A. Age
B. Sex
C. Race
D. Religion
E. Caste.
Answer: C.
Explanation:
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CEPHALIC INDEX
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Cephalic index =
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Maximum breadth of skull
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X 100
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Maximum length of skull
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Type of skull
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Cephalic index
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Race
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Dolichocephalic
(long headed)
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70 - 75
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Aryans, aborigines,
negroes
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Mesati cephalic
(medium headed)
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75 – 80
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Europeans, chinese
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Brachy cephalic
(short headed)
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80 – 85
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mongolians
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The three great races according to Meyers Konversations-Lexikon of 1885-90. The sub types of the Mongoloid race are shown in yellow and orange tones, those of the Caucasoid race in light and medium grayish spring green-cyan tones and those of the Negroid race in brown tones. Dravidians and Sinhalese are in olive green and their classification is described as uncertain. The Mongoloid race sees the widest geographic distribution, including all of the Americas, North Asia, East Asia, and Southeast Asia, the entire inhabited Arctic while they form most of Central Asia and the Pacific Islands.
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