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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 |
51. |
According Radcliffe Brown, the concept of ………………… refers to an arrangements of parts or components related to one another? |
A. | natural diffusion |
B. | structure |
C. | norms |
D. | cultural traits |
Answer» B. structure |
52. |
Which of the following statement is correct regarding social structure? |
A. | abstraction of empirical reality |
B. | exists independently of the individuals |
C. | not concerned with the particular or unique |
D. | all of the above |
Answer» D. all of the above |
53. |
Which of the following movement led by Medha Patkar? |
A. | chipko movement |
B. | navdanya movement |
C. | narmada bachao andolan |
D. | jungle bachao andolan |
Answer» C. narmada bachao andolan |
54. |
“The fusion or blending of two previously distinct groups into one” the term refers to …………………? |
A. | assimilation |
B. | accommodation |
C. | cooperation |
D. | acculturation |
Answer» A. assimilation |
55. |
…………………… means transmission of cultural elements from one social group to another. |
A. | contravention |
B. | accommodation |
C. | acculturation |
D. | assimilation |
Answer» C. acculturation |
56. |
Culture has two distinctive part, one is Material culture and another is ……….………. |
A. | mass culture |
B. | non material culture |
C. | pop culture |
D. | micro culture |
Answer» B. non material culture |
57. |
“Primitive Culture” written by ………………….? |
A. | edward tylor |
B. | lh morgan |
C. | bronislaw malinowski |
D. | levi strauss |
Answer» A. edward tylor |
58. |
Who defined “case study as a comprehensive study of a social unit be that unit a person, a group, a social institution, a district or a community”? |
A. | john m cooper |
B. | marvin harris |
C. | ralph linton |
D. | pauline v young |
Answer» D. pauline v young |
59. |
Herskovitz argue that the process of enculturation is a process of ……………………? |
A. | segregation |
B. | assimilation |
C. | adaptation |
D. | contravention |
Answer» C. adaptation |
60. |
It is an intensive and comprehensive data collection method, in which researcher aim is to obtain complete and detailed data of a social phenomenon or social unit? |
A. | focused interview |
B. | archeology method |
C. | case study |
D. | geneological method |
Answer» C. case study |
61. |
Which of the following functionalist proposed that “Culture is a means to satisfy human needs”? |
A. | malinowski |
B. | robert k merton |
C. | emile durkheim |
D. | talcott parson |
Answer» A. malinowski |
62. |
The Khasis and the Jaintias tribes of Meghalaya speak in language belonging to the …………….. language family? |
A. | dravaidian |
B. | tibeto-chinese |
C. | indo-aryan |
D. | austro-asiatic |
Answer» D. austro-asiatic |
63. |
Anthropology is a specialized branch in ……………………..? |
A. | socio-cultural |
B. | physical |
C. | archeological |
D. | linguistic anthropology |
Answer» B. physical |
64. |
To ……………….., culture is an instrument which enables man to secure his bio-psychic survival and a higher mental intellectual survival? |
A. | bronislaw malinowski |
B. | talcott parson |
C. | edward burnett tylor |
D. | lewis henry morgan |
Answer» A. bronislaw malinowski |
65. |
According to D N Majumdar and T N Madan, which of the following classification related to tribal zone demarcated in India? |
A. | north-north eastern zone, middle zone, south zone, west zone |
B. | himalayan region, middle india, western india, south india, the islands |
C. | north-eastern india, middle india, southern india, north-western himalayas, andaman and nicobar islands zone |
D. | north-north eastern, the central or the middle, southern zone |
Answer» D. north-north eastern, the central or the middle, southern zone |
66. |
The term “Jhum” is used to represent …………………..? |
A. | terrace cultivation |
B. | hill cultivation |
C. | hoe and burn cultivation |
D. | shifting cultivation |
Answer» B. hill cultivation |
67. |
Which of the following is not an acculturation study? |
A. | jan breman’s study of tribals of south gujarat |
B. | sl doshis study of bhils |
C. | beteilles study of sripuram village |
D. | srinivas study of rampura village |
Answer» D. srinivas study of rampura village |
68. |
“Structure and function in primitive society” written by ……………………..? |
A. | malinowski |
B. | c h cooley |
C. | radcliffe brown |
D. | s f nadel |
Answer» C. radcliffe brown |
69. |
Which of the anthropologists termed anthropology as “Child of Darwin”? |
A. | r h lowie |
B. | john evans |
C. | james george frazer |
D. | r r marret |
Answer» D. r r marret |
70. |
In which state Kuki tribes live? |
A. | manipur |
B. | mizoram |
C. | arunachal pradesh |
D. | assam |
Answer» A. manipur |
71. |
According to K. S. Singh the term Tribe defined for the first time in the Census of |
A. | 1872 |
B. | 1901 |
C. | 1991 |
D. | 1891 |
Answer» B. 1901 |
72. |
"it is both a conscious and an unconscious conditioning process where a man, as child and adult, achieves competence in his culture, internalizes his culture and becomes thoroughly enculturated." Can be defined as ………………….? |
A. | assimilation |
B. | acculturation |
C. | enculturation |
D. | contravention |
Answer» C. enculturation |
73. |
“The change in individuals whose primary learning has been in one culture and who take over traits from another culture” defined as ………………….? |
A. | acculturation |
B. | assimilation |
C. | enculturation |
D. | diffusion |
Answer» A. acculturation |
74. |
Culture regarded as an integrated whole, which includes ……………… |
A. | beliefs and customs |
B. | language and norm |
C. | morals and art |
D. | all of the above |
Answer» D. all of the above |
75. |
The concept “Parochialization” propounded by ……………………? |
A. | mckim marriot |
B. | c h cooley |
C. | georg simmel |
D. | kingsley davis |
Answer» A. mckim marriot |
76. |
Among the notified tribal communities,…………….. is the dominant tribal community in Kerala. |
A. | kurumbas |
B. | kadars |
C. | paniyar |
D. | koragas |
Answer» C. paniyar |
77. |
Who defined as culture as communicable intelligence? |
A. | redfield |
B. | marret |
C. | ruth benedict |
D. | bidney |
Answer» B. marret |
78. |
Which of the following factors is a hindering to assimilation process? |
A. | economic development of host community |
B. | cultural dissimilarity |
C. | prejudices |
D. | all of the above |
Answer» D. all of the above |
79. |
Which district in Kerala has the largest tribal population? |
A. | idukki |
B. | wayanad |
C. | palakkad |
D. | pathanamthitta |
Answer» B. wayanad |
80. |
In which district of Kerala did the Chengara agitation take place? |
A. | wayanad |
B. | pathanamhtitta |
C. | idukki |
D. | palakkad |
Answer» B. pathanamhtitta |
81. |
…………….. Means adopting the characteristics of culture from other society? |
A. | contravention |
B. | cooperation |
C. | diffusion |
D. | isolation |
Answer» C. diffusion |
82. |
Which of the following features is an incorrect statement regarding the tribe? |
A. | definite geographical and social area |
B. | cultural heterogeneity |
C. | hierarchy among men and groups is absent |
D. | having a common dialect |
Answer» B. cultural heterogeneity |
83. |
According to 2011 census, how many major tribal communities identified in Kerala? |
A. | 35 |
B. | 30 |
C. | 38 |
D. | 33 |
Answer» A. 35 |
84. |
When there is exchange of culture traits and complexes, it may be called …………………? |
A. | diffusion |
B. | transculturation |
C. | co-operation |
D. | integration |
Answer» B. transculturation |
85. |
The term “Little tradition and Great tradition” proposed by ………………..? |
A. | robert e park |
B. | robert m maciver |
C. | robert k merton |
D. | robert redfield |
Answer» D. robert redfield |
86. |
Which of the following statement is true regarding assimilation? |
A. | it is a slow and gradual process |
B. | it is an unconscious process |
C. | it provide permanent solution to group dispute |
D. | all of the above |
Answer» D. all of the above |
87. |
It is a process by which a minority integrates socially, culturally and politically into a larger or a dominant culture of a society? |
A. | cooperation |
B. | accommodation |
C. | assimilation |
D. | contravention |
Answer» C. assimilation |
88. |
The Koragar tribe is mainly located in the ...........................district of Kerala. |
A. | palakkad |
B. | idukki |
C. | malappuram |
D. | kasargod |
Answer» D. kasargod |
89. |
What is the meaning of “Anthropos”? |
A. | animal |
B. | man |
C. | masculine |
D. | gender |
Answer» B. man |
90. |
Who defined ‘a tribe as a social group of simple kind, the members of which speak a common dialect, have a single government, and act together for such common purposes as warfare’ |
A. | w.h.r. rivers |
B. | g h mead |
C. | erving goffman |
D. | l p vidyarthi |
Answer» A. w.h.r. rivers |
91. |
The de-notified tribes were earlier known as |
A. | scheduled tribe |
B. | primitive tribe |
C. | criminal tribes |
D. | primitive society |
Answer» C. criminal tribes |
92. |
Which of the following is not a type of case study method? |
A. | selective case study |
B. | single case study |
C. | deviant case study |
D. | comparative case study |
Answer» A. selective case study |
93. |
………………… is the primitive tribe and only found in the Malappuram District? |
A. | kadars |
B. | kattunaikans |
C. | cholanaikkans |
D. | kurumbas |
Answer» C. cholanaikkans |
94. |
Who defined "Evolution is the integration of matter and concomitant dissipation of motion during which matter passes from an indefinite incoherent homogeneity to definite, coherent heterogeneity, and during which the retained motion undergoes a parallel transformation." |
A. | charles darwin |
B. | august comte |
C. | talcott parson |
D. | herbert parson |
Answer» D. herbert parson |
95. |
It is a cultural process in which individuals acquire the knowledge, skills, attitudes, norms and values that enable them to become functioning members of their societies? |
A. | diffusion |
B. | enculturation |
C. | assimilation |
D. | accommodation |
Answer» B. enculturation |
96. |
The term “cultural lag” introduced in the work of ……………………..? |
A. | social change with respect to culture and original nature |
B. | social changes in 1931 |
C. | the social construction of reality |
D. | on culture and social change |
Answer» A. social change with respect to culture and original nature |
97. |
Which of the following features of a tribe is correct? |
A. | least functional interdependence within the community |
B. | inhabiting a specific geographical area or territory |
C. | known by a distinct name and strong sense of belongingness |
D. | all of the above |
Answer» D. all of the above |
98. |
David Hardiman used ………………… term to refer tribal people in Gujarat? |
A. | girijan |
B. | jana jati |
C. | kaliparaja |
D. | adim jati |
Answer» C. kaliparaja |
99. |
The Irular tribe is mainly located in the .............................. district of Kerala. |
A. | palakkad |
B. | malappuram |
C. | pathanamthitta |
D. | wayanad |
Answer» A. palakkad |
100. |
Physical anthropology is the study of ……………………..? |
A. | racial and cultural distribution of man |
B. | the study of works of man |
C. | application of the findings of cultural and ethnology |
D. | human evolution and growth |
Answer» D. human evolution and growth |
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