__MCQ DISS

1. Anthropology traces its roots to ancient __________ historical and philosophical writings about
human nature and the organization of human
a. Aristotle b. Auguste Comte c. Edward Burnett Taylor d. Herodotus
__2. He wrote “Histories” which is the record of ancient traditions and culture of Greece, Asia and
Africa.
a. Aristotle b. Auguste Comte c. Edward Burnett Taylor d. Herodotus
__3. He wrote “The Politics”.
a. Aristotle b. Auguste Comte c. Edward Burnett Taylor d. Herodotus
__4. Who wrote the “Cours de Philosophie Positive” published from 1830 - 1842 in 5 volumes?
a. Aristotle b. Auguste Comte c. Edward Burnett Taylor d. Herodotus
__5. He wrote the “Principles of Physiological Psychology.”
a. Adam Smith b. Eratosthenes c. Ferdinand de Saussure d. Wilhelm
Wundt
__6. Who wrote the “Wealth of the Nations” in 1776?
a. Adam Smith b. Eratosthenes c. Ferdinand de Saussure d. Wilhelm
Wundt
__7. He published the “Memoire sur le systeme primitifdes voyelles dans les langues indo-europeenes.”
a. Adam Smith b. Eratosthenes c. Ferdinand de Saussure d. Wilhelm
Wundt
__8. He prepared the earliest maps of the known world.
a. Adam Smith b. Eratosthenes c. Ferdinand de Saussure d. Wilhelm
Wundt
__9. It traces its roots from natural history which is the study of plants, animals and humans with
reference to their
history and native environment.
a. Anthropology b. Demography c. Psychology d. Sociology
__ 10. In here people engaged in the study of this discipline because it satisfies their natural curiosity
about foreign places
and different ways of life.
a. Economics b. Geography c. History d. Linguistics
__11. Where did the formal study of language begin?
a. Germany b. India c. Thailand d. United States
of America
__12. The intellectual, scientific and industrial revolutions which happened in Europe in the middle of
the 19 th century led
to the development of what discipline?
a. Demography b. History c. Political Science d. Sociology
__13. When did the theoretical and practical study of the state and the politics begin?
a. way back to the time of the Ancient Greeks, about 500 - 300 B.C
b. way back to the time of the Ancient Greeks, about 900 - 600 B.C
c. way back to the time of the Ancient Greeks, about 800 - 500 B.C
d. way back to the time of the Ancient Greeks, about 200 - 100 B.C
__14. It was not considered as a separate discipline until the nineteenth century.
a. Anthropology b. Economics c. Political Science d. Social
Sciences
__15. Through the Medieval and Renaissance periods, this discipline was often studied through a sacred
or religious
perspective.
a. Demography b. History c. Linguistics d. Sociology