Social Anthropology - Questions with answers

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University Mizoram University
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  • SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY: PAPER II
    FILL IN THE BLANKS
    UNIT 1
    1. Anthropology is the science of _______
    2. Anthropology is derived from the root-words ________meaning man and logos
    meaning science.
    3. Darwin published his origin of species in ________
    4. About thirty years back Franz Boas published a book entitled Anthropology and _______
    5. Malinowski made extensive use of the concept of _________
    6. In India, applied anthropology has an immense ________
    7. Archeology is an important branch of _________
    8. Physical anthropology is more elaborate and detailed than ________
    9. Anthropology is a large and _____________subject.
    10. Kroeber considers ethnology as a part of general _____anthropology.
    11. According to Evans-Pritchard, social anthropology includes the study of all human
    cultures and
    _____.
    12. Henry Maine and _________are said to be the founding fathers of social anthropology.
    13. Boas is called the founder of modern American ________
    14. Anthropology is a social science of Primitive and _________
    15. Social Anthropology has a rich tradition of conducting __________work.
    16. Cultural anthropology studies _______culture.
    17. Social Anthropology studies social organization and social__________
    18. Physical Anthropology and cultural anthropology are closely ____________.
    19. Ethnography includes the study of cultures of different ___________
    20. Robert Redfield called Primitives Societies as “____________”
    UNIT -II
    1. Anthropologists have found marriage is an __________institution.
    2. Commonly known forms of marriage are ___________,polygamy and Polyandry.
    3. If one marries a single person at a time, the marriage form is called __________.
    4. Polygamy is a form of marriage in which an individual has ___________spouses at any
    time.
    5. Mate choice by exchange occurs in ____________countries.
    6. Acquiring a mate by ___________involves the consent of the girl‟s parent besides the
    consent of the girl herself.
    7. Acquiring a ___________by intrusion can be found only in a small number of societies.
    8. ______________usually involves “running of” hoping that the marriage will finally be
    approved.

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  • 9. Marriage is a ___________contract.
    10. Incest has been defined as the sexual transaction between ________relationship.

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  • 11. Sex is a natural biological needs of males and __________.
    12. In primitive societies marriage has______________aim.
    13. _________is a union of the male and female to struggle together.
    14. Polygamy is one man marries ______________women.
    15. Matrilineal societies can be seen among Garo and _____________tribes.
    16. Service marriage is a type of __________by purchase. Probationary marriage is found
    among the _____tribe of Assam.
    17. The age of marriage in Primitive society is considerably ________than the civilized
    societies.
    18. The age of marriage in Primitive society is considerably ______than the civilized
    societies.
    19. Widow –marriage is practiced and is called _____________.
    20. Marriage among the Khasi has both a religious and _____________aspects.
    UNIT -III
    1. Family is the _____________unit of society consisting of parents and their children.
    2. The __________is the central figure in the family.
    3. Husband and ________both contribute to the maintenance of the family.
    4. The _______tribes traces their descent from the female ancestresses.
    5. The family acts simultaneously as an educative unit and a socio-cultural agency.
    6. The family in which one is born is called the family of ___.
    7. The ______________family was founded upon the marriage between single pairs.
    8. In India, among the tribal communities, no single pattern of __________exists.
    9. Family is the first social _________in the history of man.
    10. A person is socialized in the ____________.
    11. According to the Hindu Shastras _______________is the main function of the family.
    12. The family keeps the culture of society ________.
    13. In Patriarchal family, the ________male is the head of the family.
    14. Kinship system includes the term used in the society in addressing or referring to
    _____________.
    15. Affinal kinship includes wife and _____________and their marital relations.
    16. _____________kinship includes wife and husband, parents and their children who are
    directly related to one another.
    17. ____________kindships starts from a female ancestress.
    18. Family is a primary __________group.
    19. The family is characterized by some form of institutionalized _________relations.
    20. Kinship can be based on bilateral descent as well as unilateral _________

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  • UNIT IV
    1. The tribal people work hard to get their livelihood to meet the basic needs of life like
    ________and shelter.
    2. Primitive economy is the smallness of scale which is the fundamental characteristics of
    ________life.
    3. Primitive economy is ____________technology compare to the industrialized economics.
    4. Profit motive in economic dealing is generally absent in _________ economy.
    5. The structure of the tribal economy is generally base on _________
    6. Family in the tribal economy is a unit of both production and __________.
    7. All the ________of the family together form production unit.
    8. Tribal people usually produced what they actually ________.
    9. The pattern of labour in the tribal society is also based on _____level.
    10. The tribal people do not aspire for _______in production.
    11. _________is prevalent as a part of economic relationship among the tribal.
    12. One of the important characteristics of Indian tribal economic organization is
    production without _______________aids.
    13. The tribals live in a ________________environment.
    14. The tribal people do not use_____________in deciding the price of commodities
    and in exchange.
    15. There are no _______markets found in tribal societies.
    16. Primitive tribes in India practice_______________cultivation.
    17. In Tribal community all the land is collectively ___________
    18. Wealth in Primitive societies, does not mean gold, silver or currency notes.
    19. Men and ___________are mostly equal participant in agricultural pursuits.
    20. The most primitive of tribal agriculturist are not much different from the
    __________gatherers.
    UNIT -V
    1. All the societies, whether civilized or tribal have some kind of _________system.
    2. Politics in tribal societies is inbuilt in their family, kin and _________
    3. Morgan has tried to trace the origin of state and _________________.
    4. In primitive societies, however the traditional laws govern and control the behavior of
    _____
    5. Local self-government is run by a council of the elders like the ____________in
    Indian tribl village.
    6. The Headman settles the disputes and his judgment is _______________.
    7. Primitive law makes no distinction between public and ______________ crimes.
    8. Tribal law has territorial ___________
    9. The Oath and ordeals are main mode of evidence in _____________.
    10. The Primitive law is an _____________law.
    11. Two broad types of primitive law in legal sanction are positive sanction and
    ________________sanction.

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  • 12. Punishment is awarded in the shape of ____________and compensation.

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  • 13. Every tribal village has some type of political machinery to look after the _______affairs.
    14. The village Panchayat is a body of village councils, headed by a village _______
    15. The tribal chief is also a __________post of supreme judicial authority at the tribal level.
    16. Social custom is the most important source of _____________laws.
    17. The breach of custom is generally regarded as ________.
    18. The most usual criteria for ____________in Primitive societies is the principle of
    “Eye foran eye”.
    19. Among the Santhals, the head of the Panchayat is called _________.
    20. In Primitive society _______opinion is a very powerful influence in the life of
    individual members.

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  • SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY: PAPER II
    ANSWER KEYS FOR FILL IN THE BLANKS
    Unit -1 : Introduction to Social
    Anthropology
    1.
    Man
    3. 1859,
    4. Modern life
    5. Culture
    7. Anthropology
    8. Biology
    9. Diversified
    11. Societies
    12. Henry
    Morgan
    13.
    Anthropology
    15. Field
    16. Human
    17. Institutions
    19. Races
    20. The fold
    society.
    Unit -2: Marriage
    1.
    Universal
    2. Monogamy
    3. Monogamy
    4. Multiple
    5.
    Many
    6. Probation
    7. Mate
    8. Elopement
    9.
    Social
    10.
    11.
    Females
    12.
    Economic
    13. Marriage
    14. Many
    15. Khasi
    16. Marriage
    17. Kuki
    18.
    19.
    Sagai
    20.
    Social
    Unit -3 : Family and Kinship
    1.
    Elementar
    y
    3. Wife
    4. Khasi
    5.
    Socio-cultural
    7. Monogamian
    8. Marriage
    9.
    Institution
    10. Family
    11.Procreation
    12.
    Alive
    13. Eldest
    14. Relatives
    15.
    Husband
    16.
    Primary
    17. Matrilineal
    18. Social
    19.
    Sex
    20.
    Descent
    Unit -4 : Primitive Economic System
    1.
    Food
    2. Primitive
    3. Simple
    4. Primitive
    5.
    Forest
    6. Consumption
    7. Members
    8. Need
    9.
    Family
    10.
    11.
    Exchange
    12.
    Technological
    13. Natural
    14.
    15.
    Regular
    16.
    Shifting
    17. Owned
    18. Currency
    19. Women
    20. Food
    Unit -5 : Primitive Political System
    1.
    Political
    2. Religion
    3. Government
    4. People
    5.
    Panchayat
    6. Honoured
    7. Private
    8. Limitation
    9.
    Tribal law
    10.
    11.
    Negative
    12.
    Fine
    13. Village
    14.
    15.
    Hereditary
    16.
    Primitive
    17. Sin
    18.
    19.Manzi
    20.
    Public

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  • SOC/II/II
    2020 (CBCS)
    (2nd Semester) SOCIOLOGY
    SECOND PAPER (SOCIAL ANTHROPOLGY)
    MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
    UNIT – 1- Introduction to Social Anthropology
    1. The word “anthropology” has been derived from
    a) Latin
    b) Greek
    c) German
    d) French
    2. Anthropology is a science of
    a) Plants
    b) Fishes
    c) Man
    d) Rocks
    3. Anthropologists are interested in all aspects of human species and human
    a) Behavior
    b) Languages
    c) Food habits
    d) Entertainment
    4. Kluckhohn was a famous___________ anthropologist -
    a) Chinese
    b) Brazil
    c) Indian
    d) American
    5. Topinard gave a definition of anthropology in
    a) 1934
    b) 1876
    c) 1930
    d) 2001
    6. Each branch of anthropology studies one special aspects of human-
    a) Behavior
    b) Movement
    c) Interaction
    d) Migration

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  • 7. Social Anthropology is called the natural science of-
    a) Society
    b) Discipline
    c) Social
    d) Activities

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  • 8. French sociologist, Emile Durkheim had decisive influence on the development of Social-
    a) Culture
    b) Beings
    c) Anthropology
    d) Gathering
    9. According to Radcliffe Brown in 1952, social anthropology is that branch of Sociology
    which deals with primitive-
    a) Societies
    b) People
    c) Culture
    d) Education system
    10. Archaeology is an important branch of
    a) Biology
    b) Geography
    c) Anthropology
    d) Physics
    11. Cultural Anthropology studies human-
    a) Culture
    b) Life span
    c) Skeletal system
    d) Language
    12. Ethnology studies human-
    a) Group
    b) Races
    c) Characters
    d) Movements
    13. Anthropometry may be defined as measurement of-
    a) Birds
    b) Height
    c) Size
    d) Man
    14. Familial Anthropology studies-
    a) Families of different culture and forms of marriage
    b) Human life span
    c) Entertainment
    d) Human development
    15. Economic Anthropology studies-
    a) Import
    b) Money
    c) Economic Administration of Primitive societies
    d) Market

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