The study of ancient societies
A. Anthropology
B. Archaeology
C. History
D. Ethnology
Answer: Option B
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A person who renounces the world and practices self-discipline in order to attain salvation:
A. Sceptic
B. Ascetic
C. Devotee
D. Antiquarian
Commencement of words with the same letter:
A. Pun
B. Alliteration
C. Transferred epithet
D. Oxymoron
Anthropology - The study of human societies and cultures and their development.
Archaeology - The study of human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts and other physical remains.
History - The study of past events, particularly in human affairs.
Ethnology - The study of the characteristics of various peoples and the differences and relationships between them.
Why the answer is Archaeology , when we know that Archaeology is study about human kind by their remains? Isn’t the answer anthropology?
Ethnology-the study of the characteristics of different peoples and the differences and relationships between them.
Enthropology-the study of human societies and cultures and their development