
21.

………………… are those tribes who were earlier listed under the British Government’s Criminal Tribes Act of 1871?

A. primitive tribal group
B. primitive clan
C. de-notified tribe
D. chiefdom
Answer» C. de-notified tribe
22.

Which of the following statement true regarding Integration process?

A. it help us to increase stability and sense of belongingness in group
B. it is opposite to the isolation process
C. size of a group is one of the factor to affect integration
D. all of the above
Answer» D. all of the above
23.

When individuals or groups of people borrows certain cultural elements from another culture and incorporate into his own lifestyle.

A. cooperation
B. acculturation
C. competition
D. contravention
Answer» B. acculturation
24.

The concept of “social evolution” proposed by ……………………..?

A. herbert spencer
B. robert k merton
C. jean baudrillard
D. emile durkheim
Answer» A. herbert spencer
25.

Which of the following statement refers to the idea of cultural lag?

A. accepting new cultural pattern due to change in living area
B. the phenomenon that occur when change in material culture faster than non-material culture
C. non material culture change faster than material culture
D. the phenomenon that occur when change in one’s behavior due to gain new culture
Answer» B. the phenomenon that occur when change in material culture faster than non-material culture
26.

………………. Constitute the material things that created by individuals in a society?

A. pop culture
B. material culture
C. non material culture
D. mass culture
Answer» B. material culture
27.

Which of the following cultural process closely related to socialization process?

A. cooptation
B. contravention
C. diffusion
D. enculturation
Answer» D. enculturation
28.

As per the 2011 census, scheduled tribe population constitute …………………. Of the total population of India?

A. 7.5%
B. 8.6%
C. 9.4%
D. 7.3%
Answer» B. 8.6%
29.

……………… is an administrative categorization used for those Scheduled Tribe communities who were identified as more isolated from the extensive community and who conserve a particular cultural identity?

A. primitive tribe
B. primitive trait
C. primitive group
D. primitive unity
Answer» A. primitive tribe
30.

Find out an example for De-notified tribe?

A. karval
B. yandi
C. lambadi
D. all of the above
Answer» D. all of the above
31.

Which is the second most populous tribal community in Kerala?

A. paniyar
B. irular
C. kurichyar
D. kattunaikkar
Answer» C. kurichyar
32.

According to Krober, …….……….. is the formal appearance of a culture that derived from its constituents?

A. eidos
B. culture complex
C. ethos
D. sanskar
Answer» A. eidos
33.

Which of the following school propagating that various culture complexes develop at various times in different part of the world and later on diffuse over corresponding portions of the earth?

A. functionalist school
B. kulturkreise school
C. evolutionism
D. symbolic school
Answer» B. kulturkreise school
34.

“The division of labour” written by ……………………?

A. talcott parson
B. karl marx
C. radcliffe brown
D. emile durkheim
Answer» D. emile durkheim
35.

“The process of mutual cultural diffusion through which persons and groups come to share a common culture is called ……………………”

A. assimilation
B. accommodation
C. acculturation
D. cooperation
Answer» A. assimilation
36.

Claude Levistrauss mainly associated with the theoretical perspective of ………………….?

A. functionalism
B. symbolic interactionism
C. structuralism
D. conflict theory
Answer» C. structuralism
37.

Herbert Spencer introduced his evolutionary (Social Evolution) concept in …………………?

A. genesis of science
B. first principle
C. the study of sociology
D. social statistics
Answer» B. first principle
38.

The observer stay outside to the gathering being studying a particular phenomenon?

A. controlled observation
B. participant observation
C. structured observation
D. non participant observation
Answer» D. non participant observation
39.

In terms of social evolution, the concept “Survival of the fittest” Proposed by …………….?

A. george simmel
B. herbert spencer
C. c h cooley
D. darwin
Answer» B. herbert spencer
40.

“It is a way life with shared symbols, norms and values in a social organization” defined as ....?

A. diversity
B. culture
C. cultural lag
D. evolution
Answer» B. culture
41.

The concept “Organic analogy” propounded by …………………?

A. emile durkheim
B. talcott parson
C. herbert spencer
D. malinowski
Answer» C. herbert spencer
42.

“Immigrants acquire new customs, values, attitudes through contact and communication with a new society” it is an example for ………………..?

A. assimilation
B. contravention
C. cultural conflict
D. ethnocentrism
Answer» A. assimilation
43.

Which of the following tribe celebrating Karma festival?

A. oraons
B. ho
C. bhuiyan
D. all of the above
Answer» A. oraons
44.

According to 2011 Census, tribal communities in Kerala constitute ………………. of the state’s total population?

A. 1.15%
B. 1.20 %
C. 1.30 %
D. 1.05%
Answer» B. 1.20 %
45.

The aspects of culture, such as Ethos and Eidos, proposed by …………………..?

A. radcliffe brown
B. malinowski
C. linton
D. kroeber
Answer» D. kroeber
46.

Which of the following theory consider ‘culture are integrated whole’?

A. structural theory
B. symbolic theory
C. functionalism
D. conflict theory
Answer» C. functionalism
47.

“The elementary structures of kinship” written by …………………?

A. levistrauss
B. malinowski
C. clifford geertz
D. ruth benedict
Answer» A. levistrauss
48.

“Alliance theory” proposed by ……………………?

A. radcliffe brown
B. malinowski
C. levistrauss
D. margaret mead
Answer» C. levistrauss
49.

Kui language is spoken by ……………….. tribes of Orissa

A. oraon
B. kandh
C. todas
D. malerus
Answer» B. kandh
50.

Which of the following is not a feature of participant observation?

A. actively involved in social events which the observer is studying
B. associates with the studying group as a researcher with formal procedure
C. observe the behavior of the member in the studying community
D. close and intimate relationship with them
Answer» B. associates with the studying group as a researcher with formal procedure

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