100 MCQ on Anthropology with answers
1.
Anthropology is basic study of
a) Human being
2. The sub discipline of anthropology that studies diversity of human behavior in the past is
a) physical anthropology
3. The study of the bodies and behaviour of human-like species such as monkeys and apes is called
a) anthropology
4. The field of anthropology that studies cross-cultural knowledge and use of plants is called
a) ethnobotany
5. Students who major in anthropology can make a living in which career(s)?
a) teaching
6. Which of these is NOT part of the anthropological perspective?
a) cross-cultural study
7. The perspective that all aspects of a culture must be studied in interconnection with each other is
a) holism
8. The written description of a culture that an anthropologist produces from his/her research is called
a) ethnocentrism
9. The attitude that you can understand or judge another culture in terms of your own culture is called
a) cultural relativism
10. Who said “Ideas about race, culture and people-hood or ethnicity have long served to orient anthropology’s inquiries ….”
a) Eric R. Wolf
11. Word Anthropology first appeared in Renaissance Germany in the works of
a) Magnus Hundt
12. Who defined l’anthropologie as follows: Anthropology, that is to say the science that treats of man, is divided ordinarily and with reason into Anatomy, which considers the body and the parts, and Psychology, which speaks of the soul.
a) Bartholins
13. Name the neurosurgeon who had taken an interest in the pathology of speech
a) Bartholins
14. Who defined anthropology as “the science of the nature of man”?
a) Waitz
15. Cultural anthropology in particular has emphasized
a) cultural relativism
16. In Great Britain and the Commonwealth countries, the British tradition of __________ tends to dominate.
a) Social anthropology
17. In the United States, anthropology has traditionally been divided into the four field approach developed by _______ in the early 20th century:
a) Franz Boas
18. Ethnology term coined and defined by
a) Étienne Serres
19. Kardiner in his study of relationship between culture and personality is
a) Present personality
20. In nature a mode or strategy for survival is known as
a) An association
a) Human being
2. The sub discipline of anthropology that studies diversity of human behavior in the past is
a) physical anthropology
3. The study of the bodies and behaviour of human-like species such as monkeys and apes is called
a) anthropology
4. The field of anthropology that studies cross-cultural knowledge and use of plants is called
a) ethnobotany
5. Students who major in anthropology can make a living in which career(s)?
a) teaching
6. Which of these is NOT part of the anthropological perspective?
a) cross-cultural study
7. The perspective that all aspects of a culture must be studied in interconnection with each other is
a) holism
8. The written description of a culture that an anthropologist produces from his/her research is called
a) ethnocentrism
9. The attitude that you can understand or judge another culture in terms of your own culture is called
a) cultural relativism
10. Who said “Ideas about race, culture and people-hood or ethnicity have long served to orient anthropology’s inquiries ….”
a) Eric R. Wolf
11. Word Anthropology first appeared in Renaissance Germany in the works of
a) Magnus Hundt
12. Who defined l’anthropologie as follows: Anthropology, that is to say the science that treats of man, is divided ordinarily and with reason into Anatomy, which considers the body and the parts, and Psychology, which speaks of the soul.
a) Bartholins
13. Name the neurosurgeon who had taken an interest in the pathology of speech
a) Bartholins
14. Who defined anthropology as “the science of the nature of man”?
a) Waitz
15. Cultural anthropology in particular has emphasized
a) cultural relativism
16. In Great Britain and the Commonwealth countries, the British tradition of __________ tends to dominate.
a) Social anthropology
17. In the United States, anthropology has traditionally been divided into the four field approach developed by _______ in the early 20th century:
a) Franz Boas
18. Ethnology term coined and defined by
a) Étienne Serres
19. Kardiner in his study of relationship between culture and personality is
a) Present personality
20. In nature a mode or strategy for survival is known as
a) An association
21. Ruth Benedict, Margaret Mead, are students of
a)
Morgan
22. In the case of skeletalized human remains, which of the following features is not of potential use in making a personal identification?
a) Bone disorders
23. One of unique aspects of cultural anthropology is
a) spending long periods living in the communities they study
24. Which of following kin term systems distinguishes between cross and parallel cousins
a) Hawaiian
25. Egoistic, special type of suicide presented by Emile Durkheim spring from
a) Excessive regulation
26. Which of following kinds of work would applied anthropology include?
a) Cultural resource management
27. Medical anthropology is a study about?
a) Health
28. Biological anthropology includes study of
a) Non-human primates
29. Who are leaders in economic, military, political, and religious affairs?
a) King
30. Research is usually use in field of
a) Biology and chemistry
31. In caste society groups of persons engaged in specific occupations and characteristics which is called
a) Impurity
32. Feminist anthropologists shows that there is no difference
a) with women and girl
33. Term used to refer to biological maximum number of birth is
a) Sex ratio
34. Systems are ones in which kinship group membership and inheritance passes through female line
a) Matrilineal
35. Cultural ecology process of
a) Human nature
36. Sociology should relinquish every attempt at discovering origins and forms of evolution
a) Aristotle
37. Humans to transform themselves from plant and dead animal in Africa to a truly global species behavior patterns and knowledge by people as members of a society
a) Culture
38. Mode of production that includes gathering of food that is available in nature, by gathering, fishing, or hunting
a) Foraging
39. Davis’s work focused on issues of personality development, childhood socialization, and educational testing of intelligence in
a) 1940
40. Who presented that capitalism is the product of one sect of Christianity?
a) Max Weber
22. In the case of skeletalized human remains, which of the following features is not of potential use in making a personal identification?
a) Bone disorders
23. One of unique aspects of cultural anthropology is
a) spending long periods living in the communities they study
24. Which of following kin term systems distinguishes between cross and parallel cousins
a) Hawaiian
25. Egoistic, special type of suicide presented by Emile Durkheim spring from
a) Excessive regulation
26. Which of following kinds of work would applied anthropology include?
a) Cultural resource management
27. Medical anthropology is a study about?
a) Health
28. Biological anthropology includes study of
a) Non-human primates
29. Who are leaders in economic, military, political, and religious affairs?
a) King
30. Research is usually use in field of
a) Biology and chemistry
31. In caste society groups of persons engaged in specific occupations and characteristics which is called
a) Impurity
32. Feminist anthropologists shows that there is no difference
a) with women and girl
33. Term used to refer to biological maximum number of birth is
a) Sex ratio
34. Systems are ones in which kinship group membership and inheritance passes through female line
a) Matrilineal
35. Cultural ecology process of
a) Human nature
36. Sociology should relinquish every attempt at discovering origins and forms of evolution
a) Aristotle
37. Humans to transform themselves from plant and dead animal in Africa to a truly global species behavior patterns and knowledge by people as members of a society
a) Culture
38. Mode of production that includes gathering of food that is available in nature, by gathering, fishing, or hunting
a) Foraging
39. Davis’s work focused on issues of personality development, childhood socialization, and educational testing of intelligence in
a) 1940
40. Who presented that capitalism is the product of one sect of Christianity?
a) Max Weber
41.
Social class position in a true ?open class? structure is based upon in which
a) Ascribed criteria
42.
Applied anthropology make somewhat greater use of
a) Qualitative method
43.
Process by which cultural traits spread from one group or society to another is
called
a) Folkways
44.
What is definition of a literate person?
a) A person who can read
45.
Which of following factors would come under term of diversity??
a) Gender
46.
Enculturation is process by which
a) Culture is reduced
47.
Applied anthropology falls into categories which are
a) 4
48.
Another component of radical ecology is
a) Ecofeminism
49.
A family consisting of step relations is called
a) Plural family
50.
Movement of people between positions on different levels
a) Traveling of groups from one place to another
51.
Clifford Geertz characterized culture as
a) A process of enculturation
52.
Principle of descent in which people think of themselves related to both their
mother’s kin and their father’s kin at same time is called
a) Bilateral descent
53.
Social structure of a society is network of
a) Institutional Relations
54.
All human societies have exchange institutions whereby goods and services are
transferred from one local group to another is called
a) Business
55.
A verities of language traditionally, term was applied to regional dialects but
applied to verities of particular social groups are called
a) Mother toung
56.
Crime is learned in Associations who said this
a) Paul H. Norton
57.
Process by which individuals are socially attached to their parents are called
a) Assimilation
58.
Feminist anthropology is study of
a) Male
59.
As identified in “Shamanism,” current popular and self-help movements with
connections to shamanism include all of following except
a) Elitism
60.
Stratified samples fall under
a) Probability sampling design
a) Ascribed criteria
a) Qualitative method
a) Folkways
a) A person who can read
a) Gender
a) Culture is reduced
a) 4
a) Ecofeminism
a) Plural family
a) Traveling of groups from one place to another
a) A process of enculturation
a) Bilateral descent
a) Institutional Relations
a) Business
a) Mother toung
a) Paul H. Norton
a) Assimilation
a) Male
a) Elitism
a) Probability sampling design
61.
Phenomena when educated and highly skilled people emigrate to a new country,
their home country loses, is referred as
a) Chain migration
62.
Problem solving process began?
a) Clarification of the situation
63.
Symbolic anthropology was also a reaction against
a) materialism and Marxism
64.
Cultural anthropology to understand human ecology and adaptation was introduced
by
a) Julian steward
65.
A women who shares a husband with one or more other women in a polygynous union
are called
a) Co-friend
66.
A property given by a family to its daughter upon marriage for benefit of her
new conjugal household is
a) Gift
67.
Symbolic anthropology can consider as a reaction to
a) Structuralism
68.
All human societies have exchange institutions by goods and service are
transferred from one place to another is called
a) Distribution
69.
Best known as an ethnographer are
a) Jane Goodall
70.
Concept alienation was first introduced by
a) Max Weber
71.
Gerontology is study of
a) Human beings
72.
Totem symbolized the
a) Culture
73.
Anthropology is best way for
a) Seminor
74.
Which anthropologist indicates about ethnographic fieldwork?
a) Margaret Mead
75.
Anthropology is study of
a) Natural things
76.
Which one is a basic institution for socialization of children?
a) School
77.
Biological characteristics distinguishing male from female is called
a) Heterosexuality
78.
Sociolinguistics came to be called by
a) Mother toung
79.
Male bias or tendency to underestimate or ignore female perspective is
a) Gender
80.
Applied anthropology as currently practiced in
a) Pakistan
a) Chain migration
a) Clarification of the situation
a) materialism and Marxism
a) Julian steward
a) Co-friend
a) Gift
a) Structuralism
a) Distribution
a) Jane Goodall
a) Max Weber
a) Human beings
a) Culture
a) Seminor
a) Margaret Mead
a) Natural things
a) School
a) Heterosexuality
a) Mother toung
a) Gender
a) Pakistan
81.
How does anthropology differ from other social sciences such as economics and
sociology
a) Anthropology is holistic and integrative in its approach.
82.
Economic growth will keep pace with population growth only if there is
a) Available acreage
83.
What term we usually use specifying that children are in kin group of their
father, and not their mother
a) Patriarchy
a) Anthropology is holistic and integrative in its approach.
a) Available acreage
a) Patriarchy
84.
--------------------is a discipline, which serves the infinite curiosity about
human beings.
a) cultural anthropology
85.
The establishment of Asiatic society of Bengal in----------------
a) 1774
86.
Mana is a ------------------- term meaning Power
a) french
87.
The term magic has been derived from the --------------- word
a) greek
88.
The Polynesian term taboo means
a) custom
89.
------------------------- are the part-time religious practioners and mostly
females
a) sorcerer
90. ---------------- family formed by the agglomeration of nuclear family units or parts of them
a) compound
91.
----------------- is the marriage where a bridegroom is allowed to stay in the
bride’s house, a few days before the marriage.
a) marriage by trial
92.
------------------- have considered religion as a product of the evolutionary
development of human brain.
a) sociologists
93.
-------------------- found sacred part and profane part in supernatural field.
a) frazer
94.
Animism is the earliest concept towards the religion forwarded by ----------------------
a) tylor
95.
Mana is a ------------------ term meaning Power
a) french
Answer.
c
96. The term magic is derived from the --------------- word ‘magi’ means secreat deeds.
a) latin
97.
------------------------ is a malevolent practice with the help of the spirits.
a) witch craft
98.
A ------------------ is usually a part-time male specialist.
a) shaman
Answer.
a
99.
------------------- is used as synonym of shaman
a) sorcerer
100. The ----------------- term taboo means forbidden
a) polynesian
a) cultural anthropology
a) 1774
a) french
a) greek
a) custom
a) sorcerer
90. ---------------- family formed by the agglomeration of nuclear family units or parts of them
a) compound
a) marriage by trial
a) sociologists
a) frazer
a) tylor
a) french
96. The term magic is derived from the --------------- word ‘magi’ means secreat deeds.
a) latin
a) witch craft
a) shaman
a) sorcerer
100. The ----------------- term taboo means forbidden
a) polynesian
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