Top 350+ Solved Social Anthropology MCQ Questions Answer

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Q. --------------------is a discipline, which serves the infinite curiosity about human beings.

a. cultural anthropology

b. anthropology

c. social anthropology

d. ethnology.

  • b. anthropology

Q. The establishment of Asiatic society of Bengal in----------------

a. 1774

b. 1770

c. 1775

d. 1776

  • a. 1774

Q. Mana is a ------------------- term meaning Power

a. french

b. melanesian

c. greek

d. latin

  • b. melanesian

Q. The term magic has been derived from the --------------- word

a. greek

b. latin

c. french

d. polynesian

  • c. french

Q. The Polynesian term taboo means

a. custom

b. tradition

c. prohibition

d. forbidden

  • c. prohibition

Q. ------------------------- are the part-time religious practioners and mostly females

a. sorcerer

b. medium

c. priest

d. shaman

  • a. sorcerer

Q. ---------------- family formed by the agglomeration of nuclear family units or parts of them

a. compound

b. composite

c. group

d. polygamous

  • a. compound

Q. ----------------- is the marriage where a bridegroom is allowed to stay in the bride’s house, afew days before the marriage.

a. marriage by trial

b. marriage by intrusion

c. marriage by purchase

d. marriage by probation

  • a. marriage by trial

Q. ------------------- have considered religion as a product of the evolutionary development ofhuman brain.

a. sociologists

b. psychologists

c. anthropologists

d. philosophers.

  • c. anthropologists

Q. -------------------- found sacred part and profane part in supernatural field.

a. frazer

b. durkheim

c. spencer

d. tylor

  • b. durkheim

Q. Animism is the earliest concept towards the religion forwarded by ----------------------

a. tylor

b. malinowski

c. radcliff brown

d. durkheim

  • a. tylor

Q. Mana is a ------------------ term meaning Power

a. french

b. latin

c. melanesian

d. greek

  • c. melanesian

Q. ------------------------ is a malevolent practice with the help of the spirits.

a. witch craft

b. practioner

c. shaman

d. sorcery

  • b. practioner

Q. A ------------------ is usually a part-time male specialist.

a. shaman

b. sorcery

c. witch craft

d. priest.

  • a. shaman
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