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ANTHROPOLOGY TEST BATCH

12th SEPTEMBER 2015
MAX MARKS 250 MAX TIME 3 HOURS

PAPER I, TOPICS 1 TO 5
INSTRUCTIONS
 Questions 1 and 5 are compulsory
 From the remaining 3 questions need be answered choosing at least one from each section
 Marks awarded are given at the end of each question.
 Student has to stick to the word limit.

SECTION 1
1. Answer the following in about 100 words each. 5x10=50M
a. “Incest” as a culture rule
b. Anthropology and Political Science
c. Scope of Linguistic Anthropology
d. Meaning of Technique, Method and Methodology
e. Contemporary problems faced by Hunting gathering societies in India

2. a. Write an essay on the meaning and scope of Ethnoarcheology. (40M)

b. Social stratification with examples. (10M)
3. a. Write an essay on the ‘gender biased legislations’ in India, in the context of extremely
women centered laws (35M)
b. Functional study of myths (15M)

4. a. Meaning and scope of Economic Anthropology (30M)

b. ‘Cultural relativism’ is at the centre of Anthropological research. Comment. (20M)

SECTION 2
5. Answer the following in about 100 words each. 5x10=50M
a. South Indian megalithic cultures
b. Peter Murdock’s idea of Universality of marriage
c. Homo heidelbergensis
d. Sivapithecus
e. Chalcolithic cultures of India

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6. a. Archeological Anthropology 20M

b. Parallelism and Convergence in biological evolution 20M
c. Mechanisms of Social Control 10M

7. a. Psychological theories of study of religion 15M

b. Fetishism 10M
c. Explain various forms of religion with suitable Indian examples 25M
8. a. Significance of Kinship 20M
b. Impact of Industrialisation and feminist movements on family system. Present with case
studies. 30M

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ANTHROPOLOGY TEST SERIES PAPER-2

MAX TIME 3 HOURS MAX MARKS 250

SYLLABUS- Paper 1, Chapters 6,7,8

INSTRUCTIONS
 All questions are compulsory
 Marks awarded are given at the end of each question.
 Student has to stick to the word limit
1. Answer the following in about 100 words each. 8X5=40
a. Verbal Communication
b. Cultural Materialism
c. Magic – Religion – Science
d. Concept of Social Structure
e. Comparative Approach in Anthropology

2. Answer the following in about 150 words each. 4x15=60

a. Culture Circle School
b. Model Personality vs Basic Personality
c. American Symbolism
d. Contemporary relevance of Anthropology

3. Answer the following in about 200 words each. 5x20=100

a. Post Modernism in Anthropology
b. Contributions of Franz Boas to Anthropology
c. Social Context of Use of language
d. Linguistic Anthropology
e. Cultural Materialism of White and Childe

4. Answer the following in about 250 words each. 2X25=50

a. Evolution of Fieldwork Traditions in Anthropology
b. PRA and RRA in Anthropological fieldwork

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