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Cultural Anthropology (SOC401)

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)

Objective Questions

  1. Members who possess variably ascribed characteristics fall under:

    1. Rotating Credit Associations
    2. Regional and Ethnic Associations
    3. Local and nation associations
    4. Multi-ethnic Associations
  2. All of the following are the commonly recognized American ethnic groups EXCEPT:

    1. Latinos
    2. Bulgarians
    3. African Americans
    4. European Americans
  3. The term "indigenous knowledge" is being used in a context of non-western or anti-western knowledge by:

    1. Eco-zones inhabited by ethnic groups
    2. Iroquois inhabited groups
    3. West Indians
    4. Social groups of west
  4. Which one of the following are non-kin and non-territorial groups found in all types of societies and cultures around the world?

    1. Integrations
    2. Immigrations
    3. Assimilations
    4. Associations
  5. Forced racial segregation in South Africa was known as

    1. Apartheid
    2. Genocide
    3. Pluralism
    4. Assimilation
  6. Intense sunlight in tropical latitudes has selected for darker skin color as a protection from intense ________ radiation.

    1. Ultraviolet
    2. Visible light
    3. Infrared
    4. X-rays
  7. Development Organizations include:

    1. National and international NGOs
    2. World Bank
    3. UN agencies
    4. All of the given
  8. An age set is a common form of ________ associations, evidenced around the world.

    1. Non-voluntary
    2. Voluntary
    3. Professional
    4. Achieved
  9. Ethnic categorization implies a connection between ________ inheritance and culture.

    1. Ethical
    2. Social
    3. Biological
    4. Environmental
  10. Young warriors, Nadi of Kenya were given spears and shields in the past and told to bring back wealth to the community is an example of:

    1. Generation
    2. Gender
    3. Association
    4. Age set
  11. Development necessitates a kind of social analysis of the situations which the proposed ________ will be designed to address.

    1. Revolution
    2. Intervention
    3. Organization
    4. Nation
  12. All humans today are ________ genetically identical.

    1. 96.9%
    2. 98.9%
    3. 99.9%
    4. 97.9%
  13. Which of the following is the distinct characteristic of local knowledge?

    1. Controlled experiments
    2. Situation-bound
    3. Non context bound
    4. Transferable information
  14. Most characterizations of local knowledge are defined in complete contrast to:

    1. Scientific knowledge
    2. Community knowledge
    3. Cultural knowledge
    4. Social knowledge
  15. In which of the following societies, age sets crosscut kinship ties and form strong supplemental bonds?

    1. Non-commercial societies
    2. Non-stratified societies
    3. Stratified societies
    4. Class societies
  16. Belief systems perform certain ________ functions by providing emotional comfort by explaining the unexplainable

    1. Social
    2. Psychological
    3. Religious
    4. Normative
  17. Which type of anthropology strove to be useful to 'practical men' of colonial administration in the 1930's to access public funds?

    1. US Cultural
    2. French
    3. Social
    4. British
  18. Immigrants require ethnic integration to adopt the culture of majority. This approach called:

    1. Melting pot
    2. Assimilation
    3. Multiculturalism
    4. Pluralism
  19. Local knowledge systems seek spatially, situation-bound so it relies on:

    1. Social bond information
    2. Context-bound information
    3. Psychological thinking of people
    4. Non-context-bound information
  20. Which of the following is an example of an ascribed quality?

    1. Teacher
    2. Caste
    3. Student
    4. Doctor
  21. Which of the following refers to an identification with, and feeling part of, and ethnic group and exclusion from certain other groups because of this affiliation?

    1. Ascribed identity
    2. Social ethnicity
    3. Race
    4. Ethnicity