List of top Anthropology Questions asked in CUET (UG)

In terms of size of governance, which of the following is bigger than Band but smaller than State?
Which of the following factor is directly associated with increasing cultural diversity?
Which of the following is NOT the criteria for enlisting the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs)?
Scheduled Tribes are communities which are included in the Schedule of the Indian Constitution. This has been mentioned in which article?
The study of communication by non-verbal means, including posture, mannerism, gestures, facial expressions and body movements is called:
Societies have different mechanisms for dispute resolution to maintain social control. Which of the following are methods of peaceful dispute resolutions? (A) Oath and ordeal
(B) Mediation
(C) Ritual reconciliation
(D) Feuding and Raiding
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Three types of political systems found among traditional societies are:
The subsistence economy of hunting and gathering is found among:
Match List-I with List-II \[ \begin{array}{|l|l|} \hline \textbf{Concept} & \textbf{Proposed by} \\ \hline (A) \; \text{Animism} & (I) \; \text{R R Marett} \\ \hline (B) \; \text{Animatism} & (II) \; \text{Emile Durkheim} \\ \hline (C) \; \text{Naturalism} & (III) \; \text{E B Tylor} \\ \hline (D) \; \text{Totemism} & (IV) \; \text{Max Muller} \\ \hline \end{array} \] Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Arrange the following kin groups in increasing order from simplest to complex type: (A) Clan
(B) Lineage
(C) Family
(D) Tribe
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Which of the following processes are associated with cultural change? (A) Assimilation
(B) Enculturation
(C) Diffusion
(D) Revolution
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Match List-I with List-II \[ \begin{array}{|l|l|} \hline \textbf{Concept} & \textbf{Characteristic} \\ \hline (A) \; \text{Nuclear Family} & (I) \; \text{Husbands are Brothers} \\ \hline (B) \; \text{Matrilineal Descent} & (II) \; \text{Mates and their Children} \\ \hline (C) \; \text{Fraternal Polyandry} & (III) \; \text{Married couple and their married children} \\ \hline (D) \; \text{Extended Family} & (IV) \; \text{Children belong to the kin group of mothers} \\ \hline \end{array} \] Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Which of the following is associated with the practice of shamanism?
The process by which cultural elements are borrowed from another society and incorporated into the culture of the recipient group is called:
A religious system of belief in the soul is called:
The person who judges other cultures solely in terms of his or her own culture is called:
The practice where one woman is married to more than one man at the same time is called:
An example of the relative dating method is:
An example site of the Indus Valley Civilization in present-day India is:
Match List-I with List-II \[ \begin{array}{|l|l|} \hline \textbf{Archaeological Site} & \textbf{Lithic Age in India} \\ \hline (A) \; \text{Soan Valley} & (I) \; \text{Upper Paleolithic} \\ \hline (B) \; \text{Bhimbetka} & (II) \; \text{Mesolithic} \\ \hline (C) \; \text{Sarai Nahar Rai} & (III) \; \text{Lower Paleolithic} \\ \hline (D) \; \text{Daojali Hading} & (IV) \; \text{Neolithic} \\ \hline \end{array} \] Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Which of the following are absolute radioactive isotope dating methods? (A) Radiocarbon Dating
(B) Potassium/Argon Dating
(C) Thermoluminescence
(D) Fluorine Dating
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Arrange the following stone tool cultures in the chronological order from oldest to newest: (A) Abbevillian
(B) Mousterian
(C) Kitchen Midden
(D) Aurignacian
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The Bronze Age signifies the advancement of metallic technology and smelting. Bronze is an alloy of:
Handaxe is a type of lower Paleolithic tool which can be classified as:
The Neolithic Culture in India is characterized by: