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1.

Which of the following characteristics features are possessed by the nordic race of India ?

  • Long stature and round face

  • Medium stature and round face

  • Medium stature and long face

  • Long stature and long face


2.

In India , how many are the officially recognised languages ?

  • 20

  • 21

  • 22

  • 23


3.

 

LIST I 

(Name of the Books)

LIST II

(Name of the Authors)

(a) Human Universalis

(i) W.H.Durham

(b) The Social Conquest of the Earth (ii) Donald E.Brown
(c) Not by Gene Alone (iii) Edward O Wilson
(d) Co-evolution (iv) Peter J.Richerson
  • (a)-(i) , (b)-(ii) , (c)-(iii) , (d)-(iv)

  • (a)-(iv) , (b)-(i) , (c)-(iii) , (d)-(iii)

  • (a)-(ii) , (b)-(iii) , (c)-(iv) , (d)-(i)

  • (a)-(iii) , (b)-(iv) , (c)-(i) , (d)-(ii)


4.

 

LIST I

(Country)

LIST II

(Official Language) 

(a) Luxembourg (i) Arabic
(b) Algeria (ii) Russian
(c) Chile (iii) French
(d) Kazakistan (iv) Spanish
  • (a)-(i) , (b)-(iii) , (c)-(ii) , (d)-(iv)

  • (a)-(ii) , (b)-(iv) , (c)-(iii) , (d)-(i)

  • (a)-(iii) , (b)-(i) , (c)-(iv) , (d)-(ii)

  • (a)-(iv) , (b)-(ii) , (c)-(i) , (d)-(iii)


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5.

Which one of the following terms is generally used to express the relationship between cultural groups and their natural environment ?

  • Cultural Hearth

  • Cultural Diffusion

  • Cultural Ecology

  • Cultural Convergence


6.

Which one of the following is the most accurate representation of cultural unit from the highest to the lowest order ?

  • Trait , Complex , Region , Realm

  • Realm , Region , Complex , Trait

  • Realm , Complex , Region , Trait 

  • Complex , Realm , Region , Trait


7.

LIST I 

(Cultural Diffusion)

LIST II

(Definition)

(a) Relocation diffusion (i) Upward/downward movement of dispersal through a system of classes or centres.
(b) Hierarchical diffusion (ii) When acceptance of or information about aninnovation spreads throughput the society.
(c) Expansion diffusion (iii) When expansion affects almost uniformly to all individuals and areas from a source region.
(d) Contagious diffusion (iv) Geographical transfer of culture traits by movements of people across space.
  • (a)-(iii) , (b)-(ii) , (c)-(i) , (d)-(iv)

  • (a)-(ii) , (b)-(i) , (c)-(iii) , (d)-(iv)

  • (a)-(iv) , (b)-(i) , (c)-(ii) , (d)-(iii)

  • (a)-(i) , (b)-(ii) , (c)-(iv) , (d)-(iii)


8.

 

LIST I

(Term)

LIST II

(Definition)

(a) Language  (i) Differences in vocabulary , pronunciation , rhythm and speed that set speakers of same language apart from each other.
(b) Dialects (ii) An organised system of spoken words , used to communicate with mutual understanding.
(c) Vernacular (iii) Established language used for communication by people with mutually incomprehensible native tongue.
(d) Lingua Franca (iv) Non-standard language or version of a language that is native to a local area.
  • (a)-(ii) , (b)-(iv) , (c)-(i) , (d)-(iii)

  • (a)-(i) , (b)-(ii) , (c)-(iii) , (d)-(iv)

  • (a)-(iv) , (b)-(ii) , (c)-(i) , (d)-(iii)

  • (a)-(ii) , (b)-(i) , (c)-(iv) , (d)-(iii)


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 Multiple Choice QuestionsTrue Or False

9.

Which of the following statements is not true about a state ?

A.

It always has a social or cultural base.

B.

It has a territorial base.

C.

It claims internal sovereignty.

D.

It claims sovereignty in external relations.


 Multiple Choice QuestionsMultiple Choice Questions

10.

The term "cultural landscape" was developed by :

  • C. Darwin

  • C.O.Sauer

  • A.Humboldt

  • C.Ritter


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