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Name of the Organisation : LBS Centre for Science & Technology
Exam : State Eligibility Test
Subject : Anthropology
Year : 2017 Feb
Document Type : Model & Past Question Papers

State Eligibility Test Anthropology Question Paper :

Time : 120 Minutes :
1. Select the technical term for continual interpretation and reinterpretation of texts.
A) Folklore
B) Hermeneutics

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C) Phenomenology
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2. ———- distinguishes Anthropology from other social sciences.
A) Cross-cultural comparison
B) Holistic approach
C) Study of culture
D) Emic approach

3. ——– is the attitude of judging other cultures based on the norms and values present in one’s own culture.
A) Ethno methodology
B) Ethnocentrism
C) Ethnography
D) Ethnology

4. ——– is the aspect of culture that is governed by a standardized way of behavior existing in a society
A) Society
B) Institution
C) Community
D) Association

5. ———- is the process of exchange of cultural traits among different cultures.
A) Enculturation
B) Transculturation
C) Deculturation
D) Acculturation

6. The comparative study of races and cultures is called-
A) Ethnology
B) Ethnography
C) Grammatology
D) Genetics

7. Read the following statements and choose the correct option:
I. Marriage is a universal institution that involves residential cohabitation, economic co-operation and formation of family.
II. Polygyny is the sub form of polyandry in which male has multiple wives at any time.
A) Both 1&11 are in-correct
B) Both I & II are correct
C) I is correct but II is false
D) I is false but II is correct

8. The prohibition against sexual relations with certain categories of kin is called,
A) Cross cousin marriage
B) Parallel cousin marriage
C) Incest taboo
D) Exogamy

9. In some societies individuals are free to show their genealogical link either through men or women is called
A) Avunculate
B) Amitate
C) Couvade
D) Tecknonymy

10. Choose the option that provides right match of the items in List 1 with that of List 2 .
List- 1 List-2
a) Malinowski 1) Toda
b) Evans-Pritchard 2) Mappila Fisher folk
c) W.H.R Rivers 3) Trobriand Islanders
d) PRG Mathur 4) Nuer
A) a-1, b-2, c-3, d- 4
B) a-2, b-3, c- 1, d-4
C) a-4, b-3, c-2, d- 1
D) a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2

11. ———is a form of exchange in which one tries to get something out of nothing, or a lesser value than it commands.
A) Redistribution
B) Negative reciprocity
C) Market
D) Distribution

12. ———- is the intermediate political unit between tribe and state.
A) Band
B) Chiefdom
C) Bigman
D) Chief

13. Read the following statements and choose the correct option:
I. The concepts ‘sacred and profane’ are first used in the book The Elementary Form of the Religious Life.
II. This book was written by W.H.R Rivers
A) Both I & II are correct
B) I is correct but II is false
C) Both I & II are false
D) I is false but II is correct

14. The perspective by which one learns the way of life and behavior of other culture is called
A) Acculturation
B) Diffusion
C) Enculturation
D) Fission

15. The process of determining the guilt by submitting the accused to a dangerous test under supernatural control is called-
A) Evidence
B) Oath
C) Ordeal
D) Trial

16. Shaman, Sorcerer, and Witch are ——–
A) Medical practitioners
B) Magico-religious functionaries
C) Political functionaries
D) Economic specialists

17. Choose the option that provides right match of the items in List 1 with that of List 2.
List- 1 List-2
a) Thurston 1- London School of Economics
b) L.H Morgan 2-America
c) Columbus 3-Castes and Tribes of Southern India
d) Malinowski 4- League of Iroquois
A) a-2, b-1, c-4, d-3
B) a-3, b-4, c-2, d-1
C) a-1, b-3, c-2, d-4
D) a-4, b-2, c-1, d-3

18. Identify the specialized form of barter in which no verbal communication takes place.
A) Redistribution
B) Reciprocity
C) Silent Trade
D) Kula Ring

19. Choose the option that provides right match of the items in List 1 with that of List 2.
List- 1 List-2
a) Gonds 1) Jhum
b) Baigas 2) Podu
c) Khonds 3) Bewar
d) Nagas 4) Dahiia
A) a-2, b-4, c-1, d-3
B) a-4, b-1, c-3, d-2
C) a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1
D) a-3, b-2, c-4, d-1

20. A classic example of pastoral tribe from India.
A) Onges
B) Todas
C) Kurichiyan
D) Jenukurumba

21. Read the following statements and choose the correct option:
I. John Gregor Mendel is considered as the Father of Genetics
II. 1:2:1:2:2:4:1:2:1 is Mendelian Dihybrid Ratio.
A) Both I & II are correct
B) I is correct but II is false
C) Both I & II are false
D) I is false but II is correct

22. Name the zoological ape family that lived in Europe during the middle and late Miocene, probably included the common ancestor of the lesser apes and the great apes
A) Sivapithecus
B) Ramapithecus
C) Dryopithecids
D) Omomyids

23. The theory of Lamarckism appeared in the book:
A) The Web of Life
B) Philosophie Zoologique
C) The Germ Plasm
D) On the Origin of Species

24. Name the stone technology based on a projectile point that was fastened to the end of a hunting spear and which flourished between 12000 and 11000 B.P in North America.
A) Harpoons
B) Clovis tradition
C) Blade –tool
D) Hand axe

25. Read the following statements and choose the correct option:
I. Hypergamy is a situation whereby an upper social group man is permitted to marry a lower social group woman.
II. It is also known as Anuloma.
A) Both I & II are correct
B) I is correct but II is false
C) Both I & II are false
D) I is false but II is correct

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