Reg.No : KANNUR UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF RURAL AND TRIBAL SOCIOLOGY ENTRANCE TEST MA - TRIBAL AND RURAL STUDIES Sample Question Paper Time: 2 Hours Maximum Marks: 400 Answer all Questions. Each question carries FOUR marks ONE Mark is deducted for every INCORRECT ANSWER ( Choose the correct answer from the choices given and write the code in the box against each question. The responses at any place other than in the respective circle will not be evaluated) 1. Who among the following is considered as the chief architect of our Constitution? a) Mahatma Gandhi b) Jawaharlal Nehru c) B.R.Ambedker d) Vallabhbhai Patel 2. The President of India is _______________ ? a) Venkaiah Naidu b) Ram Nath Kovind c) Ranjan Gogoi d) Narendra Modi 3. Dr. S. Radhakrishnan is related to _______________ ? a) 9th August b) 14th November c) 5th September d) 26th January 4. The systematic study of population is known as _______________ ? a) Ethnography b) Demography c) Census d) Survey 1 5. Who is the present chairperson of the Planning Commission of Kerala? a) V.S.Achuthanadan b) Justice Sadasivam c) Dr.Thomas Issac d) Pinarayi Vijayan 6. Meghadut is a lyric poem written by _______________ ? a) Chanakya b) Kunchan Nambiar c) Kalidasa d) Ezhuthachan 7. A.K. Gopalan is associated with _______________ ? a) Guruvayur Satyagraha b) Revathi Pattathanam c) Malayali Memorial d) Villu Vandi 8. P.T. Usha is related to ? a) Cricket b) Volleyball c) Football d) Athletics 9. Teyyam is regarded as one of the popular _______________ of Kerala. a) Folklore b) Classical art c) Festival d) Dance 10. Posting a right person at a right place is called _______________ ? a) Training b) Coaching c) Recruitment d) Guiding 11. Who is the central characer in the novel “Randamoozham” written by M.T.Vasudevan Nair? a) Arjuna b) Panchali c) Bhima d) Krishna 12. Dr.Palpu was related to: a) NSS b) INA c) NCC d) SNDP 13. The mother University of South India is _______________ ? a) Pondicherry University b) Madras University c) Kerala University d) Mysore University 14. The bird considered as the ‘State bird of Kerala’? a) Hornbill b) Peacock c) Pegion d) Crow 15. The first e-literate panchayat in Kerala? a) Pulpally b) Pothanikkad c) Pallichal d) Payyavoor 2 16. Which is the place where the protest against the unrestrained extraction and pollution of water by Coca-Cola Company was held. a) Chengara b) Valappilsala c) Panamaram d) Plachimada 17. The personality was instrumental to stop the evil practice of “Sati”? a) Bhagat Singh b) Annie Besant c) Rajaram Mohan Roy d) Rani Lakshmibai 18. In _______________ Temple Entry Proclamation was issued by Maharaja Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma. a) 1857 b) 1910 c) 19 d) 1936 19. The Mendeleev’s periodic table is an arrangement of the chemical elements, which are organized on the basis of their _______________? a) Atomic weight b) Atomic number c) Atomic bonds d) Atomic size 20. Who among the follwoing is regarded as the ‘founder of the modern science of genetics’? a) Friedrich Franz b) Jagadish Chandra Bose c) Charles Darwin d) Johann Mendel 21. Hypothesis is: a) An assumption b) A theory c) A method d) An approach 22. The model Nicolaus Copernicus was formulated ? a) Earthcenric b) Ethnocenric c) Heliocentric d) Geocentric 23. Kerala have two mansoon seasons. The Southwest Monsoon that arrives in the month of June is also known as? a) Thulavarsham b) Kalavarsham c) Mango Shower d) Edavappathy 24. Which of the following is not common among human beings and apes? a) Absence of tail b) Hallux is opposable c) Pollex is opposable d) Presence of canine tooth 25. Vitamin ‘A’ deficiency causes _______________ ? a) Nyctalopia b) Kwashiorkor c) Scurvy d) Rickets 26. Something that can take more than one value is: 3 a) Data b) Model c) Variable d) Sample 27. Who is the father of computer? a) Mark Zuckerberg b) Charles Babbage c) John Baird d) Guglielmo Marconi 28. How many bones are in the human body? a) 270 b) 206 c) 300 d) 151 29. The first Chairperson of Kerala Women's Commission was? a) Sugatha Kumari b) Jus. D.Sreedevi c) M.Kamalam d) K.C.Rosakutty 30. The Minister for SC/ST Development in Government of Kerala? a) K.K.Shailaja b) A.K.Balan c) G.Sudhakaran d) M.M.Mani 31. Arundhati Roy’s ‘The God of Small Things’ was awarded _______________ in 1997. a) The Man Booker Prize b) The Sahitya Akademi Award c) The Vayalar Award d) The Pulitzer Prize 32. The ‘Jnanpith’ is an Indian award presented annually to _______________ ? a) An author b) A sportsman c) A scientist d) An artist 33. Aryabhata was _______________ ? a) A play writer b) An Indian King c) A mathematician-astronomer d) A singer 34. Charles Darwin argued that evolution is occurred by: a) Gene Mutation b) Natural Selection c) Convergence d) Parallelism 35. Article of the Constitution of India that abolishes the practice of untouchability? a) Article 16 b) Article 21 c) Article 17 d) Article 244 Who formulated the formula E = mc2? a) Newton b) Einstein c) Edison d) Galileo 36. The first woman who has won a Nobel Prize and the only person to win Nobel Prize in two different sciences? a) Helen Keller b) Marie Curie c) Pearl S. Buck d) Mother Teresa 37. Chess grandmaster and a former World Chess Champion? 4 a) K.Srikkanth b) Vimal Kumar b) I.M.Vijayan d) Viswanathan Anand 38. The member of Indian Criket team which won the World Cup in 1983? a) Sunil Valtsan b) Baskar Pillai c) Tinu Yohannan d) Ajay Jadeja 39. The study of relations and interactions between organisms and their environment, including other organisms is known as: a) Epistemology b) Ethnology c) Ecology d) Ethnography 40. _______________ is popularly known as the scientific study of human beings. a) Zoology b) Sociology c) Anthropology d) Archaeology 41. Find out the author of the book: “Tribal Society in India: An Anthropological Perspective”. a) M.N.Srinivas b) K.S.Singh c) A.Ayyappan d) Edgar Thurston 42. The tribe comes under the category of ‘Particularly vulnerable Tribal Group’ (PvTG)? a) Adiyan b) Cholanaikkar c) Malasar d) Karimpalan 43. As per 2011 Census, the Scheduled Tribe (ST) population of Kerala constitute _______________ per cent of the total population of the State. a) 1.45 b) 2.54 c) 5.25 d) 10 44. The highest proportion of Scheduled Tribe (ST) has been recorded in _______________ district of Kerala, as per 2011 Census. a) Idukki b) Palakkad c) Wayanad d) Kannur 45. Edakkal Caves are so important because, they are _______________ ? a) Natural Caves b) Tourist place c) Full of arts d) Prehistoric sites 46. The tribe does not living both in Kerala and Tamil Nadu? a) Kadar b) Paniya c) Karimpalan d) Irula 47. Which of the following is a characteristic feature of Tribal society? a) Caste system b) Modernity c) Complexity d) Isolation 48. The largest Adivasi community in Kerala is _______________ ? a) Adiyan b) Paniyan c) Irular d) Kurichian 5 49. Number of Scheduled Tribe (ST) communities in Kerala: a) 30 b) 36 c) 40 d) 46 50. Kerala Institute for Research Training and Development Studies of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (KIRTADS) is functioning at _______________ ? a) Wayanad b) Kannur c) Thiruvananthapuram d) Kozhikode 51. The leader of Adhivasi protest at Muthanga forest was: a) K.Ajitha b) C.K.Janu c) S. Gomathi d) Mayilamma 52. Find the odd one from the following: a) Cousin b) Uncle c) Mother d) Father 53. Pick up the island community: a) Paliyans b) Todas c) Jarawas d) Khasas 54. Name the tribal woman who was associated with Plachimada issue? a) C.K.Janu b) Mylamma c) Parvathy Ammal d) Sreedhanya 55. Who among the following is said to have coined the term anthropologist, meaning by it the gossip who talks about himself: a) Malinowski b) Srinivas c) Aristotle d) Tylor 56. Which subfield of anthropology studies cultures that no longer exist? a) Physical anthropology b) Applied anthropology c) Archaeological anthropology d) Social-Cultural anthropology 57. Which of the following is not part of anthropological perspective? a) Ethnocentrism b) Cultural relativism c) Cross-cultural study d) Holism 58. Which of the following subjects is a biological anthropologist least likely to study? a) Fossil b) Apes c) Family d) Evolution 6 59. “The anthropological attitude that a society’s customs and ideas should be described objectively and understood in the context of that society’s problems and opportunities” became known as: a) Cultural adaptation b) Cultural dynamism c) Cultural evolution d) Cultural relativism 60. Which of the following is a Homo erectus? a) Neanderthal Man b) Peking Man c) Cro-Magnon Man d) Modern Man 61. Pick up the correct pair from the following: a) Australopithecus afarensis – La Quina b) Paranthropus robustus – Neandertal c) Homo habilis – Zhoukoudian d) Homo erectus – Koobi Fora 62. In anthropological perspective the “Dravidians” are: a) Races b) Castes c) Linguistic groups d) Religious people 63. B. Malinowski is related to: a) Tribal development b) Fieldwork c) Structuralism d) Thick description 64. Franz Boas is related to: a) Evolution of Culture b) Structural-Functionalism c) Culture and Personality d) Historical Particularism 65. Assume that you are asked to conduct an anthropological research on the Sentinelese of Andaman Islands. Which of the following is appropriate to undertake? a) Laboratory research b) Exploratory research c) Pilot study d) Evaluation research 66. Pick up the incorrect pair from the following: a) Lower Paleolithic – Acheulian b) Lower Paleolithic - Levallois c) Upper Paleolithic – Solutrean d) Upper Paleolithic – Mousterian 67.