NTA UGC NET/JRF Exam, June 2019 (Anthropology)Total Questions: 8041. Which of the following is the best tool to study kinship system?A. Controlled observationB. Structural interviewC. Genealogical methodsD. QuestionnaireCorrect Answer: C. Genealogical methods42. Who said, "Primitive law is the rule which curbs human inclinations thereby equating law with social obligation and social control"?A. Bronislaw MalinowskiB. Paul BohannanC. Leopold PospisilD. McLenonCorrect Answer: A. Bronislaw Malinowski43. Which of the following statements best describes power?A. The ability based on the legitimacy of a set of norms which are fixed and sacred.B. The ability of a person or social unit to influence the conduct and decisionmaking of another.C. The ability to invoke supernatural conflict.D. The ability of a person or group to be healthy.Correct Answer: B. The ability of a person or social unit to influence the conduct and decisionmaking of another.44. An interpersonal supernatural force which can manifest in persons or things and which is transferable is known asA. AnimaB. ManaC. FetishD. GhostCorrect Answer: B. Mana45. The practice whereby a man retires to rest after his wife has given birth, as if he himself has just gone through the labour of childbirth, is calledA. CouvadeB. Initiation riteC. Birth tabooD. TotemismCorrect Answer: A. Couvade46. Evolutionism was divided into general evolution and specific evolution by which of the following anthropologists?A. Sahlins and HarrisB. Service and StewardC. Sahlins and ServiceD. Steward and WhiteCorrect Answer: C. Sahlins and Service47. What did M. Mead examine in her study among three New Guinea societies?A. The impact of personality on cultureB. The impact of culture on personalityC. The environment and its impact on personalityD. The conditioning of the social personalities of the two sexesCorrect Answer: D. The conditioning of the social personalities of the two sexes48. Who among the following explained symbols as 'means of scoial classification, which distinguish between various categories of objects, persons or actions and keep them separate'?A. Clifford GeertzB. Victor TurnerC. Raymond FirthD. Mary DouglasCorrect Answer: D. Mary Douglas49. Who is the author of the path-breaking work in 1970, Woman in the Field : Anthropological Experiences?A. Laura BohannanB. Rosaline WaxC. Louise LamphereD. Peggy GoldeCorrect Answer: D. Peggy Golde50. Which of the following concepts has influenced L.P. Vidyarthi to formulate his concept of sacred complex?A. Great and little traditionB. Dominant casteC. SanskritizationD. ModernizationCorrect Answer: A. Great and little traditionSubmit Quiz« Previous12345678Next »
