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#	Question	Subject and topic	Difficulty
101	Which constitutional article deals with the specification of Scheduled Tribes?	Anthropology Indian tribes	Easy
102	The largest concentration of tribal communities in India is found in the	Anthropology Indian tribes	Easy
103	The ghotul, where young Muria Gond boys and girls learn songs, dances and social duties, is an example of a	Anthropology Indian tribes	Medium
104	Autonomous District Councils in parts of Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura and Assam are provided for under the	Anthropology Indian tribes	Medium
105	A tribal village collects mahua flowers, tendu leaves and firewood, and also cultivates small plots. Loss of …	Anthropology Indian tribes	Hard
106	The Ol Chiki script is used to write which language?	Anthropology Major tribes and PVTGs	Easy
107	The Hul rebellion of 1855–56 was led by which community?	Anthropology Major tribes and PVTGs	Easy
108	Which of these is a criterion used to identify a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group?	Anthropology Major tribes and PVTGs	Medium
109	A tribe of central India speaks a Dravidian language, has the Muria and Maria among its subgroups and once ru…	Anthropology Major tribes and PVTGs	Medium
110	Which group of communities consists entirely of PVTGs?	Anthropology Major tribes and PVTGs	Hard
111	The Chipko movement, in which villagers hugged trees to prevent felling, is an example of a	Anthropology Social movements	Easy
112	The Ulgulan of 1899–1900 in the Chotanagpur region was led by	Anthropology Social movements	Easy
113	Sharecroppers in Bengal organised to demand two-thirds of the harvest instead of half. This movement is best …	Anthropology Social movements	Medium
114	Which feature distinguishes a social movement from a one-time street protest?	Anthropology Social movements	Medium
115	The Satyashodhak Samaj founded by Jyotiba Phule and the Self-Respect Movement led by Periyar are both example…	Anthropology Social movements	Hard
116	Who coined the term Sanskritisation?	Anthropology Caste and social stratification	Easy
117	Status that a person gets by birth, such as caste membership, is called	Anthropology Caste and social stratification	Easy
118	A caste group lower in the local hierarchy gives up meat and liquor and begins to wear the sacred thread to c…	Anthropology Caste and social stratification	Medium
119	In a village, a barber family serves the same landowning families every year and receives a fixed share of gr…	Anthropology Caste and social stratification	Medium
120	A caste in a village is numerically the largest, owns most of the land and controls the panchayat, though it …	Anthropology Caste and social stratification	Hard
121	The process of social change brought about by over 150 years of British rule in India was called Westernisati…	Anthropology Colonialism, modernisation and globalisation	Easy
122	The growing interconnection of economies and cultures across the world through trade, media and technology is…	Anthropology Colonialism, modernisation and globalisation	Easy
123	Colonial forest laws affected many tribal communities mainly by	Anthropology Colonialism, modernisation and globalisation	Medium
124	An international pizza chain in India introduces paneer and tandoori toppings to suit local tastes. This is a…	Anthropology Colonialism, modernisation and globalisation	Medium
125	Which statement best distinguishes modernisation from Westernisation?	Anthropology Colonialism, modernisation and globalisation	Hard
126	The Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act, known as PESA, was passed in	Anthropology Anthropology and development	Easy
127	Which law recognises the rights of forest-dwelling communities over forest land and resources?	Anthropology Anthropology and development	Easy
128	Nehru's Panchsheel for tribal development emphasised that tribal people should develop	Anthropology Anthropology and development	Medium
129	A government builds a school in a tribal village, but attendance is poor because classes are held during the …	Anthropology Anthropology and development	Medium
130	A dam submerges forest villages, and families receive only cash compensation and are moved to a town. Why mig…	Anthropology Anthropology and development	Hard
131	Which bone is considered the most reliable for determining the sex of an adult skeleton?	Anthropology Forensic and public-health anthropology	Easy
132	Which is the most common fingerprint pattern in human populations?	Anthropology Forensic and public-health anthropology	Easy
133	In an unidentified skeleton, the ends of the long bones are not yet fused to the shafts and some permanent te…	Anthropology Forensic and public-health anthropology	Medium
134	A man with blood group O claims to be the father of a child with blood group AB. What can be concluded?	Anthropology Forensic and public-health anthropology	Medium
135	A vaccination drive in a village fails because people believe illness is caused by angry spirits. Which step …	Anthropology Forensic and public-health anthropology	Hard
136	In Durkheim's view, the solidarity of industrial societies, based on interdependence of specialised roles, is…	Anthropology Industrial society and cultural diversity	Easy
137	The feeling of factory workers that they have no control over their work or its product was described by Marx…	Anthropology Industrial society and cultural diversity	Easy
138	Workers from several states living in an industrial city form associations based on their home region and lan…	Anthropology Industrial society and cultural diversity	Medium
139	A policy that allows different cultural groups to keep their languages and festivals while participating equa…	Anthropology Industrial society and cultural diversity	Medium
140	Which change is most typical of family life when people move from villages to industrial cities?	Anthropology Industrial society and cultural diversity	Hard