Class 12 Anthropology MCQ Chapter 5 Concept of Economic Anthropology

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Class 12 Anthropology MCQ Chapter 5 Concept of Economic Anthropology

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Concept of Economic Anthropology

Chapter: 5

MCQs

Choose the Correct Option:

1. Who is considered a pioneer in the field of Economic Anthropology?

(i) Friedrich Engels.

(ii) Bronislaw Malinowski.

(iii) Herbert Spencer.

(iv) Adam Smith.

Ans: (ii) Bronislaw Malinowski.

2. Which tribe in India practices terrace cultivation?

(i) Santhals.

(ii) Apatanis.

(iii) Oraons.

(iv) Gonds.

Ans: (ii) Apatanis.

3. What is the main feature of a subsistence economy?

(i) Use of modern tools.

(ii) High profit motive.

(iii) Production for self-use. 

(iv) Advanced banking system.

Ans: (iii) Production for self-use. 

4. The barter system involves:

(i) Using currency.

(ii) Mutual exchange of goods. 

(iii) Bank loans.

(iv) Interest-based trade.

Ans: Mutual exchange of goods.

5. Which implement is commonly used in shifting cultivation?

(i) Plough.

(ii) Tractor.

(iii) Hoe.

(iv) Combine harvester.

Ans: (iii) Hoe. 

6. What kind of society does not use currency or formal markets?

(i) Capitalist society.

(ii) Modern society.

(iii) Primitive society. 

(iv) Feudal society.

Ans: (iii) Primitive society.

7. Which of the following tribes is known for rearing yaks?

(i) Santhals.

(ii) Apatanis.

(iii) Monpa. 

(iv) Gonds.

Ans: (iii) Monpa. 

8. Which cultivation technique uses step-like structures on hills?

(i) Shifting.

(ii) Plough.

(iii) Terrace. 

(iv) Mixed.

Ans: (iii) Terrace. 

9. Which of the following is an automatic trap used in hunting?

(i) Spear.

(ii) Bow.

(iii) Pitfall.

(iv) Boomerang.

Ans: (iii) Pitfall.

10. Fishing with otters is practiced in:

(i) Kerala.

(ii) Punjab.

(iii) Assam.

(iv) Gujarat.

Ans: (iii) Assam.

11. Which anthropologist first linked gift-giving with economic exchange in tribal societies?

(i) Firth.

(ii) Marcel Mauss. 

(iii) Adam Smith.

(iv) Levi Strauss.

Ans: (ii) Marcel Mauss. 

12. The economic activity of the Lapps of Scandinavia is based on:

(i) Goat herding.

(ii) Sheep rearing.

(iii) Reindeer pastoralism.

(iv) Agriculture.

Ans: (iii) Reindeer pastoralism.

13. In what way is horticulture distinct from shifting cultivation?

(i) Uses ploughs and animals.

(ii) Conducted on large commercial farms.

(iii) Involves settled, small garden plots. 

(iv) Practiced only in mountains.

Ans: (iii) Involves settled, small garden plots. 

14. Boomerangs are used primarily by which group for hunting?

(i) Oraons.

(ii) Australian Aborigines.

(iii) Bhils.

(iv) Gonds.

Ans: (ii) Australian Aborigines.

15. Which method is used in shifting cultivation to clear the land?

(i) Ploughing.

(ii) Burning vegetation.

(iii) Tractor tilling.

(iv) Flood irrigation.

Ans: (ii) Burning vegetation.