MCQ Bank
Which term of language emphasizes significant words in a given culture?
- A) Cultural emphasis
- B)
- C)
- D)
Age organization provides distinct age categories with defined sets of:
- A) Social disorder
- B) Social roles
- C) Social resources
- D) Social actions
Which of the following is the function of kinship system that provides social continuity by binding together a number of generations?
- A) Vertical
- B)
- C)
- D)
The opposite of change in a society is:
- A) Economic Growth
- B) Status Quo
- C) Social Revolution
- D) Cultural Adaptation
Societies based on organic solidarity have all the characteristics except common
- A) interest in general
- B)
- C)
- D)
__________ is a group of people sharing a common symbolic identity, culture, history and religion.
- A) Lineage
- B) Clan
- C) Kinship
- D) Nation
Which one of the following types of anthropology is concerned with refining methods and theories
- A) Pure
- B)
- C)
- D)
Some anthropologists believe that child rearing practices are _____________ and societies produce personalities according to their requirements.
- A) Adaptive
- B) Cognitive
- C) Innate
- D) Natural
Which type of interviews involve a minimum of control?
- A) Unstructured
- B)
- C)
- D)
Recent research on psychological universals focuses on:
- A) Emotional development
- B) Cognitive development
- C) Physical development
- D) Social development
Which one of the following type of anthropology is concerned refining methods and theories?
- A) Pure
- B)
- C)
- D)
Which political organization best suits a small, mobile group of hunter-gatherers?
- A) Chiefdom
- B) Band
- C) State
- D) Tribe
Language is tied to a society’s:
- A) All of the given options
- B)
- C)
- D)
In western societies, _________ is a time of turmoil that helps an individual to prepare himself/herself emotionally for independence.
- A) Childhood
- B) Adolescence
- C) Old age
- D) Adulthood
Which of the following branch refers to the comparative and analytical aspects of cultural anthropology?
- A) Ethnology
- B)
- C)
- D)
Which of the following is constant in all societies?
- A) Isolation
- B) Change
- C) Tradition
- D) Stability
Productivity of agriculturalists depends on:
- A) All of the given options
- B)
- C)
- D)
In cross-cultural variations anthropologists look at psychological differences instead of focusing on:
- A) Competitiveness
- B) Uniqueness
- C) Rebelliousness
- D) Sharpness
Which one of the following appears in a language without being attached to other words?
- A) Free morpheme
- B)
- C)
- D)
If a society relies on clan elders for dispute resolution, it is most likely a:
- A) Tribe
- B) Band
- C) Chiefdom
- D) State