Top 350+ Solved Social Anthropology MCQ Questions Answer
Q. To judge other peoples way of life in terms of own cultural view point is called -------
a. cultural relativism
b. cultural lag
c. ethnocentrism
d. cultural process
Q. Which group is the largest group of Backward Classes in India?
a. scheduled tribes
b. scheduled castes
c. muslims
d. buddhists
Q. Who used the word ‘aborginals’ to refer tribes in India?
a. hutton
b. sir bains
c. risly.v. elwin
d. w.j. perry
Q. Which one is an anthropological limitation in defining tribes in India?
a. largest population
b. not homogenous in nature
c. speaks a different languages
d. wear different types of dresses
Q. Which one is not a characteristic of Indian tribe?
a. common name
b. common ancestor
c. different languages
d. common territory
Q. Clan refers to a -------------- kins of group based on either matrilineal or patrilireal descent
a. unilateral
b. multilateral
c. only lateral
d. none of this
Q. In which state the highest number of tribals are found in India?
a. nagaland
b. mizoram
c. madhyapradesh
d. manipur
Q. Which statement is related to a clan?
a. it is an endogamous unit
b. it has a definite language
c. it has no definite geographic area
d. it has a common leader
Q. North Eastern Zone of tribes mainly belong to ________ race.
a. mangloids
b. austroloids
c. negroids
d. nordic
Q. In which zone Khasi and Garo belong?
a. the north and north - eastern
b. the central zone
c. the southern zone
d. none of this
Q. The tribes of Central zone are scattered all over ________________
a. the rivers between jamuna and ganga
b. the rivers between brahmaputhra and jhalam
c. the rivers between kaveri and krishna
d. the rivers between narmada and godavari