[ PAPER ] Anthropology - Civil Services Examination - 1998 (Main) (Paper I & II)
Anthropology - 1998 (Main) (Paper - I)
Time Allowed : Three Hours
Maximum Marks : 300
Candidates should attempt questions from Section I and
EITHER from Section II (a) OR Section II (b) according to instructions given
under each Section. Answer six questions in all.
All questions carry equal marks.
SECTION I
Note : Answer any three questions including
question 1, which is compulsory.
1. Write
notes on any two of the following in about 200 words each :
(a) Caste mobility
(b) Witchcraft and sorcery
(c) Pithecanthropus erectus
2. Neolithic is a 'self-sufficient food producing economy.' Critically examine this expression.
3. Do you agree with the view that family is a 'universal association'? Critically examine the above statement.
4. Now we live more in a class than a caste. Discuss the role of kinship in this changed situation.
5. 'Primitive society is governed by the traditional customary law. ' Do you agree with this statement ? Explain.
SECTION II (a)
Note : Answer any three questions
including question 6, which is compulsory .
6.
Writes notes on any two of the following in about 200 words each :
(a) Genetic counselling
(b) Mutation
(c) Growth curves
7. What is