MCQ Bank
The analysis of cultural data at a single point in time is referred as:
- A) Synchronic analysis
- B)
- C)
- D)
Who among the following proposed three common types of personalities around the world?
- A) David Riesman
- B) Margaret Mead
- C) Karl Marx
- D) Lewis Henry Morgan
A person who is related to both their mother's kin and their father's kin at the same time can fall under:
- A) Bilateral descent or Parallel; decent
- B)
- C)
- D)
The main reason people resist cultural change is:
- A) Desire for stability
- B) Unpredictable outcomes
- C) Lack of resources
- D) Fear of the unknown
Societies based on mechanical solidarity have all the characteristics EXCEPT:
- A) High Specialization
- B)
- C)
- D)
Which of the following theory focused on the view that small-scale farmers in arid or semi-arid areas also voluntarily merged into larger political entities?
- A) Voluntaristic State Formation
- B) Social change theory
- C) Hydraulic Theory of State Formation
- D) Coercive Theory of State Formation
Which of the following method allows a researcher to study non-verbal behavior
- A) Participant Observation
- B)
- C)
- D)
Which of the following can be thought of as a comprehensive vision, as a way of looking at things?
- A) Hegemony
- B) Policy
- C) Ethnic view
- D) Ideology
Which of the following descent systems is able to accommodate two sides simultaneously?
- A) Ambilineal
- B)
- C)
- D)
A ___________ ideology is the body of ideals, principles, doctrine, myth or symbols of a social movement, institution, class, or large group that references some political and cultural plan.
- A) Political
- B) Social
- C) Ethnic
- D) Economic
The distribution of commodity among the people of a society is known:
- A) Exchange
- B)
- C)
- D)
A political ideology can be described through all EXCEPT:
- A) Social movement
- B) The body of principles and doctrine
- C) Institution and class
- D) Encouragement of beliefs
English, French and Spanish are _________ with reference to language families.
- A) Sister languages
- B)
- C)
- D)
Which one of the following best differentiates invention from diffusion?
- A) Diffusion always takes place deliberately, invention happens accidentally
- B) Invention develops within a culture, diffusion comes from outside
- C) nvention usually spreads more quickly, diffusion spreads more slowly
- D) Diffusion originates within a culture, invention comes from outside
Which of the following production system depends primarily on domesticated animals for food?
- A) Pastoralism
- B)
- C)
- D)
Police department falls under which category:
- A) Administrative
- B) Judicial
- C) Law enforcement
- D) Legislative
Physical Anthropology is the study of humans from a ____________ perspective.
- A) Biological
- B)
- C)
- D)
Which of the following are formal airings of disputes involving kinsmen and friends of litigants and the adjudicating bodies?
- A) Song Duets
- B) Moots
- C) Law enforcement
- D) Social Intermediaries
An anthropologist is interested to explore the changing patterns of marriage over the time. Which source of information will be focused by him?
- A) Document Analysis
- B)
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- D)
States began to be formed _____________ years ago with the Greek city-states.
- A) 4,500
- B) 2,500
- C) 5,500
- D) 3,500