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Post NameINVERSTIGATOR - ANTHROPOLOGY/SOCIOLOGY - KIRTADS
Question Paper Code032/2017/OL
Category Code193/2016
Date of Test22 April 2017
Medium of QuestionENGLISH
Exam TypeOnline Examination
Total Questions100
1
Who presided over the inaugural meeting of Constituent Assembly of India held on 9th December, 1946?
Answer
B. Dr. Sachchidananda Sinha
2
Which among the following is termed as 'mini constitution' regarding Indian constitution?
Answer
C. 42nd Amendment
3
When the two houses of Parliament differ regarding a Bill then the deadlock is resolved by
Answer
C. A joint sitting of two houses
4
Article 370 of Indian Constitution deals with
Answer
B. Special position of Jammu Kashmir
5
Which one of the following rights was described by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar as the heart and soul of Indian Constitution?
Answer
D. Right to Constitutional Remedies
6
In which year the evil custom 'mannapedi and pulapedi' was abolished?
Answer
B. 1696
7
Who moved the resolution requesting eradication of untouchability in Kerala at Kakinada session of Congress?
Answer
A. T.K. Madhavan
8
The editor of newspaper 'Mitavadi'
Answer
D. C. Krishnan
9
The famous Malayalam Drama Pattabakki was written by
Answer
A. K. Damodaran
10
The leader of Malabar Rebellion of 1921 who declared himself as the king of Hindus, the Amir of Muslims and the colonel of khilafath army?
Answer
D. Variankunnath Haji
11
Who among the following social reformers is prominent in organizing interdining?
Answer
A. Sahodharan Ayyappan
12
'Aikya Kerala Convention' held at Thrissur in April, 1947 was presided by
Answer
A. Kelappan
13
The ritual song that accompanied 'Theyyam' is
Answer
B. Thottampattu
14
The Malayalam novel Kanjanamala is written by
Answer
Question Cancelled
15
Who is the founder of the Non-Brahmin movement 'Satyashodak Samaj'?
Answer
B. Jyothi Rao Phule
16
Who has been elected as the New President of BCCI?
Answer
C. Shashank Manohar
17
India's first defense park is going to setup at
Answer
D. Ottappalam
18
The work Tuhfathul Mujahideen was written by
Answer
D. Sheikh Zainuddin
19
Atacama desert is located in
Answer
C. South America
20
Capital of Colombia is
Answer
A. Bogota
21
Which of the following is a wrong statement?
Answer
D. Anthropologists study human being as well as other animals
22
Who of the pioneer anthropologist has defined 'Culture is a complex whole which include knowledge believe, art, moral, law, custom and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society'?
Answer
A. E.B. Tylor
23
Physical Anthropology is not related to
Answer
D. Cultural aspect of humans
24
Which of the following is correct?
Answer
C. Both (1) and (2) is correct
25
Monogamy is a type of
Answer
B. Marriage
26
Which of the following is correct?
Answer
C. Both (1) and (2) is correct
27
Which of the following are more prevalent types of family in the present day world?
Answer
A. Nuclear
28
Which of the following is correct? i. Ethics is the outsider's view of culture ii. Ethics is the insider's view of culture iii. Emics is the outsider's view of culture iv. Emics is the insider's view of culture
Answer
A. i and iv is correct
29
Kinship is defined as the relationship because of
Answer
C. Both (1) and (2)
30
Which of the following pair is correctly matched?
Answer
A. Toda - Polyandry
31
''If a woman, after her marriage stays in the house of her husband with husband's kin'' this is known as
Answer
B. Virilocal
32
Who was the pioneer anthropologist has proposed participant observation as a method of data collection?
Answer
A. B. Malinowski
33
Which of the following name is commonly used among Indian tribes for shifting cultivation?
Answer
D. All the above
34
Which of the following pair is correctly not matched?
Answer
C. W.H.R. Rivers - Bharia
35
Who postulated the concept of Sanskritisation and Westernization?
Answer
A. M.N. Srinivas
36
Who developed the preposition of great and little traditions?
Answer
Question Cancelled
37
Who of the following is known for Kula a form of barter system?
Answer
C. Both (1) and (2)
38
Which of the following is not a tool for the primary data collection?
Answer
D. None of the above
39
Which of the following observation technique can be used for data collection?
Answer
D. All the above
40
For Hindu which of the following is sacred book
Answer
C. Geeta
41
According to Hindu Varna system, who of the following have higher hierarchy?
Answer
Question Cancelled
42
In population size, who of the following is largest tribe of India?
Answer
A. Gond
43
Which of the following is a tribe found in Kerala?
Answer
A. Paniyan
44
Which of the following tribe is not found in Kerala?
Answer
C. Naga
45
Major problem of Indian tribes are
Answer
D. All the above
46
Who of the following had given opinion that ''religion is evolved from magic''?
Answer
B. George James Frazer
47
Which of the following is commonly practiced by Indian tribe?
Answer
D. All the above
48
Which of the following is a criteria for notifying tribe as a primitive tribe?
Answer
A. Poverty
49
What are the drawbacks of caste system?
Answer
D. All the above
50
What are the bases on which a caste become dominant caste?
Answer
D. All the above
51
Which of the following tribe is still subsistence on hunting and food gathering?
Answer
C. Jarawa
52
Rank society is categories by unequal excess to
Answer
C. Both (1) and (2)
53
A caste is rank group in which membership is determined by
Answer
B. Birth
54
When a female marries with more than one man (husband) this type of marriage is called
Answer
B. Polyandry
55
When a man (husband) marries with two or more female (wife) this type of marriage is called
Answer
C. Polygyny
56
Which of the following tribe is known for practicing polyandry?
Answer
C. Toda
57
Which of the following tribe are known for matrilineality?
Answer
D. All the above
58
Who of the following can be best key-informant for demographic study in a village?
Answer
C. Aganwadi worker
59
Which of the following is a best tool for data collection regarding ancestors and blood relatives of respondent?
Answer
C. Pedigree
60
Why anthropologists can be good resource for development of tribes?
Answer
D. All the above
61
Which among the following are the three major independent factors that form the theory of stratification hierarchy according to Max Weber?
Answer
A. Class, Status and Power
62
The book ''Sociological Imagination'' is written by
Answer
B. Wright Mills
63
The process means that several sorts of working agreements between rival groups that permit at least limited cooperation between them even though the issues dividing them remain unsettled
Answer
B. Accommodation
64
TRIPs refers
Answer
C. Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights
65
ICDS first launched in the year
Answer
D. 1975
66
Rationalism is
Answer
D. Methodology or theory in which the criterion of the truth is not sensory but intellectual and deductive
67
The concept ''Dominant Caste'' developed by MN Srinivas in his study in a particular village
Answer
C. Rampura
68
Sociology is a science of social facts said by
Answer
D. Emile Durkhiem
69
Which is most important thing required for a democratic public life, in which every participants have the same capacities of discourse, social equity and their words are not confused by ideology or errors according to Habermass?
Answer
D. Ideal Speech situation
70
Which one among the following is an empirical inquiry that investigates a phenomenon within its real-life context?
Answer
A. Case study
71
According to Comte, 'Fetishism' comes under the stage of
Answer
C. Theological
72
Who developed the concept of ''religion of humanity''?
Answer
A. Comte
73
The term 'subaltern' derived from the work of
Answer
C. Notestein
74
According to Marx Modern society have types of classes
Answer
C. Bourgeoisie and Proletariat
75
The article of the constitution abolished the act of Untouchability
Answer
C. Article 17
76
''Antyodaya'', a special programme for the upliftment of the
Answer
D. Poor
77
NHG is associated with
Answer
B. Women empowerment
78
The process of redistributing or dispersing functions, powers, people or things away from a central location or authority is known as
Answer
D. Decentralisation
79
The term refers to a condition in which resources are not being used
Answer
D. Undevelopment
80
A group speaking a common dialect and inhabiting a common territory is known as
Answer
C. Tribe
81
The article of the Indian constitution provides for grant-in-aid from the union to the states for promoting the welfare of the welfare of the scheduled Tribes or for raising the level of administration of the Scheduled Areas
Answer
A. 275(1)
82
TRYSM refers to
Answer
B. Training for Self-Employment for Rural Youth
83
IRDP launched in the year
Answer
D. 1980
84
The Special Central Assistance (SCA) for tribal sub plans is allocated between different states on the basis of three criteria on a sub plan area such as (1) Tribal population, geographical area, per capital gross output of the state (2) Tribal growth rate, development issues, per capita income (3) Tribal output, per capital output of the state, tribal development index (4) Tribal mortality rate, development index, per capita income
Answer
A. Only is (1) is correct
85
PMRY (Prime Ministers Rozgar Yojana) initiated in 1993 mainly intended to tackle
Answer
C. The burning problem of educated unemployment
86
Which among the following is a new social movement?
Answer
B. Gay rights movement
87
India's first Backward caste commission constituted under the chairmanship of
Answer
C. Kaka Kaletkar
88
The term 'Sustainable development' is framed under
Answer
D. Brundtland Commission
89
Which among the following that governed the land acquisition process in India until 2013?
Answer
B. Land Acquisition Act 1894
90
Global Warming refers to
Answer
A. rise in average surface temperature on earth
91
World Environment day observed every year
Answer
C. 5th June
92
Which one is selection of subset of individuals from within a statistical population to estimate characteristic of population?
Answer
D. Sampling
93
Which is the most prominent agency for Formal Social Control?
Answer
D. Law
94
CH Cooley classified group into
Answer
B. Primary and Secondary group
95
The Book ''Rural Sociology in India'' written by
Answer
A. A.R. Desai
96
The theory of structuration brought by
Answer
D. Anthony Giddens
97
Match the following : (a) MN Srinivas 1. Social action (b) Comte 2. Organic Anology (c) Durkhiem 3. Positive De Philosophy (d) Spencer 4. Sanskritisation (e) Weber 5. Suicide
Answer
A. a-4, b-3, c-5, d-2, e-1
98
''Rules of Sociological Method'' is written by
Answer
D. Durkhiem
99
Which among the following is not a social institution?
Answer
B. Banks
100
WTO stands for
Answer
A. World Trade Organisation

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