isical.ac.in JRF Biological Anthropology Entrance Exam Questions Sample : Indian Statistical Institute
Name of the University : Indian Statistical Institute
Degree : JRF Entrance Examination
Document Type : Sample Questions
Name of the Subject : Biological Anthropology
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ISICAL Biological Anthropology Sample Question
Instructions :
On the answer sheet write your Name, Registration Number, Test Code, Number of this booklet, etc. in the appropriate place.
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The Test consists of two parts:
1. Part A Comprehension Ability and Test of English Language Proficiency (Question: 1 – 15).
2. Part B Test of Knowledge of Books, Libraries, Information and Computers (Question: 1 – 15).
3. For each question four choices are given marked as A, B, C and D.
4. Identify the correct answer and mark the option (i.e. A, B, C or D) against the question number in the answer sheet attached to this booklet.
RBAI : (Short answer type)
1. Define adaptation. The more generalized a species, the less adapted it is to a particular environment. Is the previous statement correct? Discuss the conditions for the evolutionary success of a specialized and generalized species.
2. Can population pyramids indicate the trends of population growth? Explain giving hypothetical examples of different population pyramids.
3. What is culture? Did culture play a role in human evolution? Discuss.
4. Outline important types of non-random mating (marriages) in the Indian cultural context. Briefly describe genetic consequences of those types of mating.
5. Is Homo habilis a link between the genus Australopithecus and Homo? Discuss.
6. Outline the existing theories on the origin of modern man.
7. Outline different methods in Forensic Anthropology. Explain/describe application of any one method to a hypothetical situation and try if you can justify use of traditional forensic anthropological methods in the age of DNA.
8. How would you define biological anthropology? Enumerate the recent trends in bioanthropological studies.
9. Discuss the synthetic theory of organic evolution.
10. Write short notes on the following:
(a) Paternity diagnosis
(b) Social staratification
(c) Hylobatidae
(d) Somatotyping
(e) Biotic environment
(f) Mongoloid
SAMPLE QUESTION
RBAII : (Short answer type)
1. Describe Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium and its significance.
2. What is Genetic Code? Explain the process of protein synthesis.
3. Compare and contrast the Geneological and participant Observation Methods.
Or
Compare the merits and demerits of twin and Pedigree methods.
4. The following are the fasting blood glucose levels of 10 children:
72 68 65 66 71
65 62 67 69 65
Compute the mean, median and variance of the above data.
5. Mean and SD for fasting blood glucose level in a sample of 30 diabetic patients under medication “A” was found to be 125 and 20 respectively. Mean and SD values for another group of 40 diabetic patients under a new medication “B” was found to be 115 and 15. Does medicine B significantly reduce fasting glucose level compared to medicine A? Suggest a suitable statistical test for this problem and find the value of the test statistic on the basis of the observed data and draw your conclusion?
Test Code: PLB
1. Answer all questions.
2. All questions carry equal marks.
Part A Comprehension Ability and Test of English Language Proficiency
Read the following passage and answer the questions numbered 1 – 2.
Waste cannot be simply thrown away anymore, now it must be managed. Are you aware that you are throwing away many materials that could be saved? If we did simple things like reusing glass, we could reduce our municipal landfill sites by almost 10 percent. Although managing our trash seems to be the “in thing” to do, it is hardly convenient .
Let’s face the facts, sealed toxins “won’t affect us for a good twenty years”. Although this may be true, there are still many advantages to waste management. Today, more people are in favour of companies who invest in “green products”. As a result, companies have removed phosphates, bleaches, and have made their paper products out of recycled papers.
1. What could reduce landfill sites by about 10%?
A. Recycling plastic cups
B. Using paper cups
C. Reusing glass
D. Use phosphate based products
2. What is a recommended action to make recycling economically feasible?
A. Separate naturally degradable and non-degradable waste
B. Buy recycled products
C. Buy paper products
D. Invest in recycling process
Read the following passage and answer the questions numbered 3 – 4.
Unemployment means the joblessness of those who are able and willing to work. Unemployment is a serious social problem. But it is not the problem of a particular country, it is a world wide problem. The ratio of unemployment is constantly increasing. Economists have categorized the causes of unemployment as structural and cyclical. Structural unemployment arises from an imbalance between the kinds of workers wanted and the kinds of workers available.
3. Educated men remain unemployed because
A. They expect high salary
B. They do not accept menial jobs
C. They are technically skilled
D. They expect jobs in cities
4. The main problem with the present education system is
A. It is not producing skilled and technically trained people
B. It is producing scientists only
C. It is not creating employment
D. It does not create a demand for services
Choose the answer that best completes the sentences numbered 5-6.
5. The simplest animals are those whose bodies are simplest in structure and which do the things done by all living animals, such as eating, breathing, moving, and feeling, in the most ____ way.
A. unique
B. advantageous
C. primitive
D. bizarre
6. Not only the ____ are fooled by propaganda; we can all be misled if we are not ____.
A. ignorant, cynical
B. gullible, wary
C. illiterate, mature
D. fatuous, intelligent