Basic Of Social Anthropology Set 4
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This set of Basic of Social Anthropology Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Basic Of Social Anthropology Set 4
Q1 | Among the notified tribal communities,…………….. is the dominant tribal community inKerala.
- kurumbas
- kadars
- paniyar
- koragas
Q2 | Who defined as culture as communicable intelligence?
- redfield
- marret
- ruth benedict
- bidney
Q3 | Which of the following factors is a hindering to assimilation process?
- economic development of host community
- cultural dissimilarity
- prejudices
- all of the above
Q4 | Which district in Kerala has the largest tribal population?
- idukki
- wayanad
- palakkad
- pathanamthitta
Q5 | In which district of Kerala did the Chengara agitation take place?
- wayanad
- pathanamhtitta
- idukki
- palakkad
Q6 | …………….. Means adopting the characteristics of culture from other society?
- contravention
- cooperation
- diffusion
- isolation
Q7 | Which of the following features is an incorrect statement regarding the tribe?
- definite geographical and social area
- cultural heterogeneity
- hierarchy among men and groups is absent
- having a common dialect
Q8 | According to 2011 census, how many major tribal communities identified in Kerala?
- 35
- 30
- 38
- 33
Q9 | When there is exchange of culture traits and complexes, it may be called …………………?
- diffusion
- transculturation
- co-operation
- integration
Q10 | The term “Little tradition and Great tradition” proposed by ………………..?
- robert e park
- robert m maciver
- robert k merton
- robert redfield
Q11 | Which of the following statement is true regarding assimilation?
- it is a slow and gradual process
- it is an unconscious process
- it provide permanent solution to group dispute
- all of the above
Q12 | It is a process by which a minority integrates socially, culturally and politically into a largeror a dominant culture of a society?
- cooperation
- accommodation
- assimilation
- contravention
Q13 | The Koragar tribe is mainly located in the ...........................district of Kerala.
- palakkad
- idukki
- malappuram
- kasargod
Q14 | What is the meaning of “Anthropos”?
- animal
- man
- masculine
- gender
Q15 | Who defined ‘a tribe as a social group of simple kind, the members of which speak acommon dialect, have a single government, and act together for such common purposes as warfare’
- w.h.r. rivers
- g h mead
- erving goffman
- l p vidyarthi
Q16 | The de-notified tribes were earlier known as
- scheduled tribe
- primitive tribe
- criminal tribes
- primitive society
Q17 | Which of the following is not a type of case study method?
- selective case study
- single case study
- deviant case study
- comparative case study
Q18 | ………………… is the primitive tribe and only found in the Malappuram District?
- kadars
- kattunaikans
- cholanaikkans
- kurumbas
Q19 | Who defined "Evolution is the integration of matter and concomitant dissipation of motion during which matter passes from an indefinite incoherent homogeneity to definite, coherentheterogeneity, and during which the retained motion undergoes a parallel transformation.
- charles darwin
- august comte
- talcott parson
- herbert parson
Q20 | It is a cultural process in which individuals acquire the knowledge, skills, attitudes, normsand values that enable them to become functioning members of their societies?
- diffusion
- enculturation
- assimilation
- accommodation
Q21 | The term “cultural lag” introduced in the work of ……………………..?
- social change with respect to culture and original nature
- social changes in 1931
- the social construction of reality
- on culture and social change
Q22 | Which of the following features of a tribe is correct?
- least functional interdependence within the community
- inhabiting a specific geographical area or territory
- known by a distinct name and strong sense of belongingness
- all of the above
Q23 | David Hardiman used ………………… term to refer tribal people in Gujarat?
- girijan
- jana jati
- kaliparaja
- adim jati
Q24 | The Irular tribe is mainly located in the .............................. district of Kerala.
- palakkad
- malappuram
- pathanamthitta
- wayanad
Q25 | Physical anthropology is the study of ……………………..?
- racial and cultural distribution of man
- the study of works of man
- application of the findings of cultural and ethnology
- human evolution and growth