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AnthropologyOptionalPaperInstructions
1.TimeAllowed:ThreeHoursMaximumMarks:250
2.ThereareEIGHTquestionsdividedinTWOSECTIONSandprintedbothinHINDIaridin
ENGLISH.
3.CandidatehastoattemptFIVEquestionsinall.
4.Questionsno.1and5arecompulsoryandoutoftheremitting,anyTHREEaretobeattempted
choosingatleastONEfromeachsection.
5.Thenumberofmarkscarriedbyaquestionpartisindicatedagainstit.
6.AnswersmustbewritteninthemediumauthorizedintheAdmissionCertificatewhichmustbe
statedclearlyWItheMilerofthisQuestioncumAnswerQC.,Bookletinthespaceprovided.No
markswillbegivenforanswerswritteninamediumotherthantheauthorizedone.Wordlimitin
questions,whereverspecified,shouldbeadheredto
7.Attemptsofquestionsshallbecountedinsequentialorder.Unlessstruckoff,attemptofa
questionshallbecountedevenifattemptedpartly.Anypageorportionofthepageleftblankin
theQuestioncumAnswerBookletmustbeclearlystruckoff

Paper1:SECTIONA
Q1.Writenotesonthefollowinginabout150wordseach:10x5=50marks.
1.ArchaeologicalAnthropology.
2.SocietyandCulture.
3.IncestTaboos.
4.Horticulture.
5.HistoricalParticularism.
Q2:15+20+15marks
1.ElucidatethebiologicalandculturalfactorsinHumanEvolution.
2.HowdidMorganexplaintheevolutionofmarriage,familyandSocioPoliticalorganization,and
howdidotherevolutionistsdisagreewithhisexplanation?20
3.HowdodiffusionismandevolutionismdifferasexplanationsofCultureChange?15
Q3:15+15+20marks.

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1.Definefamilyandcriticallyexaminetheuniversalityoffamily
2.HowdoyourelatetheconceptsofSacredandProfaneinDurkheimstheoryofreligionwitha
focusontheroleoftotem?15
3.ExplainthebasicfeaturesofPostmodernisminAnthropology.20
Q4:20+10+20
1.CriticallyexaminetheFormalistsandSubstantivistsviewsontheapplicabilityofeconomiclaws
inthestudyofprimitivesocieties.20
2.Explainthedifferencebetweenemicandetic,andhowdoesthedifferencederivefromthestudy
oflanguage?10
3.WhatmadeGeertzsInterpretiveAnthropologydistinctfromTurnersSymbolicAnthropology?
WhatdoeseachofthemmeanbythetermsSymbolandSymbolic?

Paper1:SECTIONB
Q5.Writenotesonthefollowinginabout150wordseach:10x5=50
1.Palaeolithicculture.
2.DownsSyndrome.
3.Longitudinalmethodofstudyinggrowth.
4.Menopauseanditsimpact.
5.DNAtechnologyinMedicine.
Q6.20+15+15Marks
1.DescribethesalientcharacteristicsandgeographicaldistributionofHomoerectus.20
2.CriticallyexamineDarwinstheoryofevolutioninunderstandingevolution.15
3.Discusschromosomalaberrationsinmanillustratingwithexamples.15
Q7.20+15+15Marks
1.Whatisananthropometricsomatotype?DescribeHeathandCartersmethodofsomatotyping.
2.CriticallyexaminethephysiologicalresponsesandacclimatizationtocoldclimateinMan.15
3.ElucidatetheroleofAnthropologyinselectionandmonitoringofsportspersons.15

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Q820+15+15Marks
1.ForensicSciencecanhelpincriminalinvestigations.Discuss.20
2.Definegeneticpolymorphism.Givedetailsofitstypeswithsuitableexamples.15
3.WhatdoyouunderstandbyImmunogenetics?Explainwithsuitableexamples.15

Paper2:SectionA
Total250marks,duration:3hoursinstructions:SameinstructionsasPaper1.
Writeshortnotesonthefollowinginabout150wordseach:105=50
1.RelevanceoftribalPanchsheeltoday
2.SacredcomplexasadimensionofIndiancivilization
3.SouthIndianPaleoliths
4.PanchayatiRajInstitutionsandSocialChange
5.Rightsoverresourcesandtribalunrest
Q2:20+15+15marks.
1.Examinethesocialimplicationsofmediaandcommunicationtechnology.20
2.BrieflydescribetheclassicalmodelsofethnicandlinguisticclassificationofIndianpopulation.
Discussitsrelevancetoday.
3.DiscusstheproblemsfacedbyreligiousminoritiesinIndia.
Q3:20+15+15marks.
1.DiscusshowconstitutionalprovisionsinIndiahavebuiltinmechanismsfordealingwiththe
problemoflandalienationintribalareas.
2.DiscusstheimpactofHinduismonthestatusoftribalwomeninCentralIndia.15
3.DescribethepaleoanthropologicalfossilfindsfromSiwalikhills.Examinethecontributionof
Siwalikfossilstopaleoanthropologicalknowledge.
Q4:20+15+15marks.
1.CriticallyexaminetheconceptofcommunalismreligiousandmultiethnicpolityofIndia.
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3.CriticallycompareAffirmativeActionofUSAandProtectiveDiscriminationforScheduled
TribesinIndia.

Paper2:SectionB
Q5.Writeshortnotesonthefollowinginabout150wordseach:10x5=50marks.
1.PrehistoricRockArtofCentralIndia
2.IslamandMatriliny
3.Socioeconomiccharacteristicsofshiftingcultivators
4.ElwinGhuryedebateonTribes
5.RoleofGovernorinFifthScheduleAreas
Q6.20+15+15Marks
1.ExaminethecontributionofvillagestudiestowardstheunderstandingofIndiansocialsystem.
2.DiscusstheimpactofglobalizationonvillageeconomyinIndia.
3.DiscussthesignificanceofHarappanCivilizationsitesfromIndia.
Q7.20+15+15Marks
1.Recentlynongovernmentorganizationshavebeencritiquedforinterferinr,withdevelopmental
processintribalheartlandICriticallycomment.
2.DiscussthenatureofsocialchangeintribalIndiaundertheimpactofdevelopmental
programmes.
3.DiscussthecontributionofM.N.SrinivastothestudyofIndiansociety.Examinetheinfluenceof
Britishsocialanthropologistsonhisideas.
Q8.20+15+15Marks
1.Whatdoyouunderstandbydynamics,ofcastemobility?Howdidtheconcept.ofSanskritization
contributetoitsfunctionality?
2.CriticallyexaminetheconceptoftribecastecontinuumanditsrelevanceincontemporaryIndia.
3.Discussthesociocultural,economicandpsychologicalconstraintsresponsibleforlowliteracyin
tribalareas.

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