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Anthropology Test Series
AN8+4TS11-23

Time allowed: Three Hours Maximum Marks: 250

Candidates has to attempt FIVE questions in all. Question No.1 and 5 are compulsory and out of
the remaining, THREE are to be attempted choosing at least ONE from each section. The
number of marks carried by a question/part is indicated against it.

Word limit in questions, wherever specified, should be adhered to.

Attempts of questions shall be counted in chronological order. Unless struck off, attempt of a
question shall be counted even if attempted partly. Any page or portion left blank in the answer
book must be clearly stuck off.

SECTION - A

Q1. Write notes on the following in about 150 words each

10x5=50
(a) Tribal Art & Crafts tradition in the context of globalization 10
(b) Isolation as dominant feature of colonial tribal policy 10
(c) Nature-man-spirit complex as an ecological concept 10
(d) Wrote a note on Great Andamanese and Sentinelese and suggest any suitable measures
for their development 10
(e) Write a note on Tribal Displacement 10

Q2. (a) Critically discuss the major anthropological contributions in the study of Indian tribal
Population 20
(b) Examine climate change and its impact on the Indian tribal populations. And the role
of Anthropology in reducing the impact of climate change 15
(c) Critically examine the concepts of Little and Great Traditions for understanding the
Indian Villages 15

Q3. (a) Discuss the Indian Systems of Medicine & its contribution to medical pluralism and
policy for its role in the health care of Indian masses 20
(b) Consequences of Divorce to women among North East Tribes of India 15
(c) Give an account of Ethnic and Linguistic distribution of Indian population 15

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Web: www.l2a.in Email: info@L2A.in
Phone: 9821805141; 9871452328; 011-40109834; 011-49982913
Anthropology Test Series
AN8+4TS11-23

Q4. (a) Discuss the Government’s road map to tackle malnutrition in India. Suggest suitable
measures to tackle under-nutrition or stunning among the tribal children 20
(b) Discuss the contributions of B. K. Roy Burman 15
(c) Discuss the nature of tribal unrest in India and suggest possible remedial measures 15

SECTION – B

Q5. Write notes on the following in about 150 words each

10x5=50
(a) Rock art 10
(b) Book view and field view 10
(c) Contemporary relevance of Jajmani relations in rural India 10
(d) Ethnographic profile of a polyandrous tribe 10
(e) Impact of Islam on Indian society 10

Q6. (a) Indian Paleolithic culture can neither be conceived chronologically homogenous nor
as a uniform cultural phase. Discuss. 20
(b) Why does the world need anthropology and anthropologists – now perhaps more than
ever? 15
(c) Compare and contrast the approach towards tribals during colonial and post-
independence India 15

Q7. (a) Discuss how globalisation can often subsume folk culture. What are its positive and
negative effects 20
(b) Why Neolithic is called the revolution not evolution? Comment on it with suitable
examples. 15
(c) Critically assess the circumstances under which ethnicity can become a source of
conflict 15

Q8. (a) Discuss the Anthropological, archaeological and genetic perspectives on

the origins of caste India 20
(b) Write a note on the importance of Karma in Hindu social system 15
(c) Is Tribe-Caste Continuum a reality or myth? 15

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