Cultural Anthropology (SOC401)

1. Belief systems perform certain ________ functions by providing emotional comfort by explaining the unexplainable

   1. Social
   2. Psychological
   3. Religious
   4. Normative

2. 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

3. Forced racial segregation in South Africa was known as

   1. Apartheid
   2. Genocide
   3. Pluralism
   4. Assimilation

4. Immigrants require ethnic integration to adopt the culture of majority. This approach called:

   1. Melting pot
   2. Assimilation
   3. Multiculturalism
   4. Pluralism

5. All humans today are ________ genetically identical.

   1. 96.9%
   2. 98.9%
   3. 99.9%
   4. 97.9%

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. Ethnic categorization implies a connection between ________ inheritance and culture.

   1. Ethical
   2. Social
   3. Biological
   4. Environmental

10. Development Organizations include:

    1. National and international NGOs
    2. World Bank
    3. UN agencies
    4. All of the given

11. Which of the following is the distinct characteristic of local knowledge?

    1. Controlled experiments
    2. Situation-bound
    3. Non context bound
    4. Transferable information

12. An age set is a common form of ________ associations, evidenced around the world.

    1. Non-voluntary
    2. Voluntary
    3. Professional
    4. Achieved

13. 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

14. 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

15. Most characterizations of local knowledge are defined in complete contrast to:

    1. Scientific knowledge
    2. Community knowledge
    3. Cultural knowledge
    4. Social knowledge

16. 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

17. 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

18. All of the following are the commonly recognized American ethnic groups EXCEPT:

    1. Latinos
    2. Bulgarians
    3. African Americans
    4. European Americans

19. Which of the following is an example of an ascribed quality?

    1. Teacher
    2. Caste
    3. Student
    4. Doctor

20. 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

21. 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

Select a course code for Objective Questions:

ACC311 ACC501 BIF101 BIF401 BIF501 BIO101 BIO201 BIO202 BIO203 BIO204 BIO301 BIO302 BIO303 BIO401 BIO503 BNK603 BT101 BT201 BT301 BT302 BT401 BT402 BT403 BT404 BT405 BT406 BT501 BT504 BT505 BT604 CHE201 CHE301 CS001 CS101 CS201 CS202 CS204 CS301 CS302 CS304 CS311 CS401 CS402 CS403 CS408 CS501 CS502 CS504 CS506 CS508 CS601 CS602 CS604 CS605 CS607 CS609 CS610 CS614 CS707 CS710 ECO401 ECO402 ECO403 ECO404 EDU302 EDU401 EDU402 EDU501 EDU601 ENG101 ENG201 ENG301 ENG501 FIN611 FIN624 FIN625 ISL201 IT430 MCM101 MCM301 MGMT623 MGT101 MGT211 MGT301 MGT401 MGT402 MGT501 MGT502 MGT503 MGT510 MGT601 MGT603 MKT501 MKT610 MKT630 MTH101 MTH202 MTH302 MTH501 MTH601 MTH634 PAK301 PHY101 PHY301 PSY101 PSY403 PSY502 PSY512 SOC101 SOC301 SOC401 STA301 STA630 STA641 ZOO102 ZOO401 ZOO501 ZOO502 ZOO503 ZOO504 ZOO505 ZOO506 ZOO510 ZOO630

Select a course code for Subjective Questions:

ACC311 CS001 CS101 CS201 CS301 CS607 CS701 CS702 CS703 CS704 CS707 CS708 CS710 CS711 CS718 CS721 CS724 ECO401 ECO403 ENG101 ENG301 MGT703 MTH501 STA301