List of top Anthropology Questions on Prehistoric Cultures

Which of the following factor is directly associated with increasing cultural diversity?

The study of communication by non-verbal means, including posture, mannerism, gestures, facial expressions and body movements is called:

Match List-I with List-II \[ \begin{array}{|l|l|} \hline \textbf{Concept} & \textbf{Proposed by} \\ \hline (A) \; \text{Animism} & (I) \; \text{R R Marett} \\ \hline (B) \; \text{Animatism} & (II) \; \text{Emile Durkheim} \\ \hline (C) \; \text{Naturalism} & (III) \; \text{E B Tylor} \\ \hline (D) \; \text{Totemism} & (IV) \; \text{Max Muller} \\ \hline \end{array} \] Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Which of the following processes are associated with cultural change? (A) Assimilation
(B) Enculturation
(C) Diffusion
(D) Revolution
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The process by which cultural elements are borrowed from another society and incorporated into the culture of the recipient group is called:

The person who judges other cultures solely in terms of his or her own culture is called:

An example site of the Indus Valley Civilization in present-day India is:

Match List-I with List-II \[ \begin{array}{|l|l|} \hline \textbf{Archaeological Site} & \textbf{Lithic Age in India} \\ \hline (A) \; \text{Soan Valley} & (I) \; \text{Upper Paleolithic} \\ \hline (B) \; \text{Bhimbetka} & (II) \; \text{Mesolithic} \\ \hline (C) \; \text{Sarai Nahar Rai} & (III) \; \text{Lower Paleolithic} \\ \hline (D) \; \text{Daojali Hading} & (IV) \; \text{Neolithic} \\ \hline \end{array} \] Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Arrange the following stone tool cultures in the chronological order from oldest to newest: (A) Abbevillian
(B) Mousterian
(C) Kitchen Midden
(D) Aurignacian
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Handaxe is a type of lower Paleolithic tool which can be classified as:

The Neolithic Culture in India is characterized by:

The ........ phase is characterized by the wide occurrence of metal-smelting trait in an industry.