CUET (UG) 2027 Sample Paper (Anthropology)

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1. This paper contains 50 multiple-choice questions. All questions are compulsory.

2. Each question has four options — (A), (B), (C) and (D) — of which only one is correct.

3. Each correct answer carries 5 marks; 1 mark is deducted for each wrong answer.

4. Total time allowed is 60 minutes. Manage your time across all sections.

5. Use of calculators, mobile phones or any electronic device is not permitted.

6. Attempt the paper first, then check your answers against the Answer Key at the end.

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ANTHROPOLOGY

1. 2.

Which of the following is responsible for heating of Gregor Mendel, conducted experiments and proposed the
earths surface and atmosphere? laws of inheritance for

(A) (A)

No rains in winter Non living organism

(B) (B)

Small glass house Living organism

(C) (C)

Greenhouse effect Water bodies

(D) (D)

Greenhouse Yellow coloured pods

3. 4.

Traditional Garo houses are built on. Which of the following statements regarding Neolithic
period are true?
(A)
A. In Neolithic Period, the people were agricultural
Mountain areas
B. Neolithic culture belongs to Pleistocene epoch

(B) Question:

Plain areas C. In Neolithic Period, trees and animals could not survive
due to cold climate
(C)
D. In Neolithic Period, trees and animals are found
Plateau extensively due to moderate climate

(D) E. In Neolithic Period, people practiced food production

Hill areas Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(A)

A, B, and E only

(B)

A, D and E only

(C)

A, C and E only

(D)

A, B and C only

5. 6.

Read the following statements and choose the correct Which of the following are true about pastoralism?
options
A. Pastoralism is one form of subsistence economy
A. The Hottentot are formed as Khoi Khoi
B. In pastoralism, people live a settled life
B. The Hottentot are found in Andaman.
C. Pastoralism is raising and herding animals for meat,
C. The Hottentot are formed in South-West Africa hides, milk and their products

D. The Hottentot are known as Khuai D. In pastoralism economy depends on domestication

E. The Hottentot are slightly taller than the Bushmen E. In pastoralism people practice hunting, gathering and
fishing
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
A Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

(A) (A)

A, B and C A, C and D only

(B) (B)

A, C and E B A, Band D only

(C) (C)

C, D and E B, C and D only

(D) (D)

B, D and E A, B and E only

7. 8.

Greenhouse effect causes. ‘Arrange the following events in chorological order.

A. Half of the sector radiation falls on earths surface
(A)

B. Solar radiations come from sun
Global warming and climate change

C. Clouds and gases reflect 1/4 of the solar radiations
(B)
D. Earth surface starts heating up due to greenhouse
Breaking of glass panels
effect

(C) E. Global warming is cause

Cooling of earth's surface Choose the correct answer from the option given below:

(D)
(A)

Cooling of Greenhouses
E, A, C, B,D

(B)

D, C, B,E, D

(C)

B, C, A, D. E

(D)

A,D,E, C, B

9. 10.

Race is "a population which differs in the frequency of Arrange the culture in chronological order of their
some gene or genes, which is actually exchanging or appearance
capable of exchanging genes across whatever Question:
A. Lower Paleolithic Culture
boundaries separate it from other population of the
species.” The definition was given by: B. Middle Stone Age

(A) C. Middle Paleolithic Culture

B.S Haldane D. Neolithic Culture

E. Upper Paleolithic culture
(B)
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
E.A Hooton

(A)
(C)

A,B,C,E,D
Juan Comes

(B)
(D)

AC,E,B,D
Montagu

(C)

A,C,B,E,D

(D)

A,C,D,B,E

11. 12.

Match list I with list II: Which of the following is 'NOT' the Mendel's law of
Inheritance?

(A)

Law of Dominance

(B)

Law of Recession

Choose the correct answer from the option given below: (C)

Purity of Gameter
(A)

A-IV, B-III, C-II, D-I (D)

Law of Segregation
(B)

A-I, B-IV, C-III, D-II

(C)

A-III, B-I, C-II, D-IV

(D)

A-II, B-IV, C-III, D-I

13. 14.

Which one of the following is an abiotic component of The percentage of carbon-dioxide in air is:
environment?
(A)
(A)
0.08%
Autotroph
(B)
(B)
0.03%
Carnivores
(C)
(C)
0.93%
Sunlight
(D)
(D)
20.94%
Fungi

15. 16.

Barter is a system dealing with. The structure of Garo house is constructed on :-

(A) (A)

Mutual exchange of goods Plain surface

(B) (B)

Production of goods Piles or raised platform

(C) (C)

Consumption of goods Underground stores

(D) (D)

Begging for food Concrete pile foundations

17. 18.

Which of the following is true regarding primitive The study of interrelationship between organism and
economic systems? environment is called as.

A. Primitive economic system are small scale economics
(A)

B. In primitive economic system system, the rate of
Anthropology
innovation is very fast Question:

(B)
C. In primitive economics, barter and exchange dominate
economic relationship Environmental Science

D. In primitive economics, tractors were used
(C)

E. In primitive economic system, the mode of production
Ecology
is indigenous

(D)
Choose the correct answer from the options given below
: Biological Science

(A)

B, D and E only

(B)

A, Band D only

(C)

A, C and E only

(D)

C, D and E only

19. 20.

The Negroids and the Mongoloids generally show: Match list I with list II:

(A)

Dark brown iris

(B)

Blue iris

(C)
Choose the correct answer from the option given below:
Green brown iris

(A)
(D)
A-III, B-IV, C-II, D-I
Blue brown iris

(B)

A-I, B-III, C-II, D-IV

(C)

A-III, B-I, C-IV, D-II

(D)

A-IV, B-I, C-III, D-II

21. 22.

A group of related species is termed as If the red blood corpuscles of a person do not
agglutinate in sera A or B, the person belongs to which
(A) group?

Genus
(A)

(B) A

Geny
(B)

(C) B

Order
(C)

(D) AB

Class
(D)

O

23. 24.

Matrilined descent affiliates individuals with Kim of both The hunting spear used by Kukri is called as
sexes related to them through.
(A)
(A)
Fai
Men only
(B)
(B)
Trigas
Women only
(C)
(C)
Boomerang
Brother only
(D)
(D)
Bola
Sister only

25. 26.

Choose three right statements from the given below- The major green house gas is.

A. Chromosome are thread shaped
(A)

B. Chromosome consists of DNA
Oxygen

C. Chromosome consists of proteins
(B)
D. Chromosome consists of mitochondria
Nitrogen
E. Chromosome consists of chloroplast
(C)
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Hydrogen
(A)
(D)
A,C,D
Carbon dioxide
(B)

B,C,E

(C)

C,D,E

(D)

A,B,C

27. 28.

Example of Mesolithic tool is. The public room of the family in Garo houses is called as:-

(A)
(A)
Cleaver
Maljri
(B)
(B)
Hand-axe
Notra
(C)
(C)
Triangle type microlith
Ongal
(D)
(D)
Celt
Dongrama

29. 30.

Which of the following is most not a ‘fishing’ method. In simple economies, the mode of production is.

(A) (A)

Netting Imported

(B) (B)

Trapping Exported

(C) (C)

Hooking Indigenous

(D) (D)

Spear falling Industrial

31. 32.

Match list I with list II: The ........... is a simple wooden device which ensures
weeding of unwanted plants and adds humus to the soil.

(A)

Plough

(B)

Spear

Choose the correct answer from the option given below: (C)

Screen
(A)

A-III, B-II, C-I, D-IV (D)

Axe
(B)

A-I-IV, C-II, D-Ill

(C)

A-IV, B-I, C-II, D-III

(D)

A-III, B-I, C-IV, D-II

33. 34.

Which of the following is/ are true? When Mendel crossed a plant having two genes for
yellow peas (YY) with a plant having two genes for green
A. Hand axe belongs to a core tool family
peas (YY), the result was.
B. Hand axe used during the Lower Paleolithic culture
(A)
C. Hand axe are long narrow flake and very thin
Each offering pea was yellow
D. Paleolithic hand axe size of 1 to 2 cm
(B)
E. Hand axe ‘is used for cutting, scraping, hunting etc.
Each offering pea was green
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(C)
(A)
The yellow trait was recessive
A, B and E only

(D)
(B)
The yellow trait was dominant
B, C and D only

(C)

C, D and E only D

(D)

A, B and D only

35. 36.

Spear falling disguise or poisoning are the method used In the journey of human evolution if we look back and
for. analyze the past then we may say our ancestors have
spent.
(A)
(A)
Intensive cultivation of plants
10% of their life in Stone Age
(B)
(B)
Trapping fish
90 of their life in Stone Age
(C)
(C)
Hunting
15% of their life in Stone Age
(D)
(D)
Shifting cultivation
5% of their life in Stone Age

37. 38.

The word ............... is a term used in prehistory to Arrange the following events in ascending order based on
denote and include all those material items which were their occurrence in the stone technology system.
prepared and utilized by the primitive people in their day
A. Manufacture of tools Question:
to day activities.
B. On corporation of tools within archeological recodes
(A)
C. Procurement of Raw Materials
Civilization
D. Use of tools
(B)
E. Discard or loss of artifacts
Culture
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(C)
(A)
Artifacts
C,E, D, B

(D)
(B)
Flint
D, A, E, B, C

(C)

C, A, D, E, B

(D)

A, C, D, E, B

39. 40.

Which of the following is/are ‘not true’ in case of Aroom in Garo houses called "Notzia" is used for:
greenhouses?
(A)
A. Ina greenhouse, glass panels are broken to allow
sunlight Religious purpose

B. Greenhouses warm up due to a number of window in (B)
them
Marrinag purpose
C. Greenhouses are used for growing plants
(C)
D. Greenhouses are used in winter to store rainwater
Keeping purpose
E. Greenhouses give rise to greenhouse effect

(D)
Choose the correct answer from the option given below:

Husting grains
(A)

A, Band C only

(B)

A, B and D only

(C)

C, D and E only

(D)

B, C and D only

41. 42.

Which of the following is a Pressure Technique in tool A social and economic unit consisting minimally of one or
making? more parents (or parent substitutes) and their children is
called as
(A)
(A)
Bi-Polar Technique
Home
(B)
(B)
Stone Hammer Technique
House
(C)
(C)
Punch Technique
Family
(D)
(D)
Block on Block Technique
Socio-economic house

43. 44.

Celt belongs to Which of the following states belong to North East region
of India
(A)
A, Arunachal Pradesh
Case tool family
B. Jammu and Kashmir

(B)
C. Meghalaya

Flake tool family
D. West Bengal

(C) E. Tripura

Bone tool family Choose the correct answer from the options given below

(D)
(A)

Neolithic tool family
C, D and E only

(B)

A, C and E only

(C)

A, C and D only

(D)

A, B and E only

45. 46.

A person of residence in which a married couple lives Term ecosystem was coined by:
with or near the wife's parent is called as.
(A)
(A)
Eamst Hackel
Patrilocal residence
(B)
(B)
AG Tansey
Matrilocal residence
(C)
(C)
Julian Steward
Unilocal residence
(D)
(D)
Charles Frank
Avancolocal residence

47. 48.

Traditional Garo houses are narrow, double roofed and Melanodermas are:
their structure is.
(A)
(A)
Yellow -stance people
Square shaped
(B)
(B)
Black - skinned people
Rectangular shaped
(C)
(C)
White - skinned people
Rounded / circle
(D)
(D)
Green - skinned people
Triangular shaped

49. 50.

Match list I with list II: Which of the following does not cause greenhouse
effect:

(A)

Carbon dioxide

(B)

Methane

Choose the correct answer from the option given below: (C)

Carbon dioxide and Methane
(A)

A-IV, B-III, C-II, D-I (D)

Oxygen
(B)

A-IV, B-I C-III, D-II

(C)

A-III B-II C-IV, D-I

(D)

A-I, B-II C-III, D-IV

ANSWER KEY

1. (C) 2. (B) 3. (D) 4. (B) 5. (B) 6. (A) 7. (A)

8. (C) 9. (D) 10. (B) 11. (C) 12. (B) 13. (C) 14. (B)

15. (A) 16. (B) 17. (C) 18. (C) 19. (A) 20. (D) 21. (A)

22. (D) 23. (B) 24. (B) 25. (D) 26. (D) 27. (C) 28. (D)

29. (D) 30. (C) 31. (D) 32. (A) 33. (A) 34. (A) 35. (C)

36. (B) 37. (C) 38. (C) 39. (B) 40. (C) 41. (C) 42. (C)

43. (D) 44. (B) 45. (B) 46. (B) 47. (B) 48. (B) 49. (B)

50. (D)