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#	Question	Subject and topic	Difficulty
81	Shifting cultivation in north-east India is commonly known as	Anthropology Subsistence strategies	Easy
82	The Toda of the Nilgiri hills are traditionally associated with	Anthropology Subsistence strategies	Easy
83	A small group moves seasonally through a forest collecting honey, roots and game, owns few possessions and sh…	Anthropology Subsistence strategies	Medium
84	Shepherds of the Himalayas take their flocks to high pastures in summer and down to the valleys in winter. Th…	Anthropology Subsistence strategies	Medium
85	Why does intensive plough agriculture usually support larger and more stratified societies than foraging?	Anthropology Subsistence strategies	Hard
86	Which political unit is typically a small, mobile, egalitarian group of foragers with informal leadership?	Anthropology Traditional political systems	Easy
87	Power that is accepted by people as legitimate is called	Anthropology Traditional political systems	Easy
88	A village headman holds office because his father and grandfather held it before him, as custom requires. Acc…	Anthropology Traditional political systems	Medium
89	In a village, a man who repeatedly breaks rules is mocked, avoided and not invited to feasts, though no court…	Anthropology Traditional political systems	Medium
90	A society has a hereditary chief who collects produce from several villages and redistributes it at feasts, b…	Anthropology Traditional political systems	Hard
91	The idea that the language a person speaks influences how he or she perceives the world is called the	Anthropology Language and culture	Easy
92	A child of Tamil-speaking parents is adopted at birth and raised in a Punjabi-speaking family. The child will…	Anthropology Language and culture	Easy
93	Hindi has separate words for father's brother and mother's brother, while English uses only "uncle". This bes…	Anthropology Language and culture	Medium
94	A student speaks Marathi at home, English in class and a mix of both with friends, switching smoothly. This p…	Anthropology Language and culture	Medium
95	Human language allows people to talk about ancestors who died long ago and plans for next year. This property…	Anthropology Language and culture	Hard
96	Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam belong to which language family?	Anthropology Diversity in India	Easy
97	Bihu is a major harvest festival of which state?	Anthropology Diversity in India	Easy
98	Santali, spoken by the Santhals, belongs to which language family?	Anthropology Diversity in India	Medium
99	In a hilly region with very heavy rainfall and frequent flooding, which house design is most likely?	Anthropology Diversity in India	Medium
100	Which statement about the languages of India's tribal communities is correct?	Anthropology Diversity in India	Hard