MCQ Bank
Which of the following is NOT an example of participant observation?
- A) Interviewing cultural counsellor
- B)
- C)
- D)
The system of courts which interprets the laws is called as ___________.
- A) Codified Laws
- B) Administrative systems
- C) Executive systems
- D) Judicial systems
The foragers are well off and dubbed as the original affluent society by anthropologists because (of):
- A) They enjoy leisure time
- B)
- C)
- D)
Which of the following have a well equipped professional army?
- A) Bands
- B) Chiefdom
- C) State
- D) Tribe
Which form of descent is prevalent in foraging and industrialized societies?
- A) Bilateral
- B)
- C)
- D)
In cultural interrelations, a change in one part of a culture is likely to:
- A) Have no impact on other parts
- B) Bring about changes in other parts
- C) Lead to complete cultural dissolution
- D) Create confusion only in economic aspects
Which one of the following is considered as origin of languages in the language family?
- A) Proto language
- B)
- C)
- D)
According to functionalists, rewards must be:
- A) Symbolic
- B) Equal
- C) Incentives
- D) Temporary
Which one of the following use research skills to determine how well a policy or program has succeeded in its objectives
- A) Evaluator
- B)
- C)
- D)
Intensive agriculture, market economies, urbanization, and complex forms of social stratification, all the characteristics are associated with:
- A) Bands
- B) Chiefdoms
- C) States
- D) Tribes
The institutions like family, religion, education, economy, and sports are found all over the world. This versatility of cultural systems around the world is called:
- A) Cultural Universals
- B)
- C)
- D)
Primary task of science is to:
- A) Encourage beliefs
- B) Challenge existing belief
- C) Challenge certain experiments
- D) Create knowledge
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
- B)
- C)
- D)
If an individual breaks the law, and likely to turn himself for punishment, he possessed which type of personality?
- A) Indigenous personality
- B) Inner-directed personality
- C) Tradition-oriented personality
- D) Other-directed personalities
Food production became important for humans about:
- A) 10,000 years ago
- B)
- C)
- D)
The expected ways of behaving are referred to as social __________.
- A) Mores
- B) Values
- C) Norms
- D) Folkways
Socio-linguistics examines:
- A) Link between languages and social structures
- B)
- C)
- D)
Which of the following statements is true about globalization?
- A) It has led to both economic growth and inequality
- B) It has stopped the movement of people across borders
- C) It has reduced poverty for all countries
- D) It has no impact on the environment
Which of the following kinship systems emphasizes patrilineal descent?
- A) Omaha
- B)
- C)
- D)
What does the term urbanization refer to?
- A) The process of people moving from rural areas into cities
- B) The decrease in population in rural areas
- C) The process of people moving from cities to rural areas
- D) The process of cities becoming smaller