CURATOR- KIRTADS(CAT NO 251/2018)

FINAL ANSWER KEY
Question Paper Code: 60/2019/OL
Category Code: 251/2018
Exam: Curator
Medium of Question: English
Date of Test 05-12-2019
Department KIRTADS
Alphacode A
Question1:-Who among the following is the central reference point from which all relationships can be traced on a
genealogical diagram?
A:-Id
B:-Ego
C:-Centrum
D:-Super ego
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question2:-Who among the following is the genetically closest living ape to humans?
A:-Gibbon
B:-Chimpanzee
C:-Gorilla
D:-Orangutan
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question3:-The Term ‘Race’ mostly refers to a
A:-Cultural category
B:-A non-biological reality
C:-A classification which is arbitrary
D:-All of the above
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question4:-Make out the correct developmental sequence of economic pursuits among the following categories:
A:-Fishing – Gathering and Hunting – Cultivation – Pastoralism
B:-Pastoralism – Cultivation – Gathering and Hunting – Fishing
C:-Gathering and Hunting – Fishing – Pastoralism – Cultivation
D:-Cultivation – Pastoralism – Fishing – Gathering and Hunting
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question5:-Understanding Society and Tradition and Development are the main works of
A:-Robert Redfield
B:-Mckim Marriott
C:-M.N.Srinivas
D:-S.C.Dube
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question6:-According to Levi-Strauss, Positive marriage rules is
A:-Preferential
B:-Probablistic
C:-Prescriptive
D:-Prohibitive
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question7:-Who among the following is a consanguineal kin?
A:-Father’s young brother
B:-Wife’s sister
C:-Wife’s brother
D:-Sister’s husband
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question8:-A ‘four-fold approach’ that divided anthropology into cultural anthropology, physical anthropology, archaeology
and linguistics was advocated by …
A:-Bronislaw Malinowski
B:-Franz Boas
C:-A.R.Radcliffe Brown
D:-Marcel Mauss
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question9:-The custom by which a widower marries the sisters of the deceased wife ….
A:-Sororate
B:-Levirate
C:-Polygyny
D:-Plural marriage
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question10:-Natural selection accounts for
A:-Changes over a period of time
B:-Progressive adaption of organisms to environment
C:-The production of differences recognized by systematics
D:-All of the above
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question11:-Who among the following in the Indian Varna system is not considered twice-born?
A:-Brahman
B:-Kshatriya
C:-Vaishya
D:-Shudra
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question12:-Hominization is a process indicating the evolution of Human being upto
A:-Homo habilis
B:-Homo sapiens
C:-Homo erectus
D:-Homo ergaster
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question13:-Which among the following is the Key concepts of Ethnography?
A:-Field work
B:-The Field
C:-Participant observation
D:-All of the above
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question14:-Universalization and Parochialization concept was given by
A:-M.N.Srinivas
B:-L.P.Vidyarthi
C:-Robert Redfield
D:-Mckim Marriott
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question15:-The concept of Little and Great Tradition was given by
A:-L.P.Vidyarthi
B:-M.N.Srinivas
C:-Mckim Marriott
D:-Robert Redfield
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question16:-The concept of Sacred Complex was given by
A:-Robert Redfield
B:-Mckim Marriott
C:-L.P.Vidyarthi
D:-M.N.Srinivas
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question17:-Dominant Caste concept was given by
A:-Mckim Marriott
B:-Robert Redfield
C:-M.N.Srinivas
D:-L.P.Vidyarthi
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question18:-Down’s Syndrome
A:-21 Trisomy
B:-13 Trisomy
C:-18 Trisomy
D:-20 Trisomy
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question19:-Watson and Crick discovered
A:-Protein
B:-DNA
C:-Blood
D:-Hydrogen
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question20:-Who among the following is known as Father of Genetic?
A:-C.Darwin
B:-R.Goldschmidt
C:-G.Mandel
D:-J.Watson and F.Crick
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question21:-Lamarck believed in:
A:-In the inheritance of acquired characteristics
B:-Natural selection
C:-Both A and B
D:-None of the above
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question22:-The term ‘anthropoid’ refers to a unit that includes:
A:-Monkeys & apes but not human
B:-Apes & humans but not monkeys
C:-Monkeys, apes and humans
D:-Lemurs, Lorises, monkeys, apes & humans
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question23:-Study of Bone is
A:-Neurology
B:-Osteology
C:-Maturation
D:-Nephrology
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question24:-Age-related deterioration process is known as
A:-Senescence
B:-Dementia
C:-Spurt
D:-Maturation
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question25:-Rh factor was first found in
A:-Rhesus monkey
B:-Rabbit
C:-Man
D:-Insect
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question26:-Archaeological Anthropology traces the origin and growth of culture in the past. By past means
A:-the period before history
B:-the period before sociology
C:-the period before economics
D:-the period before linguistics
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question27:-One of the regions of the old world
A:-Australia
B:-Afro Eurosia
C:-Greenland
D:-Iceland
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question28:-Who initially developed the three age systems?
A:-John Lubbock
B:-C.J.Thomsen
C:-Childe V.Gordon
D:-Westropp.H.M.
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question29:-The middle Palaeolithic period is sometimes called as
A:-Acheulean
B:-Lehringen
C:-Mousterian
D:-Archaic
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question30:-Which dating technique is based on the patterns of tree-ring growth?
A:-radio carbon dating
B:-fission – track dating
C:-paleomagnetic dating
D:-dendrochronology
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question31:-The fixation technique in museum was further developed by
A:-Kaiserling
B:-Aiyyappan
C:-Ehrenfiels
D:-Balaratnam
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question32:-Protohistory is the period between two of the following:
A:-Ethnohistory and History
B:-Prehistory and History
C:-Evolution and History
D:-Prehistory and Protohistory
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question33:-The first known writing system is called
A:-hieroglyphs
B:-petroglyphs
C:-cuneiform
D:-stone tablets
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question34:-The longest stone age period
A:-Mesolithic
B:-Neolithic
C:-Microlithic
D:-Paleolithic
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question35:-The oldest evidence of pottery manufacture has been found in
A:-Odai Yamamoto
B:-Keezhadi
C:-Adichanallur
D:-Adirampakkam
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question36:-Many of the nineteenth century museums arranged their exhibits in the following order
A:-Evolution
B:-Composition
C:-Holistic
D:-Ethnic
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question37:-Museum of Man – Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya is situated in
A:-Kolkatta
B:-Bhopal
C:-Delhi
D:-Chennai
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question38:-The nature of Indian society is
A:-egalitarian
B:-totalitarian
C:-theocratic
D:-hierarchical
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question39:-“Peasants means small agricultural producer who with the help of simple equipment and the labour of their
families produce mostly for their own consumption direct or indirect and for the fulfilment of obligations to holders of
political and economic power” – This definition is given by
A:-Eric wolf
B:-Robert Redfield
C:-Teodor Shanin
D:-A.L.Kroeber
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question40:-The book – ‘Peasant Wars of the Twentieth Century’ – was written by
A:-Teodor Shanim
B:-Eric wolf
C:-George Dalton
D:-Marc Edelman
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question41:-Who said, “as the peasant society is a half-society, so the peasant culture is a half culture”
A:-Oscar Lewis
B:-M.N.Srinivas
C:-Robert Redfield
D:-Eric Wolf
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question42:-Who said that Indian village was always a part of a wider entity subject to the winds which flew from without.
A:-M.N.Srinivas
B:-Kathleen Gough
C:-S.C.Dube
D:-Andre’ Beteille
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question43:-Who was the first one to introduce the term “Jajmani System” in the anthropological and sociological writings.
A:-Harold Gould
B:-William H.Wiser
C:-Beidelman
D:-M.S.A.Rao
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question44:-Who among the following is the critic of the concept of rural-urban continuum
A:-Pocock
B:-M.S.A.Rao
C:-R.K.Murkherjee
D:-Robert Redfield
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question45:-Which among the following is the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group in Kerala
A:-Todas
B:-Kotas
C:-Cholanaickens
D:-Malayalis
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question46:-Which is the most populous tribal community in Kerala
A:-Ulladan
B:-Paniyan
C:-Kurichiyan
D:-Malai Arayan
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question47:-Who made a detailed study on the practice of mother-right among the Kadar community.
A:-Aiyyappan.A
B:-Mathur.P.R.G
C:-S.Nandi
D:-Ehrenfels
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question48:-Who argued that ‘tribe’ remains as a separate independent entity not enclosed under any particular religion.
A:-Verrier Elwin
B:-G.S.Ghurye
C:-Risely
D:-Hutton
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question49:-The Garo tribe lives in
A:-North-Eastern region
B:-Sub-Himalayan region
C:-Central and East India
D:-South India
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question50:-The language of the tribes of Chotanagpur belong to
A:-Austric family
B:-Dravidian family
C:-Tibeto-Chinese family
D:-Indo-European family
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question51:-The comparative and historical study of cultures is known as
A:-Ethnography
B:-Ethnology
C:-Ethology
D:-Ethnoscience
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question52:-The beginning of modern ethnographic tradition is often traced to
A:-Radcliffe-Brown
B:-Levi-Strauss
C:-Bronislaw Malinowski
D:-E.B.Tylor
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question53:-The terms ’emic’ and ‘ethic’ were originally coined by
A:-Stephen Tyler
B:-W.H.Goodenough
C:-Kenneth Pike
D:-Clifford Geertz
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question54:-________ is the inference of propositions on the basis of specific observations.
A:-Deduction
B:-Inductive method
C:-Comparative method
D:-Formal analysis
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question55:-Which technique of anthropological research is almost synonymous with ethnography as a whole?
A:-Participant observation
B:-Case study
C:-Survey method
D:-Focus group discussion
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question56:-Case study is a method of _______
A:-Quantitative analysis
B:-Qualitative analysis
C:-Componential analysis
D:-Sampling
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question57:-Which one of the following is the main instrument for collecting data in survey method?
A:-Interview
B:-Observation
C:-Questionnaire
D:-Case study
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question58:-Who among the following advocated the method of ‘controlled comparison’?
A:-Radcliffe-Brown
B:-Mayer Fortes
C:-Raymond Firth
D:-Fred Eggan
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question59:-One of the following is not a feature of content analysis.
A:-It is based on the collection of data from people
B:-It involves the study of recorded information
C:-It emphasises on the manifest content of communication
D:-It does not involve observation of people’s behaviour
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question60:-Genealogical method used for recording links of kinship through descent and marriage was developed by
A:-L.H.Morgan
B:-Radcliffe-Brown
C:-W.H.R.Rivers
D:-Levi-Strauss
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question61:-A technique of data collection which consists of a series of written questions along with alternative answers to
be filled by the respondents is called
A:-Structured interview
B:-Case study
C:-Questionnaire
D:-Schedule
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question62:-Which of the following is a feature of unstructured interview?
A:-It contains no specific sets of predetermined questions
B:-It is more formal
C:-It involves closed ended questions
D:-It is easy to quantify
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question63:-A culture area is defined on the basis of the distribution of
A:-Culture circles
B:-Culture traits
C:-People
D:-Individuals
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question64:-‘Age area hypothesis’ was developed by
A:-Clark Wissler
B:-Franz Boas
C:-C.A.L.Kroeber
D:-Ralph Linton
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question65:-The classical definition of ‘culture’ by E.B.Tylor was given in his book titled
A:-Primitive Society
B:-Primitive Culture
C:-Anthropology
D:-Man and Culture
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question66:-Multilinear evolution is a theoretical approach associated with
A:-Leslie A. White
B:-Gordon Childe
C:-L.H.Morgan
D:-Julian Steward
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question67:-As distinct from ‘social structure’, Raymond Firth employed the concept of
A:-Social system
B:-Social form
C:-Social institution
D:-Social organization
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question68:-Bronislaw Malinowski argued for a ____ explanation of socio-cultural phenomena
A:-Structural
B:-Functional
C:-Historical
D:-Diffusionist
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question69:-As ethnologist, Mayer Fortes was known for his studies on
A:-Dravidian kinship
B:-Polynesian economy
C:-Indian social systems
D:-African social structure
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question70:-The book titled ‘The Andaman Islanders’ is written by
A:-Bronsilaw Malinowski
B:-A.R.Radcliffe-Brown
C:-Raymond Firth
D:-Max Gluckman
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question71:-In Levi-Strauss’ theory of structuralism ______ has been taken as a basis for the understanding of human culture
and human mind.
A:-Historical approach
B:-Psychological approach
C:-Cultural model
D:-Linguistics model
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question72:-Who proposed the theory that personality types and criteria of psychological normality were culturally moulded?
A:-Ralph Linton
B:-Edward Sapir
C:-Ruth Benedict
D:-Robert Lowie
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question73:-According to Abraham Kardiner ‘basic personality’ of a society is formed by
A:-primary institutions
B:-Secondary institutions
C:-Formal education
D:-Religious belief
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question74:-Who among the following pioneered the use of the term ‘status’ and ‘role’ in anthropology?
A:-Ralph Linton
B:-S.F.Nadel
C:-Margaret Mead
D:-E.R.Leach
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question75:-‘Cultural materialism’ is a materialistic explanation of social reality derived from
A:-Dialectical materialism
B:-Historical determinism
C:-Cultural determinism
D:-Marxist anthropology
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question76:-Which of the following is incorrect in case of the Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy (abbreviated as AYUSH).
A:-It promotes medical pluralism
B:-It promotes a system of alternative medicines and integrative health care in India
C:-It ensures research, capacity building and empowerment initiative in context of health practitioners.
D:-It was established on 9th November 2010.
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question77:-Which of the following statements is false in context of the ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activist) scheme in
India.
A:-ASHA is instituted under Ministry of Health and family welfare (MoHFW) under National Health Mission (NHM) of
Government of India.
B:-An ASHA volunteer must primarily be a woman resident of the village, preferably in the age group of 25 to 45 years.
C:-At village level ASHA workers cannot function without the institutional support from Gram Panchayat, Anganwadi
workers and Self help groups.
D:-An ASHA is a community health volunteer for a village with a population strength of 100.
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question78:-The National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) of India was launched in which year?
A:-2005
B:-2013
C:-2017
D:-2015
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question79:-Which article in the constitution of India ensures provisions for minorities to conserve their distinct language,
script and culture of its own?
A:-Article 15(4)
B:-Article 16(4)
C:-Article 23
D:-Article 29
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question80:-Choose the incorrect statement in context of the fifth schedule of the Constitution of India.
A:-It governs the Scheduled areas and their administration.
B:-It applies to the states of Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Tripura
C:-In constitutes the Tribes Advisory Council
D:-It is listed in Part X. A.244(1) of constitution of Inida.
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question81:-Which of the following is not a scheduled tribe of Kerala?
A:-Kurumba
B:-Paniyan
C:-Kadar
D:-Siddi
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question82:-When did the provisions of the Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas Act) come into force to empower
Gram Sabhas in India?
A:-1993
B:-1994
C:-1995
D:-1996
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question83:-Which of the following is usually not considered as a significant tool of study in Systems Ecology?
A:-thermodynamics
B:-networks
C:-information Theory
D:-cognition
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question84:-Which of the following tools of study is rarely considered by ethno-ecologists in their study?
A:-symbolic and functional use of language
B:-cognition
C:-feedback mechanisms
D:-behavioral models (scripts and schemas)
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question85:-Choose the incorrect statement in context of health, disease and illness.
A:-Illness is a subjective concept related to personal experience of a disease
B:-Health is the absence of a disease
C:-Health is a state of complex physical, mental and social well being and not merely absence of a disease
D:-Disease is a physical or mental disturbance involving symptoms, dysfunction and tissue damage.
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question86:-Which state in India has the highest human development index?
A:-Kerala
B:-Sikkim
C:-Delhi
D:-Maharashtra
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question87:-Anthropologist Verrier Elwin emphasized upon which of the following approaches of tribal development in India?
A:-principle of assimilation
B:-principle of isolation
C:-principle of integration
D:-principle of unification
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question88:-United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a Resolution on ‘Rights of Indigenous Peoples’, proclaiming
2019 as the International Year of?
A:-Indigenous Knowledge
B:-Indigenous Crafts
C:-Indigenous Languages
D:-Indigenous Medicines
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question89:-Which of the following statement is false in context of culture bound syndromes?
A:-They are categorized as a disease in that culture and unknown in other cultures
B:-They possess a widespread familiarity in that culture
C:-They are necessarily based on objectively demonstrable biochemical or organ abnormality
D:-They are treated by folk medicine/ traditional healers
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question90:-Which of the following state in India has largest minority population of Buddhists as per Census 2011.
A:-Maharashtra
B:-Jammu and Kashmir
C:-Sikkim
D:-Arunachal Pradesh
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question91:-Transhumance is one pattern of which subsistence level?
A:-Horticulture
B:-Agriculture
C:-Pastoralism
D:-Fishing
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question92:-Which Indian state has the maximum number of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs)?
A:-Odisha
B:-Andhra Pradesh
C:-Tamil Nadu
D:-Bihar
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question93:-Which of the following statements is false with respect to the Modernisation theory of development?
A:-Modernisation theory assumes that all change inevitably follows the western model of development
B:-Modernisation theory ignores the political implications of growth at micro level
C:-Modernisation theory fails to understand the real causes of underdevelopment and poverty.
D:-Modernisation theory emerged in the 1970’s and 1980’s
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question94:-Choose the incorrect statement:
A:-‘Development Anthropology’ involves active engagement with the development institutions on behalf of the poor,
with the aim of transforming development practice from within.
B:-‘Anthropology of Development’ prescribes a radical critique of development, and prefers distancing away from
development establishment.
C:-Development Anthropology is a sub- field of applied anthropology
D:-‘Development Anthropology’ deals with the development of only marginalized communities.
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question95:-Who theorized that population increased in geometric progression whereas food production increased in
arithmetic progression and thus positive and preventive checks are maintained?
A:-Herbert Spencer
B:-John Forbes Nash
C:-Adam Smith
D:-Thomas Malthus
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question96:-On whose recommendation, did Ministry of Rural Development increase the number of days of Mahatma
Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) from 100 to an additional 50 days in notified drought
affected or natural calamity areas in the country?
A:-Ministry of labour and employment
B:-Ministry of Human Resource Development
C:-Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare
D:-Ministry of Tribal Affairs
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question97:-The 2030 Agenda for sustainable development covers how many sustainable development goals (SDG’s)?
A:-18
B:-16
C:-17
D:-15
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question98:-Which of the following article is concerned with promotion of educational and economic interests of the
Scheduled castes, Scheduled Tribes and other weaker sections of society?
A:-Article 23
B:-Article 46
C:-Article 39
D:-Article 15
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question99:-Which of the following state in India does not have a Tribal research institute?
A:-Arunachal Pradesh
B:-Kerala
C:-Karnataka
D:-Punjab
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question100:-Which of the following states does not have Tribal dominated areas to be considered under the sixth schedule
of the constitution of India?
A:-Mizoram
B:-Meghalaya
C:-Manipur
D:-Tripura
Correct Answer:- Option-C