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This set of Basic of Social Anthropology Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Basic Of Social Anthropology Set 2

Q1 | ………………. Constitute the material things that created by individuals in a society?
  • pop culture
  • material culture
  • non material culture
  • mass culture
Q2 | Which of the following cultural process closely related to socialization process?
  • cooptation
  • contravention
  • diffusion
  • enculturation
Q3 | As per the 2011 census, scheduled tribe population constitute …………………. Of the totalpopulation of India?
  • 7.5%
  • 8.6%
  • 9.4%
  • 7.3%
Q4 | ……………… is an administrative categorization used for those Scheduled Tribecommunities who were identified as more isolated from the extensive community and who conserve a particular cultural identity?
  • primitive tribe
  • primitive trait
  • primitive group
  • primitive unity
Q5 | Find out an example for De-notified tribe?
  • karval
  • yandi
  • lambadi
  • all of the above
Q6 | Which is the second most populous tribal community in Kerala?
  • paniyar
  • irular
  • kurichyar
  • kattunaikkar
Q7 | According to Krober, …….……….. is the formal appearance of a culture that derived fromits constituents?
  • eidos
  • culture complex
  • ethos
  • sanskar
Q8 | Which of the following school propagating that various culture complexes develop at varioustimes in different part of the world and later on diffuse over corresponding portions of the earth?
  • functionalist school
  • kulturkreise school
  • evolutionism
  • symbolic school
Q9 | “The division of labour” written by ……………………?
  • talcott parson
  • karl marx
  • radcliffe brown
  • emile durkheim
Q10 | “The process of mutual cultural diffusion through which persons and groups come to share acommon culture is called ……………………”
  • assimilation
  • accommodation
  • acculturation
  • cooperation
Q11 | Claude Levistrauss mainly associated with the theoretical perspective of ………………….?
  • functionalism
  • symbolic interactionism
  • structuralism
  • conflict theory
Q12 | Herbert Spencer introduced his evolutionary (Social Evolution) concept in …………………?
  • genesis of science
  • first principle
  • the study of sociology
  • social statistics
Q13 | The observer stay outside to the gathering being studying a particular phenomenon?
  • controlled observation
  • participant observation
  • structured observation
  • non participant observation
Q14 | In terms of social evolution, the concept “Survival of the fittest” Proposed by …………….?
  • george simmel
  • herbert spencer
  • c h cooley
  • darwin
Q15 | “It is a way life with shared symbols, norms and values in a social organization” defined as ....?
  • diversity
  • culture
  • cultural lag
  • evolution
Q16 | The concept “Organic analogy” propounded by …………………?
  • emile durkheim
  • talcott parson
  • herbert spencer
  • malinowski
Q17 | “Immigrants acquire new customs, values, attitudes through contact and communication witha new society” it is an example for ………………..?
  • assimilation
  • contravention
  • cultural conflict
  • ethnocentrism
Q18 | Which of the following tribe celebrating Karma festival?
  • oraons
  • ho
  • bhuiyan
  • all of the above
Q19 | According to 2011 Census, tribal communities in Kerala constitute ………………. of thestate’s total population?
  • 1.15%
  • 1.20 %
  • 1.30 %
  • 1.05%
Q20 | The aspects of culture, such as Ethos and Eidos, proposed by …………………..?
  • radcliffe brown
  • malinowski
  • linton
  • kroeber
Q21 | Which of the following theory consider ‘culture are integrated whole’?
  • structural theory
  • symbolic theory
  • functionalism
  • conflict theory
Q22 | “The elementary structures of kinship” written by …………………?
  • levistrauss
  • malinowski
  • clifford geertz
  • ruth benedict
Q23 | “Alliance theory” proposed by ……………………?
  • radcliffe brown
  • malinowski
  • levistrauss
  • margaret mead
Q24 | Kui language is spoken by ……………….. tribes of Orissa
  • oraon
  • kandh
  • todas
  • malerus
Q25 | Which of the following is not a feature of participant observation?
  • actively involved in social events which the observer is studying
  • associates with the studying group as a researcher with formal procedure
  • observe the behavior of the member in the studying community
  • close and intimate relationship with them