Odisha CPET 2024 Question Paper Anthropology Science

COMMON P. G. ENTRANCE TEST – 2024 (CPET-2024)
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Subject Code : 02 Hall Ticket No. :

Subject : ANTHROPOLOGY (SCIENCE)

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1. Man belongs to which phylum ?

(A) Chordata (B) Vertebrata

(C) Mammalia (D) Anthropoidea

2. Calvarium is related to :

(A) Brain case without the face (B) A face without teeth

(C) A skull with a Jaw (D) A skull without mandible

3. Which one is the smallest bone in the human body ?

(A) Stapes (B) Lacrymal

(C) Vomer (D) Nasal bone

4. The science of human behaviour is called as :

(A) Ethnology (B) Ergonomy

(C) Palaeontology (D) Ethology

5. Who has written the book, The Search for Man’s Ancestors ?

(A) L. S. B. Leaky (B) Elliot Smith

(C) G. E. Smith (D) M. Cartmill

6. Horse, the four-footed ground-dwelling mammal belongs to which order of Eutherian
mammal ?

(A) Sirenia (B) Ungulata

(C) Cheiroptera (D) Pholidotal

7. The BMI is calculated as :

(A) Height (cm)/ Weight (kg) (B) Weight (kg) / Height (cm)

(C) Height (Meter) / Weight (kg) 2 (D) Weight (kg)/ Height (Meter) 2

8. Marfan Syndrome is caused due to :

(A) Autosomal dominant (B) Autosomal Recessive

(C) X- linked dominant (D) Y-linked disease

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9. A disease that causes excessive hair growth all over the body or isolated to specific
areas :

(A) Albinism (B) Cystic Fibrosis

(C) Hypertrichosis (D) Apert syndrome

10. In Hardy-Weinberg Law the frequency of recessive allele will be equal to the :

(A) Square root of the dominant trait

(B) Square root of the frequency recessive trait

(C) Net migration

(D) Percentage of homozygous individual

11. Which among the following is adult haemoglobin ?

(A) HbA (B) HbA2

(C) HbF (D) Hbs

12. Who had coined the term Chromosome ?

(A) F. Galton (B) Hugo de Vries

(C) W. Walder (D) Gregor Mendel

13. Edward Syndrome is caused due to abnormalities in :

(A) Trisomy 21 (B) Trisomy 13

(C) Trisomy 18 (D) Trisomy 28

14. Which one is not a technique used for identifying DNA testing ?

(A) DNA profiling (B) DNA finger-printing

(C) DNA typing (D) Binary Polymorphism

15. ATP, the common carrier of energy inside the cell is made from :

(A) ADP + inorganic (Pi) (B) ADP + H2O

(C) ADP + energy (D) ATP + H2O

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16. How many bones are in the axial skeleton of the human body ?

(A) 62 (B) 63

(C) 64 (D) 80

17. Identify which one is the sesamoid bone ?

(A) Femur (B) Patella

(C) Carpals (D) Bone marrow

18. Our face comprises how many bones ?

(A) 14 (B) 22

(C) 24 (D) 16

19. Which one of the statement is correct about the human skeleton ?

(A) The human skeleton has 208 bones

(B) The humerus is the largest bone

(C) 8 cranial bones support and protect the brain

(D) Long bones are mostly located in the Axial skeleton

20. Canalisation was used by C. H. Waddington to describe :

(A) Growth of adult (B) Growth of all children

(C) Linear Rapid growth (D) Growth of teeth

21. Recommended dietary allowance stands for :

(A) Estimated amount of water and protein requisite thorough

(B) Amount of calories per body weight

(C) Estimated amount of calories per day required

(D) Amount of calories per body weight.per week

22. Pithecanthropus dubious was discovered by :

(A) L. S. B. Leaky (B) Raymond Dart

(C) Von Koenings Wald (D) Arun Sonakia

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23. Who had written the book Muria and their Ghotul ?

(A) Verrier Elwin (B) D. N. Majumdar

(C) S. CROY (D) Irawati Karve

24. The Anthropological Survey of India has been established in the year :

(A) 1851 (B) 1945

(C) 1961 (D) 1951

25. According to Marriot the Gobardhan Puja and Nauratha Puja are examples of which
tradition ?

(A) Sanskritisation (B) Civilisation

(C) Universalization (D) Parochialisation

26. Who had given the concept of the sacred complex of Buddha Gaya ?

(A) Robert Redfield (B) Mckim Marriot

(C) L. P. Vidyarthi (D) Milton Singer

27. The family Hylobatidae includes :

(A) Gibbon (B) Gorilla

(C) Chimpanzee (D) Baboon

28. Which Veda tells us about the emergence of four Varnas ?

(A) Rigveda (B) Samaveda

(C) Yajurveda (D) Atharvaveda

29. The Asiatic Society of Bengal is founded by :

(A) N. K. Bose (B) William Jones

(C) R. Firth (D) S. C. Roy

30. The mechanism of learning one’s own culture :

(A) Acculturation (B) Socialisation

(C) Enculturation (D) Assimilation

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31. Franz Boas’s book named is :

(A) The Colour of Sea (B) Primitive Culture

(C) Argonauts of the Western Pacific (D) Primitive Marriage

32. Who has first time used the term Teknonymy in Anthropology ?

(A) B. Malinowski (B) E. B. Tylor

(C) MC Lennan (D) James Frazer

33. Couvade is found in which primitive tribe ?

(A) Santhal (B) Gond

(C) Juang (D) Khasis

34. The marriage devar vivah is called as :

(A) Levirate (B) Sorrorate

(C) Anuloma (D) Pratiloma

35. Clark Wissler belongs to which School ?

(A) American School of Evolutionist (B) American School of Diffusion

(C) British School of Diffusion (D) British School of Evolution

36. The Coming of Age in Samoa was written by :

(A) Margaret Mead (B) Ralph Linton

(C) A. L. Kroeber (D) Abram Kardiner

37. The phratry is derived from :

(A) French (B) Greek

(C) German (D) Both (A) and (B)

38. Who had called the soul as Anima ?

(A) Max Muller (B) R. R. Marett

(C) E. B. Tylor (D) James Frazer

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39. Which theory of evolution states that all kinds of life were created by a supernatural
power i. e. God ?

(A) Theory of Eternity (B) Theory of Catastrophism

(C) Theory of Special Creation (D) Theory of Organic Evolution

40. Which is correct about Hominidae ?

(A) They have tooth comb

(B) Orbits are elliptical

(C) Pre maxilla and maxilla are marked off

(D) Foramen magnum is placed anteriorly and is well-developed

41. Which is not correct about Germplasm Theory ?

(A) August Weishmann proposed it (B) It is related to germplasm cell

(C) It is related to somatic cell (D) A new character suddenly evolve

42. When an individual possesses 45 chromosomes instead of 46,then the syndrome is
called :

(A) Klinefelter syndrome (B) Turner syndrome

(C) Edward syndrome (D) Sex chromatin

43. The conscious effort to improve the genetic quality of the human race is called as :

(A) Eugenics (B) Genetic Counselling

(C) Genetic Drift (D) Genetic Screening

44. The resting phase between 2 subsequent cell division is called :

(A) M phase (B) S phase

(C) G2 phase (D) Interphase

45. Which one of the following is the cell’s recycling centre ?

(A) Ribosome (B) Lysosome

(C) Centrosome (D) Cytoplasm

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46. The endosymbiotic theory is related to :

(A) Eukaryotes were first formed by prokaryotic cells engulfing smaller cells

(B) Self-replicating & duplicating

(C) Osmotic Process in cell

(D) Making useful protein in cell movement

47. Who had defined cultural ecology as “The adaptive process by which the nature of
society and an unpredictable number of features of culture are affected by basic
adjustment through man utilises a given environment.” ?

(A) Julian Steward (B) T. H. Husley

(C) Leslie White (D) V. Gordan Childe

48. Which one is true about the human response to environmental stresses ?

(A) Genetic change (B) Acclimatization

(C) Behavioural change (D) Both (A) and (B)

49. Environmental justice includes :

(A) Climate change and its Impact on Indigenous people

(B) Socio-economic impact on Indigenous people

(C) Impact of migration on Indigenous people

(D) Fair and equitable compensation for their land

50. Who had given the first theory of evolution ?

(A) Jean De Lamarck (B) Charles Darwin

(C) J. F. Blumenbach (D) August Weismann

51. Dermatoglyphics is the study of :

(A) Population (B) Races

(C) Skeleton (D) Finger and palm print pattern

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52. The application of measurement to the study of human size, shape, proportion,
composition, maturation and gross function is called :

(A) Kinanthropometry (B) Somatometry

(C) Craniometry (D) Osteometry

53. Why was Lamarck’s theory disproved by Darwin ?

(A) Because of useful variation are transferred

(B) Environment play a greater role

(C) All acquired traits are transferred to the next generation

(D) The use and disuse of organ

54. The half-life of carbon-14 to decay to Nitrogen is :

(A) 5730 yrs. (B) 5000 yrs

(C) 6730 yrs. (D) 6370 yrs.

55. The Genotype ratio of a monohybrid cross is :

(A) 3:1 (B) 1:2:1

(C) 9 : 3 : 3 : 1 (D) 1 : 3 : 3 : 1

56. Which State in India has the highest number of PVTGs ?

(A) Odisha (B) Andhra Pradesh

(C) Gujarat (D) Jharkhand

57. Which ape shows 90 percent similarities with man ?

(A) Gibbon (B) Gorilla

(C) Chimpanzee (D) Orangutan

58. Gadabas and Chenchus tribes belong to which state of India ?

(A) Karnataka (B) Andhra Pradesh

(C) Tamil Nadu (D) Madhya Pradesh

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59. The Baiga tribe practises shifting cultivation which is called :

(A) Bewar cultivation (B) Jhum cultivation

(C) Poduchasa (D) Khalu cultivation

60. Which one of the following is the main cause of the Tribal movement ?

(A) Severe socio-economic problems faced by tribal

(B) A special position in politics

(C) Desire to change the property-owning system and wanted rapid industrialization

(D) To establish their own identity and religious faith

61. Pigmentation of skin is due to —————.

(A) Lymphocytes (B) Monocytes

(C) Leucocytes (D) Melanocytes

62. Of the blood groups A, B, AB, and O, which one is considered as the universal
recipient ?

(A) A (B) AB

(C) B (D) O

63. The protein found in plasma is called :

(A) RBC (B) Antibodies

(C) Haemoglobin (D) Antigen

64. Almost half of the UK population has blood group :

(A) O (B) B

(C) AB (D) Rh

65. Which one is the main source of all genetic variation ?

(A) Genetic drift (B) Selection

(C) Mutation (D) Hybridisation

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66. Which one difference is found in the case of monozygotic twins ?

(A) Colour (B) Growth

(C) Food habit (D) Intelligence

67. Who had coined the term Darwinism in 1860 ?

(A) Charles Darwin (B) Herbert Spencer

(C) August Weismann (D) T. H. Huxley

68. Which is not included in the Axial skeleton ?

(A) Vertebral column (B) Rib cage

(C) Skull (D) Pelvic girdle

69. Which one is used by Forensic anthropologists for identification ?

(A) Fingerprint pattern

(B) Face size

(C) Cranial capacity

(D) Height and weight of one individual

70. Bertillon system of identification is otherwise called as :

(A) Handwriting analysis (B) Face imaging

(C) Somatometry (D) Blood group analysis

71. If two cystic fibrosis carriers have children, what percent chance of producing babies ?

(A) 35 percent (B) 25 percent

(C) 50 percent (D) 75 percent

72. Huntington’s disease is caused due to which allele ?

(A) Dominant lethal (B) Recessive lethal

(C) Conditional lethal (D) Mutant lethal

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73. Which one is the correct order of the hominisation process ?

(A) Bipedalism – hand manipulation – mastication – encephalisation –
development of speech

(B) Quadrupedalism – bipedalism - encephalisation – development of speech

(C) Development of speech - larynx – the absence of diastema - the presence of
Linea aspera

(D) Bipedalism – encephalisation – development of speech – absence of
diastema – presence of Linea aspera

74. IMR is defined as :

(A) Newborns dying per year divided by 1000

(B) Newborns dying under one year by the number of residents living birth for the
same geographic area and multiplied by 1000

(C) Newborns dying under one year by the number of residents living birth for the
same geographic area and multiplied by 100

(D) Newborns dying under five years of age by the number of residents living birth
for the same geographic area and multiplied by 1000

75. Which statement is true about the net migration rate ?

(A) The migration trends

(B) It is the push and pull factors

(C) Difference between immigrants and emigrants divided by population

(D) Difference between IMR and MMR multiplied by 1000

76. The illness or disease treated as per one’s own culture is called :

(A) Psychopathology (B) Ethnomedicine

(C) Biomedicine (D) Cultural relativism

77. Ethnology term coined and defined by :

(A) Adam F. Kollar (B) Franz Boas

(C) E. B. Tylor (D) A. L. Kroeber
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78. The nature of survival is :

(A) Selection (B) Disappearance

(C) Adaptation (D) Struggle for survival

79. Diagram showing inheritance of biologically related individuals :

(A) Flow chart (B) Twin method

(C) Pedigree method (D) Heritability estimate

80. The PURA gene is located in the :

(A) Short arm of chromosome 11 (B) Long arm of chromosome 5

(C) Chromosome 21 (D) Chromosome 13

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