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This set of Social Anthropology Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Social Anthropology Set 1

Q1 | --------------------is a discipline, which serves the infinite curiosity about human beings.
  • cultural anthropology
  • anthropology
  • social anthropology
  • ethnology.
Q2 | The establishment of Asiatic society of Bengal in----------------
  • 1774
  • 1770
  • 1775
  • 1776
Q3 | Mana is a ------------------- term meaning Power
  • french
  • melanesian
  • greek
  • latin
Q4 | The term magic has been derived from the --------------- word
  • greek
  • latin
  • french
  • polynesian
Q5 | The Polynesian term taboo means
  • custom
  • tradition
  • prohibition
  • forbidden
Q6 | ------------------------- are the part-time religious practioners and mostly females
  • sorcerer
  • medium
  • priest
  • shaman
Q7 | ---------------- family formed by the agglomeration of nuclear family units or parts of them
  • compound
  • composite
  • group
  • polygamous
Q8 | ----------------- is the marriage where a bridegroom is allowed to stay in the bride’s house, afew days before the marriage.
  • marriage by trial
  • marriage by intrusion
  • marriage by purchase
  • marriage by probation
Q9 | ------------------- have considered religion as a product of the evolutionary development ofhuman brain.
  • sociologists
  • psychologists
  • anthropologists
  • philosophers.
Q10 | -------------------- found sacred part and profane part in supernatural field.
  • frazer
  • durkheim
  • spencer
  • tylor
Q11 | Animism is the earliest concept towards the religion forwarded by ----------------------
  • tylor
  • malinowski
  • radcliff brown
  • durkheim
Q12 | Mana is a ------------------ term meaning Power
  • french
  • latin
  • melanesian
  • greek
Q13 | The term magic is derived from the --------------- word ‘magi’ means secreat deeds.
  • latin
  • french
  • greek
  • melanesian
Q14 | ------------------------ is a malevolent practice with the help of the spirits.
  • witch craft
  • practioner
  • shaman
  • sorcery
Q15 | A ------------------ is usually a part-time male specialist.
  • shaman
  • sorcery
  • witch craft
  • priest.
Q16 | ------------------- is used as synonym of shaman
  • sorcerer
  • witch doctor
  • priest
  • shaman
Q17 | The ----------------- term taboo means forbidden
  • polynesian
  • french
  • greek
  • latin
Q18 | --------------- is a kind of marriage where a girl is taken away forcibly without her consent.
  • marriage by capture
  • marriage by trial
  • marriage by purchase
  • marriage by exchange
Q19 | ----------------------- is a kind of marriage where a young has to prove his courage, braveryand physical strength before claiming a girl as wife.
  • marriage by purchase
  • marriage by trial
  • marriage by capture
  • marriage by exchange
Q20 | ------------------ marriage demands a payment for the bride
  • marriage by purchase
  • marriage by trial
  • marriage by capture
  • marriage by exchange
Q21 | This is the marriage where considerable labour is offered by the bride groom to thebride’s family prior to marriage.
  • marriage purchase
  • marriage by service.
  • marriage by by capture
  • marriage by exchange
Q22 | This is the marriage where a bride groom is allowed to stay in the bride’s house a fewday’ before the marriage.
  • marriage by intrusion
  • marriage on probation.
  • marriage by service
  • marriage by exchange
Q23 | ---------------- is the method of reckoning relationship.
  • kinship
  • family
  • marriage
  • descent
Q24 | ------------------- is a unilineak kingroup
  • clan group
  • totem
  • descent
  • kingroup.
Q25 | An interrelation between two or more clans makes a ----------------------
  • moity
  • linege
  • phratry
  • descent