MCQ Bank
Margaret Mead found _____________ girls were much less rebellious or emotional turmoil than those in western societies.
- A) Samoan
- B) Neur
- C) Kung
- D) Inuit
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
The main reason people resist cultural change is:
- A) Desire for stability
- B) Unpredictable outcomes
- C) Lack of resources
- D) Fear of the unknown
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 can be thought of as a comprehensive vision, as a way of looking at things?
- A) Hegemony
- B) Policy
- C) Ethnic view
- D) Ideology
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
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
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
Police department falls under which category:
- A) Administrative
- B) Judicial
- C) Law enforcement
- D) Legislative
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
States began to be formed _____________ years ago with the Greek city-states.
- A) 4,500
- B) 2,500
- C) 5,500
- D) 3,500
Early research in anthropology was mainly concerned with:
- A) Social development
- B) Physical development
- C) Cognitive development
- D) Emotional development
The two principal ways through which cultures change are:
- A) Migration and industrialization
- B) Invention and diffusion
- C) Innovation and globalization
- D) Socialization and acculturation
The channeling of water from its natural route for the purposes of agriculture is known as _____________.
- A) Irrigation
- B) Foraging
- C) Fishing
- D) Small-scale farming
The ideology of _____________ liberalization could be seen to particularly promote the interests of the business classes.
- A) Political
- B) Economic
- C) Social
- D) Gender
Band and tribal societies maintain social control by which type of mechanisms?
- A) Informal
- B) Social
- C) Formal
- D) All of the given options
The social pattern which contributes to women’s economic disadvantage is:
- A) Women in leadership roles
- B) Equal wages across sectors
- C) Occupational segregation
- D) Increased employment opportunities
A woman is denied a promotion due to gender biases. This reflects:
- A) Economic progress
- B) Gender discrimination
- C) Social empowerment
- D) Cultural integration
A caste system is based on:
- A) Ascribed status
- B) Economic status
- C) Equal status
- D) Achieved status
In developing countries, women are getting empowered in social, economic and political spheres due to:
- A) Globalization
- B) Colonization
- C) Communism
- D) Collectivism