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UPSC MAINS-ANTHROPOLOGY – TEST - 08


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H.NO. 1-10-196 (New No. 177), Street no. 1, Ashok Nagar X roads,
Hyderabad, Telangana 500020.
Test No: 08
Max. Marks: 250 Max. Time 3 Hours
SECTION A
1. Answer the following in about 150 words each. 5x10=50
a. Current status of Indian anthropology.
b. Dravidian Racial stock in India
c. Protoneolithic culture
d. Gerald Berreman’s conceptions of Indian caste system
e. Culture as an integrative entity
2. a. Caste and class 20
b. Rakhigarhi 15
c. South Indian Paleolithic culture. 15
3. a. Living megaliths. 15
b. Changing profile of sacred complexes in contemporary India. 20
c. Present the debates regarding Ramapithecus. 15
4. a. Homo erectus of India 20
b. Critical phase of Indian anthropology. 15
c. New Archeology. 15

SECTION B
5. Answer the following in about 150 words each. 5x10=50
a. Tribe as an indigenous population
b. S C Roy’s contributions to Indian anthropology
c. Economic typologies of Indian tribes
d. Development displacement
e. Contributions of R C Brown to Indian anthropology
6. a. Problem of Land alienation among Indian Tribes. 20
b. Tribe in Transition 20
c. Shifting cultivation related legislations. 10
7. a. Culture change- enforced and induced. 20
b. Lalgarh rebellion. 15
c. Relevance of tribal subplan 15

8. a. Role of anthropologists in rural development. 15


b. Give an ethnographic profile of a matrilineal tribe. 20
c. Concept of PTGs. 15
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SECTION A
1. Answer the following in about 150 words each. 5x10=50
a. Current status of Indian anthropology.

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b. Dravidian Racial stock in India

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c. Protoneolithic culture

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d. Gerald Berreman’s conceptions of Indian caste system

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e. Culture as an integrative entity

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2. a. Caste and class 20

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b. Rakhigarhi 15

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c. South Indian Paleolithic culture. 15

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3. a. Living megaliths. 15

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b. Changing profile of sacred complexes in contemporary India. 20

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c. Present the debates regarding Ramapithecus. 15

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4. a. Homo erectus of India 20

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b. Critical phase of Indian anthropology. 15

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c. New Archeology. 15

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SECTION B
5. Answer the following in about 150 words each. 5x10=50
a. Tribe as an indigenous population

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b. S C Roy’s contributions to Indian anthropology

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c. Economic typologies of Indian tribes

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d. Development displacement

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6. a. Problem of Land alienation among Indian Tribes. 20

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b. Tribe in Transition 20

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b. Lalgarh rebellion. 15

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c. Relevance of tribal subplan 15

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