List of top Anthropology Questions asked in Common University Entrance Test

Arrange the following in the correct chronological order of European palaeolithic culture.
A. Solutrean
B. Mousterian
C. Acheulean
D. Aurignacian
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Arrange the following in chronological order during Pleistocene period:-
A. Riss
B. Gunz
C. Wurm
D. Mindel

Arrange the following in expanding order of social structure:
A. Lineage
B. Phratry
C. Clan
D. Family
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Which of the following is not a cultural component as proposed by Leslie White?

Select the followers belonging to same school of thought.
A. James Frazer
B. Ruth Benedict
C. Margaret Mead
D. A. Kardiner
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Arrange the following in chronological order of the year of their publication
A. The Golden Bough
B. The Elementary Structure of Kinship
C. Primitive Culture
D. Argonauts of the Western Pacific
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Arrange the following culture periods in chronological order.
A. Ahar culture
B. Sunga-Kusana-Gupta
C. Kayatha culture
D. Malwa culture
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Arrange the following concepts in chronological order of their proposal:
A. Great and little traditions
B. Dominant caste
C. Sacred complex
D. Nature - Man - Spirit Complex
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Which of the following are palaeolithic and mesolithic techniques?
A. Anvil stone
B. Grinding and polishing
C. Punching
D. Cylindrical hammer
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The Kula ring, ceremonial exchange among the Trobriand Islanders included:-

The Nobel prize for discovery of DNA structure was awarded to Watson, Crick and Wilkins in the year:-

Arrange the following tools in chronological order:
A. Ovate hand-axe
B. Flake cleaver
C. Blade tools
D. S-twist handaxe
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Which of the following are the relative dating methods?
A. Fluorine
B. Dendrochronology
C. Stratigraphy
D. Palynology
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The method of study to suggest the use of a particular tool in the past by observing the use of similar tools in contemporary societies with similar environments is called as \underline{\hspace{2cm} analogy.}

Which one of the following is not a characteristic of social structure?

Which of the following are megalithic structures?
A. Cromlech
B. Topi kal
C. Hood-stone
D. Stambha
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When a Dolmen is placed under an earth mound, it is called a:

Which of the following statements are correct?
A. Anthropology is an experimental science.
B. Anthropology is a field science.
C. Anthropology is a natural science.
D. Anthropology is an observational science.
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Which of the following techniques ensure a systematic way of tracing the line of descent?

Select the correct sequence based on increasing cranial capacity.
A. Homo sapiens
B. Homo floresiensis
C. Homo habilis
D. Homo erectus
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Star-shaped borer is a characteristic tool of \underline{\hspace{2cm} culture.}

McKim Marriot gave the concept of universalization and parochialization in his work on

Pear-shaped, tongue-shaped and oval-shaped hand-axes are commonly seen in which culture?

Which of the following is not an elongated type of handaxe?

Bolas are from: