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Anthropology Test Series
AN10+4,10+6,TS03-23
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) Geertz’s Interpretivism 10
(b) Culture Area Approach 10
(c) Illustrate with example the significance of fieldwork in Anthropological research 10
(d) Write a note on verbal communication 10
(e) Historical Particularism 10

Q2. (a) Discuss how Clifford Geertz provided an empathic understanding of another society
through his Balinese cockfight. 20
(b) Discuss cultural materialism as a method for scientific study of cultures 15
(c) Discuss the structural study of myth by Levi-Strauss 15

Q3. (a) Examine the contribution of Margret Mead to culture and personality studies 20
(b) Write a note on Structuralism in Anthropology 15
(c) Write a note on the social context of language use 15

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 An Institute for IAS Exam
Web: www.l2a.in Email: info@L2A.in
Phone: 9821805141; 9871452328; 011-40109834; 011-49982913
Anthropology Test Series
AN10+4,10+6,TS03-23
Q4. (a) Define religion and illustrate its functions. Discuss in detail the anthropological
approaches to study religion 20
(b) Write note on Durkheim’s idea of sacred and profane 15
(c) Discuss various tools of data collection in Anthropological studies 15

SECTION – B

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

10x5=50
(a) Techno-Environmental determinism in Anthropological theories 10
(b) Nomothetic & Ideographic methods in Anthroplogy 10
(c) Post Modernism 10
(d) Participatory method 10
(e) Totemism 10

Q6. (a) Discuss the contribution of Radcliffe-Brown in structural functionalist studies 20

(b) Case-study approach was hugely influential because it demonstrated the potential of
More holistic view of human populations. Discuss with specific examples 15
(c) Explain the role of various magico-religious functionaries in human societies 15

Q7. (a) What do you mean by ‘symbol’ and ‘Symbolic’? Discuss the symbolic approaches in
Anthropology 20
(b) What is cognitive approach? Critically examine its implications in Anthropology 15
(c) Critically examine Leslie White’s theory of cultural evolution 15

Q8. (a) Critically examine the contributions of Neo-evolutionary school in Anthropology 20

(b) Examine the contribution of culture personality school of thought in Anthropology 15
(c) Distinguish between basic personality and modal personality 15

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