MCQ Bank
Who among the following are concerned with the issues related to dying out of rarely spoken languages
- A) cultural anthropologists
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The Inuit in the Arctic region provide a good example of:
- A) Hunting and gathering peoples
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Which one of the following theory states that culture evolves in direct proportion to their capacity to harness energy?
- A) Neo-Evolution
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Higher the rate of education, lower will be the rate of poverty is a hypothesis in which population is ___________
- A) Variable
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What is the percentage of vegetation in food intake prescribed by contemporary food collectors?
- A) 80%
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Which one of the following is the mother tongue of English?
- A) German
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Who were criticized for the drought conditions of El Nino during the 1990s?
- A) Scientists
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Functionalism focuses on: different parts of contemporary cultures which work for the well being of the individuals and the
- A) society
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Art of pottery making indicates which development stage? ________
- A) Lower Barbarism
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America is a highly specialized society; it is an example of ___________.
- A) Organic solidarity
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The word "dislike" which conveys meaning by standing alone or being bound to other words, is an example of:
- A) Morpheme
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Which of the following analysis is used to understand language structures and its underlying rules at a given point in time?
- A) Synchronic
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Which type of study focuses on remote location?
- A) Fieldwork
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Judging other culture on the basis of one’s own culture is known as ____
- A) Ethnocentrism
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Horticulture is a form of food production which employs:
- A) Simple tools and no draft animals
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Which language do not have singular and plural nouns?
- A) Navaho
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Which one of the following is a technical term used by anthropologists to describe exchange of goods and services of almost equal value between two trading partners
- A) Reciprocity
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Which one of the following is a subsistence pattern in which people make their living by tending herds of large animals?
- A) Pastoralism
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Which one of the following technique is required to provide solid methodological base emphasizing the need for empirical evidence
- A) Direct fieldwork
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The analysis of cultural data at a single point in time is referred as:
- A) Synchronic analysis
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