List of top Anthropology Questions on Anthropological asked in CUET (UG)

In terms of size of governance, which of the following is bigger than Band but smaller than State?

Scheduled Tribes are communities which are included in the Schedule of the Indian Constitution. This has been mentioned in which article?

Societies have different mechanisms for dispute resolution to maintain social control. Which of the following are methods of peaceful dispute resolutions? (A) Oath and ordeal
(B) Mediation
(C) Ritual reconciliation
(D) Feuding and Raiding
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Three types of political systems found among traditional societies are:

Which of the following is associated with the practice of shamanism?

A religious system of belief in the soul is called:

The practice where one woman is married to more than one man at the same time is called:

The Bronze Age signifies the advancement of metallic technology and smelting. Bronze is an alloy of:

Choose the increasing sequence for the DNA packaging in a cell: (A) DNA
(B) Chromosome
(C) Chromatin
(D) Nucleosome
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Humans' physical variations have been classified differently by different anthropologists. The major categories of human races are (A) Caucasoid
(B) Australoid
(C) Negroid
(D) Mongoloid
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......... is a branch of anthropology that was engaged in studying the origin, nature, meaning and development of language and also describing and classifying languages into families and subfamilies on the basis of their similarities and dissimilarities.

The Cri-du-chat syndrome, a chromosomal aberration occurs in humans due to ...........

Identify the correct sequence of the vertebrae types in the vertebral column in humans (from top to bottom). (A) Thoracic
(B) Cervical
(C) Sacral
(D) Lumbar
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Darwin's 'Theory of Natural Selection' is mainly based on the following points - (A) All organisms show a tendency to increase numbers by producing a greater number of off-spring that can survive and reproduce.
(B) The generations continue to modify for adaptation, thereby gradually bringing changes in the species in the future.
(C) The individuals exhibit similarities in their physiological, structural and behavioral traits to bring identical structures.
(D) The number of individuals in a given species remains more or less constant.
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