List of top Anthropology Questions asked in Common University Entrance Test

The mis m built their house on raised platform. A Traditional Mismi house is built with materials like bamboo and straw. the walls are constructed with bamboo and the roof is thatched. A typical Mismi house consists of a big hall like room which accomodates all the family members. The near the enternce acts as a portico and is used to entertain guests. Below the platform the rooms are kept. It also sometimes house the pigs which they rear. Adjacent to their house they construct cattlesheds and coops for reaching fowls. The fire place is called as meram and is considered as a scared place.

The French established cocoa and coffee plantations in west Africa. The British set up large tea garden in India and Sri Lanka, rubber plantation in Malaysia, and Sugarcane and banana Plantations in west Indies. Spanish and Americans invested heavily in coconut and sugarcane plantations in the Philippines. The Dutch once had monopoly over sugarcane plantations in Indonesia. some coffee Fazenda ( large plantation) in Brazil are still managed by Europeans. Today, ownership of the Majority of plantations have passed into the hands of the government or the nationals of the countries concerned.

Which of the following are not the feature of family?
A. It is an economic unit
B. It is a secondary social group
C. It is unlimited in size
D. It is a socializing unit
E. It is a social unit
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Who is reversed as the Father of Ecology in India?

The percentage of oxygen in the atmosphere is ____.

The smallest microscopic organism that are found on the surface of water bodies like pond, lake etc are known as

Which one of the following is an example of an aquatic ecosystem?

Arrange the following in an order.
A. Secondary consumer
B. Detritus
C. Primary Consumer
D. Primary producer
E. Tertiary Consumer
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Match the List I with List II

LIST I		LIST II
A	Matrilineal	I	Agnatic
B	Matrilocal	II	Uxorilocal
C	Patrilineal	III	Virilocal
D	Patrilocal	IV	Uterine

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The type of family found among Gonads and Baigas is called as:

____ is characterised by less prominent cheek bones and absence of fascial prognathism.

Match the List I with List II

LIST I		LIST II
A	Cow	I	Omnivore
B	Humans	II	Carnivore
C	Lion	III	Detritivore
D	Earthworm	IV	Herbivore

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Itai-Itai desease among the people of Japan was primarily caused due to consumption of
A. Cadmium contaminated rice
B. Cadmium contaminated water
C. Cadmium contaminated fish
D. Contaminated Milk

____ is one from of unilineal descent, where males trace ancestry through males and females through females.

A family which one sets up after one's marriage is called as.

Match the List I with List II

LIST I		LIST II
A	Cultivation of fruits and vegetables	I	Community hunting
B	Cultivation using plough and yoke	II	Terrace cultivation
C	Hunting by a group of persons	III	plough cultivation
D	Cultivation on hill slopes	IV	Horticulture

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Mean annual temperature (inoC) is negative in which of the following biomes.

In Arunachal Pradesh, shifting cultivation is called as.

The micro-organism like bacteria and fungi are called:

Food Gathering economy is not based on

Arranges the following agricultural activities in order their occurrence in the paddy cultivation.
A. Threshing
B. Sowing
C. Winnowing
D. Protecting Plants
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_____ describes the diverse economic arrangements developed by human being in different times and places.

Arrange the following statements are correct for S. C. Roy?
A. He was a lawyer by profession
B. He has a formal degree in anthropology
C. He founded the journal, Eastern Anthropologist
D. He was the first person to describe ‘dhumkuria’
E. He founded the journal, Man in India.
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Arrange the following cultures in chronological order.
A. Abbevillian
B. Mousterian
C. Chalcolithic
D. Azilian
E. Chatelperronian
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Arrange the following in chronological order beginning with the oldest first.
A. Lower Palaeolithic
B. Neolithic
C. Middle palaeolithic
D. Mesolithic
E. Upper Palaeolithic
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