AGP 2023: B2 – Questions

Note:

1. Select 1 Question

2. Do write your Registration number, Date of Questions, World Limit and Question no. clearly on the top of first page of your answer copy. 

3. Rename your file as: Registration No._Date of Questions. Eg. 115P121_12June

4. Must write Question on Answer copy OR Attach a screenshot of the Question

5. World limit as specified, should be adhered to it. 

Question:1) 

What do you understand by cultural relativism & ethnocentrism? Discuss the significance & relevance of cultural relativist approach. (20 Marks)

Approach :
1.Define CR
2.Define Ethnocentrism
3.Explain both with examples
4.Significance Of CR
5.Relevance of CR
6.Conclusion

Question:2) 

Explain the concept of status and role in anthropology (15 Marks)

Approach:
1.Define Status
2.Define Role
3.Explain status & role with characteristics
4.Give examples
5.Conclusion

Question:3) 

Why the concept of Culture Relativism been so dear to Anthropologists? (20Marks/ 2013)

Note:

1. Select 1 Question

2. Do write your Registration number, Date of Questions, World Limit and Question no. clearly on the top of first page of your answer copy. 

3. Rename your file as: Registration No._Date of Questions. Eg. 115P121_12June

4. Must write Question on Answer copy OR Attach a screenshot of the Question

5. World limit as specified, should be adhered to it. 

Question 1 ) 

What are incest regulations? Bring out their socio-cultural functions in the context of stability in the institutions of marriage, family, and kinship. ( 20 Marks )

Approach :
1.Define incest regulation
2.Briefly explain
3.origin and significance with respect to Marriage, Family & kinship
4.Elaborate the above points with respect to stability
5.conclude with relevance.

Question:2) 

Elaborate various perspectives on Marriage payments. How are they changing today? (15M)

Question:3) 

Describe the different forms of marriage among the tribal people of India. (PYQ)

Note:

1. Select 1 Question

2. Do write your Registration number, Date of Questions, World Limit and Question no. clearly on the top of first page of your answer copy. 

3. Rename your file as: Registration No._Date of Questions. Eg. 115P121_12June

4. Must write Question on Answer copy OR Attach a screenshot of the Question

5. World limit as specified, should be adhered to it. 

Question 1 ) 

Explain the debate between Descent and Alliance theories. (15 Marks)

Approach:
1.mention the core issue of debate
2.Descent Theory – Origin, features, examples
3.Alliance Theory – Origin, features, examples
4.Relevance of both
5.conclude with the Current status

Question:2) 

Examine family both as a social group and as an institution. Highlight the functions of family and household, Indicating recent changes. (20 Marks)

Question:3) 

What factors are responsible for bringing about variation in residence of different societies? Explain how kinship influences man’s social life. (20 Marks/PYQ) 

Note:

1. Select 1 Question

2. Do write your Registration number, Date of Questions, World Limit and Question no. clearly on the top of first page of your answer copy. 

3. Rename your file as: Registration No._Date of Questions. Eg. 115P121_12June

4. Must write Question on Answer copy OR Attach a screenshot of the Question

5. World limit as specified, should be adhered to it. 

Question 1 ) 

Critically discuss the formalist and substantivist approaches in the context of economic anthropology (20M)

Approach :
1.Introduce with economic anthro
2.Mention about debate and reason
3.Formalist stand – with reasoning & examples
4.Substantivist stand – with reasoning & examples
5.Current relevance
6.Conclude

Question:2) 

Write a note : Reciprocity & redistribution in tribal economy (15M)

Approach:
1.Introduce with importance of exchange in economic anthro
2.Mention types
3.Reciprocity – definition, examples, importance
4.Redistribution – definition, examples, importance
5.Relevance & conclude

Question:3) 

Discuss the impact of globalization on tribal economy (20Marks/ 2013)

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Question:1) 

Explain meaning and scope of Political Anthropology. Discuss any one type of political organisation. (20 marks)

Approach:
Define the term.
Explain the meaning for various societies.
Discuss scope in terms of what can political organisation do.
Describe any one type with suitable example by defining it and elaborating it’s features.

Question:2) 

Differentiate state and stateless society. Are stateless societies loosing relevance?(15 marks)

Approach:
Define state and stateless societies.
Differentiate the two with examples.
Describe if stateless societies are declining in recent past or some are still intact.

Question:3) 

Discuss mechanisms of social control in simple societies citing suitable examples. (15 Marks, PYQ)

Note:

1. Select 1 or 2 Questions as per your enrolled course type.

2. Do write your Registration number, Date of Questions, World Limit and Question no. clearly on the top of first page of your answer copy. 

3. Rename your file as: Registration No._Date of Questions. Eg. 115P121_12June

4. Must write Question on Answer copy OR Attach a screenshot of the Question

5. World limit as specified, should be adhered to it. 

Question:1) 

Critically examine evolutionist approach to study religion. (10 marks)

Approach :
Define religion
Discuss various evolutionist approaches with examples.
Discuss drawbacks.
Relevance of this approach.

Question:2) 

Elaborate on some of the characteristic features of tribal religions in India and Discuss how far they have changed in recent times.

Approach:

Enlist characteristic features of tribal religions in India

Throw a light on current status of these features.  

Conclude in the relevance.

Question:3) 

Write a short note on: Totemism (10Marks, PYQ)

Note:

1. Select 1 or 2 Questions as per your enrolled course type.

2. Do write your Registration number, Date of Questions, World Limit and Question no. clearly on the top of first page of your answer copy. 

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5. World limit as specified, should be adhered to it. 

Question:1) 

Write a short note on Linguistic Anthropology and its significance to cultural studies. (10M)

Question:2) 

Critically discuss the National Character Studies? – 15 marks (3 pages)

Approach:

▪️Define term

▪️Different thinkers and their studies

▪️Relation with concept

▪️Criticism

▪️Relevance and conclusion

Question:3) 

State the theories regarding the origin of spoken languages in human societies both from Biological and cultural points of view. (15 Marks, PYQ)

Note:

1. Select 1 or 2 Questions as per your enrolled course type.

2. Do write your Registration number, Date of Questions, World Limit and Question no. clearly on the top of first page of your answer copy. 

3. Rename your file as: Registration No._Date of Questions. Eg. 115P121_12June

4. Must write Question on Answer copy OR Attach a screenshot of the Question

5. World limit as specified, should be adhered to it. 

Question:1) 

Discuss the Functionalist school of anthropology. (20 marks)

Approach :
Define the Approach
Premises of 2 approaches in the school
Criticism
Relevance

Question:2) 

Write a Short note on Steward’s Cultural Ecology Approach.  (10 marks)

Approach:
Define the term
Premises
Criticism
Relevance

Question:3) 

Explain the difference between ‘Emic’ & ‘Etic’ and how does the difference derive from the study of language?  (15 Marks, PYQ)

Note:

1. Select 1 or 2 Questions as per your enrolled course type.

2. Do write your Registration number, Date of Questions, World Limit and Question no. clearly on the top of first page of your answer copy. 

3. Rename your file as: Registration No._Date of Questions. Eg. 115P121_12June

4. Must write Question on Answer copy OR Attach a screenshot of the Question

5. World limit as specified, should be adhered to it. 

Question:1) 

Explain Materialist Approach of Marvin Harris? – 10 marks (2 Pages)

Approach :
▪️Basic Theory
▪️Primises
▪️Examples
▪️Criticism
▪️Importance of theory
▪️Relevance

Question:2) 

Compare and contrast Diffiusionism with Neo- Evolutionism. ( 15 marks)

Approach:
Define both schools.
Discuss their similarities
Discuss differences
Relevance for future schools &
Conclusion

Question:3) 

To Radcliffe-Brown function was the contribution an institution makes to the maintenance of social structure’. Elucidate in the light of R.C. Brown’s contributions to structural functional theory.  (20 Marks, PYQ)

Note:

1. Select 1 or 2 Questions as per your enrolled course type.

2. Do write your Registration number, Date of Questions, World Limit and Question no. clearly on the top of first page of your answer copy. 

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5. World limit as specified, should be adhered to it. 

Question:1) 

How did Morgan explain the Evolution of Marriage, Family and Socio-Political organization & how did other Evolutionists disagree with his explanation? (20Marks)

Question:2) 

 What was Boas’ approach of studying primitive cultures? Delineate the role of Field work and history in anthropological study . (15 Marks)

Question:3) 

Discuss the contributions of Margaret Mead and Ralph Linton to the analysis of the relationship between culture and personality. (15 Marks, PYQ)

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1. Select 1 or 2 Questions as per your enrolled course type.

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Question:1) 

Describe the evolution of fieldwork tradition in Anthropology? – 15 marks

Approach :
Brief background
History
Important thinkers and contribution
Current relevance

Question:2) 

Write a short note on method and methodology? – 10 marks

Approach:
Definition
Characteristics
Researcher and their Examples
Correlation and difference

Question:3) 

Critically examine the contribution of Positivist and Non-Positivist approaches in Social Science Research.  (15 Marks, PYQ)

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1. Select 1 or 2 Questions as per your enrolled course type.

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Question:1) 

Define Anthropology. Elaborate major branches of Anthropology. (20 Marks)

Approach :
▪️Anthropology define and explain the Four fold Division of Anthropology
▪️Explain each branch- History, Definition, Significance
▪️Emerging Trends in Anthropology
▪️Conclusion- Relevance

Question:2) 

How Anthropology and Sociology are related? Compare and contrast. (15 Marks)

Approach:
▪️Define both branches
▪️Similarity
▪️Differences
▪️Why difficult to segregate
▪️Contemporary Trends
▪️Conclusion

Question:3) 

Critically examine the role of anthropology in Contemporary India.(15 marks)

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1. Select 1 or 2 Questions as per your enrolled course type.

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Question:1 ) 

Explain how Migrations and Mutations cause evolution? – 15 marks

Approach :

Definition
Mechanism
Role of both phenomena with examples.

Question:2) 

Critically discuss the Mendelian Principles in man? – 15 marks

Approach :

Define principle
Example of principle in human
Exception to principles
Conclusion.

Question:3) 

Anthropological relevance of population genetics (20 Marks , PYQ)