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This set of Basic of Social Anthropology Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Basic Of Social Anthropology Set 1
Q1 | Which of the following is not a characteristics of culture?
- culture is inborn
- culture is social
- culture is transmissive
- culture is gratifying
Q2 | In functionalist approach, distinguished the three levels, such as biological, the socialstructural and symbolic, proposed by ……………………..?
- talcott parson
- levistrauss
- radcliffe brown
- malinowski
Q3 | According to 2011 census, how many tribal groups are notified?
- 710
- 705
- 698
- 689
Q4 | The term ‘cultural lag’ is coined by …………………………..?
- ogburn
- malinowski
- talsott parson
- a l kroeber
Q5 | Who said “Culture is Manifest in act and artifact”?
- evans pritchard
- ralph linton
- robert redfield
- margaret mead
Q6 | According to Majumdar, which of the following tribal area is included in North-North Easternzone?
- kashmir, punjab, himachal pradesh, sikkim
- bengal, bihar, madya pradesh, orissa
- hyderabad, orissa, karnataka, andra and madras
- bengal, bihar, sikkim, east punjab
Q7 | It is a method of data collection, in which consists small groups of peoples, organized byresearcher or a moderator to acquire attitudes, opinions, feelings and ideas about a particular topic?
- ethnography
- focused group interview .
- case study
- survey
Q8 | According to Herskovitz, Integration has two approach, Functional and …………………….?
- structural
- phenomenological
- interactional
- configurational
Q9 | It is a process of coordination into a single unit, we can call …………………..?
- isolation
- accommodation
- cooperation
- integration
Q10 | The word “Tribe” derived from the Latin word ……………………?
- tribos
- tribum
- tribus
- tribows
Q11 | Non material culture is……………
- abstract
- concrete
- materialisation
- tangible
Q12 | It is an observation method, researcher participate in observing or studying a phenomenon?
- unstructured observation
- controlled observation
- participant observation
- uncontrolled observation
Q13 | Who defined “culture as the complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals,law, customs and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society”?
- robert biersted
- radcliffe brown
- malinowski
- e b tylor
Q14 | The term “Ethos” means …………………..?
- race and people
- culture and integration
- enculturation
- human relations
Q15 | ……………….. is a term used to refer that society also passes through various phases ofdevelopment like an organism.
- acculturation
- organic analogy
- structuralism
- enculturation
Q16 | Find out an Example of associative social process?
- competition
- contravention
- acculturation
- conflict
Q17 | The term Enculturation was coined by …………………….?
- melville herskovits
- talcott parson
- robert e park
- ferdinand tonnies
Q18 | Which of the following statement is true regarding case study method?
- take single or more such unit according to study purpose
- the selected units studying intensively i.e. studied each every data minutely
- this method mainly used in qualitative research not quantitative
- all of the above
Q19 | Which of the following statement is not true regarding diffusion?
- the process of diffusion can be call inter societal and cross cultural
- changes produced in a culture by the influence of another culture
- time and space inherent to diffusion
- it ends ups in transformation
Q20 | Which district in Kerala has the third largest tribal population?
- palakkad
- idukki
- malappuram
- wayanad
Q21 | ………………… are those tribes who were earlier listed under the British Government’sCriminal Tribes Act of 1871?
- primitive tribal group
- primitive clan
- de-notified tribe
- chiefdom
Q22 | Which of the following statement true regarding Integration process?
- it help us to increase stability and sense of belongingness in group
- it is opposite to the isolation process
- size of a group is one of the factor to affect integration
- all of the above
Q23 | When individuals or groups of people borrows certain cultural elements from another cultureand incorporate into his own lifestyle.
- cooperation
- acculturation
- competition
- contravention
Q24 | The concept of “social evolution” proposed by ……………………..?
- herbert spencer
- robert k merton
- jean baudrillard
- emile durkheim
Q25 | Which of the following statement refers to the idea of cultural lag?
- accepting new cultural pattern due to change in living area
- the phenomenon that occur when change in material culture faster than non-material culture
- non material culture change faster than material culture
- the phenomenon that occur when change in one’s behavior due to gain new culture