Exam Details
Subject | anthropology | |
Paper | paper 2 | |
Exam / Course | ugc net national eligibility test | |
Department | ||
Organization | university grants commission | |
Position | ||
Exam Date | December, 2010 | |
City, State | , |
Question Paper
1. Inbreeding and consanguinity manifest these genes to express their effect
Dominant genes
Sex-linked genes
Recessive genes
Sex-limited genes
2. Habitual striding bipeds are
Chimpanzees
Gorillas
Humans
Gibbons
3. DNA fingerprinting was developed
by
Steele Berg
Watson Crick
Griffith
Alec Jeffreys
4. Phenylketonuria is due to the deficiency of an enzyme
Phenylalanine hydroxylase
Glyoxalase
Adenosine Deaminase
Glutamate Pyruvate
5. An blood group child cannot have parents with
A Group
B Group
O Group
AB Group
6. The 'bush babies' who live in many African forests are
Galagos
Baboons
Monkeys
Chimpanzees
7. Who among the following was the proponent of the term "Ethnic Group" to describe human populations
Falconer
Pearson
Ashley Montagu
Penrose
8. The first discovery of an Australopithecine was made by
L.S.B. Leakey
Raymond Dart
Robert Broom
F. Clark Howell
9. Who among the following has given a detailed explanation of Passage'
Edmund Leach
Ruth Benedict
Van Gennep
Marcel Mauss
10. Which Article of the Indian Constitution provides that there shall be a Minister of Tribal Welfare for the States of Bihar, MP and Orissa
Article 332
Article 46
Article 164
Article 275
11. Functionalism can be best described as a
study of cause and effect
relationship
study of inter-relatedness of
the parts of a whole
holistic study conceptualising
the whole only
study of human changing
behaviour
12. The main difference between the questionnaire and schedule is
Mode of operation
Physical form
Language
Question format
13. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched
The Foundation S.F. Nadel of Social Anthropology
The Political Edmund System of Leach Highland Burma
Caste in Iravati Modern India Karve and other Essays
Patterns of Ruth Culture Benedict
14. When a woman is simultaneously married to two or more brothers, it is called
Fraternal Polyandry
Levirate
Group Marriage
Sororate
15. In Anthropology, the process by which a child learns its own culture is known as
Acculturation
Self-learning
Enculturation
Socialization
16. The Three Age System was postulated by
L.S.B. Leakey
Lowier R. Binford
C.J. Thomson
A.L. Kroeber
17. The first deliberate human burials are found in
Aurignacian culture
Solutrean culture
Sohanian culture
Mousterian culture
18. The Palaeolithic Art in the form of paintings, engravings and carvings coexisted for the first time during
Lower Palaeolithic period
Upper Palaeolithic period
Middle Palaeolithic period
All the above periods
19. The book "The Rise of Civilization in India and Pakistan" was authored by
H.D. Sankalia and V.N. Misra
Robert Bruce Foote and Henry Foote
B.B. Lal and S.P. Gupta
Bridget and Raymond Allchin
20. The Megaliths found in India were systematically classified by
V.D. Krishnaswamy
K.D. Bannerjee
H.D. Sankalia
K. Soundararajan
21. Assertion Consanguinity in human population is a result of random mating.
Reason It promotes the manifestation of recessive genes. On the basis of the above, choose the correct answer.
Both and are true
is false, is true
is true, is false
Both and are false
22. Assertion Diabetes mellitus is a simple disease.
Reason It is caused by an enzyme deficiency. On the basis of the above, choose the correct answer.
Both and are false.
Both and are true.
is true, is false.
is true, is false.
23. Assertion Alkaptonuria is an example of Inborn errors of metabolism.
Reason It is caused due to the deficiency of enzyme tyrosinase. On the basis of the above, choose the correct answer.
is true, is false.
is true, is false.
Both and are false.
Both and are true.
24. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion and the other is labelled as Reason
Assertion Indian rural society is largely stratified on the basis of caste system.
Reason(R) Caste affiliation largely determines the ranking of an individual in rural India.
Codes
Both and are true and is the correct explanation of
Both and are true but is not a correct explanation of
is true and is false.
is false and is true.
25. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion and the other as Reason
Assertion A simple society lacks in a full scale political system.
Reason The members of a simple society do not take much interest in politics. In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct
Codes
Both and are true and is the correct explanation of
Both and are true and is not the correct explanation of
is true, but is false.
is false, but is true.
26. Given below are two statements. One is labelled as Assertion and the other is labelled as Reason
Reason Early men took shelter in caves to protect themselves from wild animals.
Reason Their cave habit led to the emergence of cave art.
Codes Both and are true but is the correct explanation of
Both and are true and is not the correct explanation of
is true, but is false.
is false, but is true.
27. Assertion Hand axe is a multipurpose tool fabricated during the Lower Palaeolithic period.
Reason Stone-hammer cylinder hammer techniques are employed for the fabrication of Lower Palaeolithic tools.
is true, but is false.
Both and are true and is the correct explanation of
is false, but is true.
Both and are true but
is not the correct explanation of
28. Assertion Bhimbetka in Madhya Pradesh is a world heritage site.
Reason Rock-shelters and caves at Bhimbetka had preserved prehistoric cultural layers and several rock paintings. In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct
Codes
is true, but is false.
is false, but is true.
Both and are true is not the correct explanation of
Both and are true and is the correct explanation of
29. Identify the correct sequence
Zygotene Leptotene Diplotene Pachytene
Leptotene Zygotene Pachytene Diplotene
Pachytene Zygotene Leptotene Diplotene
Diplotene Pachytene Leptotene Zygotene
30. Identify the correct sequence in order of year of discovery
Homo erectus Neanderthal Man
Cro-Magnon Australopithecus
Australopithecus Neanderthal Man Cro-Magnon Homo erectus
Neanderthal Man Cro-Magnon Homo erectus Australopithecus
Cro-Magnon Homo erectus Neanderthal Man Australopithecus
31. Identify the correct sequence
Prosimians New World Monkeys Old World Monkeys Apes
Old World Monkeys Prosimians New World Monkeys Apes
Apes New World Monkeys Prosimians Old World Monkeys
Old World Monkeys New World Monkeys Apes Prosimians
32. Identify the correct sequence in ascending orders
Brahmacharya Grahastha-Vanaprastha Sanyas
Sanyas Vanaprastha Grahastha Brahmacharya
Grahastha Brahmacharya Vanaprastha Sanyas
Brahmacharya Grahastha Sanyas Vanaprastha
33. Indicate the correct sequence
Clan Moiety Phratry Lineage
Phratry Lineage Clan Moiety
Moiety Lineage Clan Phratry
Lineage Clan Phratry Moiety
34. Identify the correct sequence of the following in ascending order
Horticulture Pastoralism Foraging Agriculture
Pastoralism Foraging Horticulture Agriculture
Foraging Horticulture Pastoralism Agriculture
Foraging Pastoralism Horticulture Agriculture
35. The chronological ordering of Alpine glaciers is
Mindel Riss Wurm Gunz
Gunz Mindel Riss Wurm
Wurm Mindel Gunz Riss
Riss Gunz Mindel Wurm
36. Arrange the following cultural events in descending order in which they appear. Use the code given below
I. Cord impressed pottery at Daojali Hading
II. Ploughed field at Kalibangan
III. Flake tool found at Nevasa
IV. Rock art at Adamgarh
Codes
III, IV, II
II, IV, III
III, II, IV
IV, II, III, I
37. Arrange the following prehistoric culture characteristics in terms of their evolution. Use the code given below
I. Early civilization Irrigation Bronze Tools
II. Semi-sedenterism Multifaceted economy Microliths
III. Nomadism Hunting Core Tools
IV. Sedenterism Agriculture Grounded Tools
Codes
III, IV, II, I
II, IV, III, I
III, II, IV, I
II, III, IV
38. Match an item in List-I with an item in List-II. Use code given below
List I List II
Hardy-Weinberg 1953 Law
DNA structure 1908
Human Genome 1980 Project
PCR Technique 1990
Codes
39. Match an item in List-I with an item in List-II. Use code given below
List I List II
Prosimians Marmoset
Apes Lemur
Old World Gorilla Monkeys
New World Baboon Monkeys
Codes
40. Match an item in List-I with an item in List-II. Use code given below
List I List II
Genetic Darwin-Wallace Drift
Natural Balakrishnan Selection Sanghvi
Genetic Sewall Wright Linkage
Genetic Morgan Distance
Codes
41. Match an item in List-I with an item in List-II. Use code given below
List I List II
Couple residing Virilocal with husband's residence father's family
Couple residing Avanculocal with husband's residence maternal uncle's family
Couple residing Neolocal with wife's residence mother's family
Couple setting Matrilocal up an independent residence family
Codes
42. Match an item in List-I with an item in List-II. Use codes given below
List I List II
Generalised Reciprocity To get some goods or services without any intention of returning.
Balanced Reciprocity When goods and services are given to another without any apparent expectation of reciprocity.
Redistribution Explicit and short term in terms in its expectation of return.
Negative Reciprocity(iv) Accumulation of goods or labour by particular person or in a particular place for the purpose of subsequent distribution.
Codes
43. Match an item in List-I with an item in List-II. Use codes given below
List I List II
Ralph Linton Patterns of culture
Talcott Cultural Parsons Materialism
Ruth Benedict Systems Approach
Marvin Harris Status and Role
Codes
44. This consists of two lists of statements, terms of symbols and the candidate has to match an item in one list with an item in the other
List I List II (Lithic (Lithic Tools) Technology)
Block-on-block Lanceolate technique handaxe
Grinding and Chopper polished technique
Pressure Celt Technique
Cylinder Buria hammer Technique
Codes
45. This consists of two lists of statement, terms or symbols and the candidate has to match an item in one list with an item in the other
List I List II (Name of the (Name of the site) excavator)
Langhnaj Aiyappan, A.
Bagor Joshi, R.V.
Adamgarh Misra, V.N.
Teri-sites Sankalia, H.D.
Codes
Dominant genes
Sex-linked genes
Recessive genes
Sex-limited genes
2. Habitual striding bipeds are
Chimpanzees
Gorillas
Humans
Gibbons
3. DNA fingerprinting was developed
by
Steele Berg
Watson Crick
Griffith
Alec Jeffreys
4. Phenylketonuria is due to the deficiency of an enzyme
Phenylalanine hydroxylase
Glyoxalase
Adenosine Deaminase
Glutamate Pyruvate
5. An blood group child cannot have parents with
A Group
B Group
O Group
AB Group
6. The 'bush babies' who live in many African forests are
Galagos
Baboons
Monkeys
Chimpanzees
7. Who among the following was the proponent of the term "Ethnic Group" to describe human populations
Falconer
Pearson
Ashley Montagu
Penrose
8. The first discovery of an Australopithecine was made by
L.S.B. Leakey
Raymond Dart
Robert Broom
F. Clark Howell
9. Who among the following has given a detailed explanation of Passage'
Edmund Leach
Ruth Benedict
Van Gennep
Marcel Mauss
10. Which Article of the Indian Constitution provides that there shall be a Minister of Tribal Welfare for the States of Bihar, MP and Orissa
Article 332
Article 46
Article 164
Article 275
11. Functionalism can be best described as a
study of cause and effect
relationship
study of inter-relatedness of
the parts of a whole
holistic study conceptualising
the whole only
study of human changing
behaviour
12. The main difference between the questionnaire and schedule is
Mode of operation
Physical form
Language
Question format
13. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched
The Foundation S.F. Nadel of Social Anthropology
The Political Edmund System of Leach Highland Burma
Caste in Iravati Modern India Karve and other Essays
Patterns of Ruth Culture Benedict
14. When a woman is simultaneously married to two or more brothers, it is called
Fraternal Polyandry
Levirate
Group Marriage
Sororate
15. In Anthropology, the process by which a child learns its own culture is known as
Acculturation
Self-learning
Enculturation
Socialization
16. The Three Age System was postulated by
L.S.B. Leakey
Lowier R. Binford
C.J. Thomson
A.L. Kroeber
17. The first deliberate human burials are found in
Aurignacian culture
Solutrean culture
Sohanian culture
Mousterian culture
18. The Palaeolithic Art in the form of paintings, engravings and carvings coexisted for the first time during
Lower Palaeolithic period
Upper Palaeolithic period
Middle Palaeolithic period
All the above periods
19. The book "The Rise of Civilization in India and Pakistan" was authored by
H.D. Sankalia and V.N. Misra
Robert Bruce Foote and Henry Foote
B.B. Lal and S.P. Gupta
Bridget and Raymond Allchin
20. The Megaliths found in India were systematically classified by
V.D. Krishnaswamy
K.D. Bannerjee
H.D. Sankalia
K. Soundararajan
21. Assertion Consanguinity in human population is a result of random mating.
Reason It promotes the manifestation of recessive genes. On the basis of the above, choose the correct answer.
Both and are true
is false, is true
is true, is false
Both and are false
22. Assertion Diabetes mellitus is a simple disease.
Reason It is caused by an enzyme deficiency. On the basis of the above, choose the correct answer.
Both and are false.
Both and are true.
is true, is false.
is true, is false.
23. Assertion Alkaptonuria is an example of Inborn errors of metabolism.
Reason It is caused due to the deficiency of enzyme tyrosinase. On the basis of the above, choose the correct answer.
is true, is false.
is true, is false.
Both and are false.
Both and are true.
24. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion and the other is labelled as Reason
Assertion Indian rural society is largely stratified on the basis of caste system.
Reason(R) Caste affiliation largely determines the ranking of an individual in rural India.
Codes
Both and are true and is the correct explanation of
Both and are true but is not a correct explanation of
is true and is false.
is false and is true.
25. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion and the other as Reason
Assertion A simple society lacks in a full scale political system.
Reason The members of a simple society do not take much interest in politics. In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct
Codes
Both and are true and is the correct explanation of
Both and are true and is not the correct explanation of
is true, but is false.
is false, but is true.
26. Given below are two statements. One is labelled as Assertion and the other is labelled as Reason
Reason Early men took shelter in caves to protect themselves from wild animals.
Reason Their cave habit led to the emergence of cave art.
Codes Both and are true but is the correct explanation of
Both and are true and is not the correct explanation of
is true, but is false.
is false, but is true.
27. Assertion Hand axe is a multipurpose tool fabricated during the Lower Palaeolithic period.
Reason Stone-hammer cylinder hammer techniques are employed for the fabrication of Lower Palaeolithic tools.
is true, but is false.
Both and are true and is the correct explanation of
is false, but is true.
Both and are true but
is not the correct explanation of
28. Assertion Bhimbetka in Madhya Pradesh is a world heritage site.
Reason Rock-shelters and caves at Bhimbetka had preserved prehistoric cultural layers and several rock paintings. In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct
Codes
is true, but is false.
is false, but is true.
Both and are true is not the correct explanation of
Both and are true and is the correct explanation of
29. Identify the correct sequence
Zygotene Leptotene Diplotene Pachytene
Leptotene Zygotene Pachytene Diplotene
Pachytene Zygotene Leptotene Diplotene
Diplotene Pachytene Leptotene Zygotene
30. Identify the correct sequence in order of year of discovery
Homo erectus Neanderthal Man
Cro-Magnon Australopithecus
Australopithecus Neanderthal Man Cro-Magnon Homo erectus
Neanderthal Man Cro-Magnon Homo erectus Australopithecus
Cro-Magnon Homo erectus Neanderthal Man Australopithecus
31. Identify the correct sequence
Prosimians New World Monkeys Old World Monkeys Apes
Old World Monkeys Prosimians New World Monkeys Apes
Apes New World Monkeys Prosimians Old World Monkeys
Old World Monkeys New World Monkeys Apes Prosimians
32. Identify the correct sequence in ascending orders
Brahmacharya Grahastha-Vanaprastha Sanyas
Sanyas Vanaprastha Grahastha Brahmacharya
Grahastha Brahmacharya Vanaprastha Sanyas
Brahmacharya Grahastha Sanyas Vanaprastha
33. Indicate the correct sequence
Clan Moiety Phratry Lineage
Phratry Lineage Clan Moiety
Moiety Lineage Clan Phratry
Lineage Clan Phratry Moiety
34. Identify the correct sequence of the following in ascending order
Horticulture Pastoralism Foraging Agriculture
Pastoralism Foraging Horticulture Agriculture
Foraging Horticulture Pastoralism Agriculture
Foraging Pastoralism Horticulture Agriculture
35. The chronological ordering of Alpine glaciers is
Mindel Riss Wurm Gunz
Gunz Mindel Riss Wurm
Wurm Mindel Gunz Riss
Riss Gunz Mindel Wurm
36. Arrange the following cultural events in descending order in which they appear. Use the code given below
I. Cord impressed pottery at Daojali Hading
II. Ploughed field at Kalibangan
III. Flake tool found at Nevasa
IV. Rock art at Adamgarh
Codes
III, IV, II
II, IV, III
III, II, IV
IV, II, III, I
37. Arrange the following prehistoric culture characteristics in terms of their evolution. Use the code given below
I. Early civilization Irrigation Bronze Tools
II. Semi-sedenterism Multifaceted economy Microliths
III. Nomadism Hunting Core Tools
IV. Sedenterism Agriculture Grounded Tools
Codes
III, IV, II, I
II, IV, III, I
III, II, IV, I
II, III, IV
38. Match an item in List-I with an item in List-II. Use code given below
List I List II
Hardy-Weinberg 1953 Law
DNA structure 1908
Human Genome 1980 Project
PCR Technique 1990
Codes
39. Match an item in List-I with an item in List-II. Use code given below
List I List II
Prosimians Marmoset
Apes Lemur
Old World Gorilla Monkeys
New World Baboon Monkeys
Codes
40. Match an item in List-I with an item in List-II. Use code given below
List I List II
Genetic Darwin-Wallace Drift
Natural Balakrishnan Selection Sanghvi
Genetic Sewall Wright Linkage
Genetic Morgan Distance
Codes
41. Match an item in List-I with an item in List-II. Use code given below
List I List II
Couple residing Virilocal with husband's residence father's family
Couple residing Avanculocal with husband's residence maternal uncle's family
Couple residing Neolocal with wife's residence mother's family
Couple setting Matrilocal up an independent residence family
Codes
42. Match an item in List-I with an item in List-II. Use codes given below
List I List II
Generalised Reciprocity To get some goods or services without any intention of returning.
Balanced Reciprocity When goods and services are given to another without any apparent expectation of reciprocity.
Redistribution Explicit and short term in terms in its expectation of return.
Negative Reciprocity(iv) Accumulation of goods or labour by particular person or in a particular place for the purpose of subsequent distribution.
Codes
43. Match an item in List-I with an item in List-II. Use codes given below
List I List II
Ralph Linton Patterns of culture
Talcott Cultural Parsons Materialism
Ruth Benedict Systems Approach
Marvin Harris Status and Role
Codes
44. This consists of two lists of statements, terms of symbols and the candidate has to match an item in one list with an item in the other
List I List II (Lithic (Lithic Tools) Technology)
Block-on-block Lanceolate technique handaxe
Grinding and Chopper polished technique
Pressure Celt Technique
Cylinder Buria hammer Technique
Codes
45. This consists of two lists of statement, terms or symbols and the candidate has to match an item in one list with an item in the other
List I List II (Name of the (Name of the site) excavator)
Langhnaj Aiyappan, A.
Bagor Joshi, R.V.
Adamgarh Misra, V.N.
Teri-sites Sankalia, H.D.
Codes
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