1Medium15 marks
Discuss the emergence, salient features and limitations of Tribal sub-plan.
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48 questions from the UPSC 2017 examination.
48 questions
Discuss the emergence, salient features and limitations of Tribal sub-plan.
Critically discuss the constitutional safeguards for the Scheduled Castes.
Bring out the comparative anatomical features of man and apes. Discuss their evolutionary significance.
Give a critical evaluation of any one anthropological village study in India.
Ethno-archaeology.
With the help of appropriate examples, explain the various forms of exchange system.
Discuss the different traditional forms of religion in tribal societies.
Critically examine the Stewardian view of neo-evolutionism.
Varnashram and the concept of Rina.
Discuss the impact of Panchayati Raj institution on the empowerment of rural women in India.
Critically evaluate the term 'tribe' (as used in India) as compared to the term 'indigenous' in some other countries.
Describe the impact of displacement on the health and nutritional status of tribal communities.
What are the methods of personal identification? Critically examine how personal identification helps in criminal investigations.
Describe the biological and socio-ecological factors affecting fertility and mortality.
Nature-man-spirit complex.
Write notes on the following in about 150 words each : (a) Bilineal and bilateral descents (b) Difference between religion and magic (c) Basic tenets of structural-functionalism (d) Non-verbal communication (e) Questionnaire
Give a critical appraisal of any one tribal development programme during XIIth Five-Year plan. Give your suggestions for any improvement in the programme.
Discuss the relevance of art and craft traditions in the understanding of Indian archaeology.
Explain how Buddhism influenced the economic and cultural transformations of Indian society.
Discuss the impact of media as an instrument of social change.
Describe various aspects of trade and religion of Harappan civilization.
Discuss the social, political and economic status of Muslims in India.
Explain Ruth Benedict's patterns of culture.
Austro-asiatic linguistic groups in India.
Discuss the responses and acclimatization to high altitude stresses.
Define Anthropology. Describe the major branches of Anthropology elaborating on any one branch.
Indebtedness among tribal communities.
Briefly describe the various methods used in the genetic study of man.
Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (earlier known as PTG).
Describe the salient features of Ramapithecus.
Describe the various methods of studying growth highlighting their merits and demerits.
Mention the characteristic features of band with suitable examples.
What are dating methods? Discuss one absolute method and one relative method in detail.
Discuss the contribution of anthropology in understanding the loss of livelihood of tribal communities due to economic and ecological factors.
Ethnicity and regionalism.
Elucidate the determinants of kinship terminology.
Give your assessment of the reasons for the imbalance in the sex-ratio in India.
Discuss the contribution of Nirmal Kumar Bose to the understanding of Indian society.
Discuss the impact of market economy on the Jajmani system.
Neolithic cultures of South India.
Other Backward Class.
Write notes on the following in about 150 words each : (a) Hardy-Weinberg law (b) Salient features of Mesolithic culture (c) Concept of race (d) Age at menarche (e) Anthropology and designing of equipments
Describe the salient features of chalcolithic cultures of the Deccan.
Impact of Christianity on Indian tribes.
Discuss the different forms of preferential marriage with suitable examples from tribal societies in India.
Discuss Sheldon's method of somatotyping.
Discuss the development of the concept of culture in Anthropology.
Elucidate the basic characteristics of anthropological fieldwork methods.