MCQ Bank
Different cultures see the world differently due to their different language and culture; it was the basic point of _______________.
- A) The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
- B)
- C)
- D)
Pizza with chicken tikka topping in Pakistan is an example of:
- A) Invention
- B) Modification
- C) Selectivity
- D) Isolation
What is the language family of English, French and Spanish language?
- A) Indo-European language family
- B)
- C)
- D)
Inuit and Kung maintain social control by socialization, lineage obligations and through sanctions these are examples of:
- A) Formal mechanism
- B) General mechanism
- C) Positive mechanism
- D) Informal mechanism
Suppose a person is going to see the effectiveness of women empowerment package in Punjab, he/she will be called:
- A) Trainer
- B)
- C)
- D)
In acculturation, cultural changes are always accompanied by:
- A) Voluntary and active choices
- B) Cultural and social shifts
- C) Coercion and force
- D) Economic and social gains
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