TNPSC Curator Anthropology Old Question Paper 2010
| TNPSC – Curator & Asst.Curator – Anthropology – 2010 | |
| Sr. No. | Questions with multiple options |
| 1. | The dormitory system prevails among
(a) Toda group (b) Kotas group (c) Oraon group (d) Naga group |
| 2. | Along with Aryans, there exists another category of ancient Indian known as
(a) Dasas (b) Todas (c) Valis (d) Brahmanas |
| 3. | The word “Potlatch” is
(a) Chinook word (b) Masai word (c) Kung Bushmen word (d) Beduin word |
| 4. | The devise of evoking knowledge of same secret or hidden thing by mechanical or manipulation technique is called
(a) Conditional Curse (b) Ordeal (c) Oath (d) Divination |
| 5. | In balanced polymorphisms selection favours the
(a) Heterozygotes (b) Homozygotes (c) Bothe Heterozygotes and Homoxygotes (d) Neither Heterozygotes nor Homoxygotes |
| 6. | Brachydactyly is given as an example for
(a) Autosomal dominant inheritance (b) Autosomal recessive inheritance (c) X- linked dominant inheritance (d) X – linked recessive inheritance |
| 7. | Choose the correct option, with regard to the diffusionists:
(a) They were anti-evolutionistic in their approach (b) They mainitained that culture-traits spread either trough diffusion or migration or by both (c) Both the above statements are true (d) Neither of the statements is true |
| 8. | The process of social interaction through which people learn and acquire their culture is called
(a) Adaptation (b) Diffusion (c) Enculturation (d) Evolution |
| 9. | Analysis of kinship can get meaningful help from
(a) Archaeologist (b) Biologist (c) Geographer (d) Linguist |
| 10. | The Purusharthas are _______ in number.
(a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 4 |
| 11. | The wings of birds and bats may be a case of
(a) Mutation (b) Parallelism (c) Convergence (d) Divergence |
| 12. | Ramapithecus lived in
(a) America (b) Latin America (c) India (d) Australia |
| 13. | Forensic anthropologists do not assist
(a) Medical field (b) Police department (c) Legal specialist (d) Literary critic |
| 14. | Which of the following formed the basis for distinguishing different economic system of non-literate people?
(a) Culture area (b) Environment (c) Division of Labour (d) Types of foodstuff |
| 15. | An individual who claims the power the cure and effect other aspects of life because of powers gained through direct contact with the supernatural is called
(a) Shaman (b) Witch (c) Sorcerer (d) Quack |
| 16. | The number of milk teeth among human beings during their infancy and childhood is
(a) 22 (b) 24 (c) 30 (d) 20 |
| 17. | Which of the following is not true about W.H.R. Rivers?
(a) He was a medical doctor by training (b) He was a member of the Torress Strait Expedition (c) He was the first to develop the genealogical method (d) His excessive diffusionist claims are reflected in his anthropological classic. ‘The Todas’. |
| 18. | The word ‘eugenics’ was coined by
(a) Charles Darwin (b) Francis Galton (c) Paul Broka (d) J.B.S. Haldane |
| 19. | People with which of the following blood groups are more susceptible to doudental ulcer than the people belonging to other blood groups?
(a) A blood group (b) B blood group (c) O blood group (d) AB blood group |
| 20. | The concept of Great and Little Tradition was proposed by
(a) M.N. Srinivas (b) Mckim Marriot (c) Robert Redfield (d) P.V. Kane |
| Published on 20th Oct 2021 | |
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