Introduction to Social Anthropology

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This set of Social Anthropology Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Introduction to Social Anthropology

Q1 | All methods of social anthropology are
  • Scientific
  • Historical
  • Primitive
  • Not accepted
Answer: Scientific
Q2 | Social Anthropology is a
  • Recent field of studies
  • Things of the past
  • Science
  • Future knowledge
Answer: Science
Q3 | According to Ralph Piddington the primary trait of Primitive societies is
  • Illiteracy
  • Pictorial
  • Curving
  • Statue
Answer: Illiteracy
Q4 | The Primitive Societies’ Technological level of development is
  • Very advance
  • Very low
  • Moderate
  • Speedy
Answer: Very low
Q5 | The Primitive Societies are
  • Large communities
  • Dying communities
  • Little communities
  • Growing communities
Answer: Little communities
Q6 | According Robert Redfield, the Primitive societies are
  • “The fold Society”
  • Lively Society
  • Open Society
  • Closed Society
Answer: “The fold Society”
Q7 | Important reason for the study of Primitive Societies is
  • Less important now
  • Not necessary
  • A must
  • Their utility in understanding civilized societies.
Answer: Their utility in understanding civilized societies.
Q8 | According to Evans Pritchard primitive societies are studied because of their
  • Social value
  • Simplicity
  • Intrinsic value
  • Beauty
Answer: Intrinsic value
Q9 | The primitive societies are fast changing in the present day world due to
  • Cultural contact
  • Invention
  • Health care
  • Mode of transportation
Answer: Cultural contact
Q10 | The most important reason for the attention of Social Anthropologist to the study ofprimitive societies is
  • Methodological
  • Current affairs
  • An eye opener
  • Experimentation
Answer: Methodological
Q11 | The need for studying Social Anthropology in India is
  • Urgent
  • Less important
  • Forgotten
  • Slowing down
Answer: Urgent
Q12 | Social Anthropology makes for sympathetic understanding of
  • Modern people
  • Urban dwellers
  • Primitive and tribal in isolation
  • Mediaval people
Answer: Primitive and tribal in isolation
Q13 | If proper research is done among tribal people, the implementation of thesedevelopment programmes would yield
  • Unwanted results
  • No result now
  • Fruitful results
  • Future inventions scope
Answer: Fruitful results
Q14 | Anthropology therefore, accepts and uses the general principles of
  • Biology
  • Mathematic
  • Philosophy
  • Physics
Answer: Biology
Q15 | Anthropology is a large and
  • Specific subject
  • Diversified subject
  • Narrow subject
  • Unwanted subject
Answer: Diversified subject
Q16 | It is unanimously agreed all over the world that one of the architects of Sociology is
  • Mahatma Gandhi
  • Nehru
  • Shah Jahan
  • Emile Durkheim
Answer: Emile Durkheim
Q17 | The 19th century social anthropologists were greatly influenced by -
  • Charles Darwin
  • Plato
  • Aristotle
  • Newton
Answer: Charles Darwin
Q18 | Bronislaw Malinowski studies the people of
  • Gond
  • Trobriand Islanders
  • Toda
  • Bhil
Answer: Trobriand Islanders
Q19 | The Primitives had been living in a state of
  • Township
  • Civilized society
  • Nature
  • Plenty
Answer: Nature
Q20 | The study of Primitive people would bring out
  • A new world of life
  • New methodology
  • New technology
  • Old culture
Answer: A new world of life
Q21 | The institution of marriage is
  • Universal
  • Localized
  • State wise
  • Continental
Answer: Universal
Q22 | Thomas Hylland Erickson very rightly says that marriage is essential for human
  • Basic needs
  • Survival
  • Future
  • Continuity
Answer: Survival
Q23 | The institution of marriage fulfills the Biological needs of
  • Group
  • Animals
  • Individual
  • Family
Answer: Individual
Q24 | Freud argued that man has two innate needs
  • Housing and people
  • Farming and implements
  • Food and shelter
  • Sex and hunger
Answer: Sex and hunger
Q25 | Sex is fulfilled through the institution of
  • Religion
  • Festivals
  • Marriage
  • Banking
Answer: Marriage
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