NTA UGC NET/JRF Exam, June 2020 (Anthropology)

Total Questions: 100

41. The analytical approaches of the following Anthropologists can be regarded as precursors of Postmodernism :

(a) Clifford Geertz                                       (b) Frederik Barth
(c) Ronald Inden                                         (d) Tim Ingold
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Correct Answer: D. (a) and (b) only

42. Which of the following factors can accelerate the process of Sanskritisation?

(a) Dominant caste                                (b) Westernization
(c) Parochialization                               (d) Untouchability
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: A. (a) and (b) only

43. Pierre Bourdieu analysed different facts of capitalism which include

(a) Human capital                         (b) Social capital
(c) Cultural capital                         (d) Symbolic capital
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: B. (b), (c) and (d) only

44. Which of the following movements are involved in the context of globalisation?

(a) Trade goods
(b) Information
(c) Infectious Diseases
(d) Human Rights
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Correct Answer: A. (a), (b) and (c) only

45. Which of the following Directive Principles in the Constitution of Indian relate to the welfare of Scheduled tribes?

(a) Article 330
(b) Article 332
(c) Article 333
(d) Article 342
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :

Correct Answer: C. (a), (b) and (d) only

46. Which of the following flaws of comparative approaches of Morgan and Tylor have been identified by Franz Boas?

(a) The methods of ethnology
(b) The assumptions of unilinear evolution
(c) The notion of modern societies as evolutionary survival
(d) The classification of societies based on weak data and inappropriate criteria.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Correct Answer: C. (b), (c) and (d) only

47. The emphasis on 'Women's Worlds' led to a series of ethnographies which focussed on women such as :

(a) Jean Briggs on Canadian Inuit
(b) Annette Weiner's restudy on Trobriand Islands
(c) Hortense Powedermaker on field work expeditions
(d) Michelle Rosaldo on head hunting Ilongot
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: B. (a), (b) and (d) only

48. Which of the following are the main attributes of Jati?

(a) Jatis are exogamous units
(b) They are hierarchically graded
(c) They invariably have a Jati-linked occupation
(d) In several parts of India, Jatis have intravillage and inter-village mechanism of Social control and conflict resolution
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Correct Answer: B. (b), (c) and (d) only

49. The Interpretive Anthropologist, Clifford Geertz published the following

(a) The interpretation of cultures
(b) Cultural Bias
(c) Works and lives : The anthropologist as Author
(d) The Religions of Java
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: C. (a), (c) and (d) only

50. Which of the following are the categories of culture as suggested by Leslie White?

(a) Technological
(b) Ideological
(c) Sentimental
(d) Behavioural
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: A. (a), (b) and (c) only