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Anthropology Optional
A running collection of mock questions from Sosin's coaching series, split by paper and added here as they're covered — for quick review and practice.
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What do you understand by applied physical anthropology? Discuss its application in kinanthropometry and genetic counseling.
Discuss the significance of ten months' duration of fieldwork in anthropology.
Discuss growth curves and their significance in physical anthropology.
Discuss the contribution of Julian Steward to anthropological thought.
Discuss Leslie White's theory of cultural evolutionism.
Discuss Gordon Childe's contribution to anthropological thought.
Discuss the concept of parallelism and causality in anthropology.
Discuss the various field methods used in archaeology.
Discuss prehistoric art in India.
Compare classical and modern Neanderthal man.
Discuss archaic Homo sapiens.
Identify the transitional features of Mesolithic culture.
Discuss the regional variations of Chalcolithic culture.
Compare Bronze Age cultures with Chalcolithic cultures.
Discuss the chief characteristics of the Indian Chalcolithic culture.
Discuss the contribution of the northeastern regions to prehistoric and protohistoric cultures of India.
Discuss the geographical spread of hominins.
Discuss the socio-economic theories of demography.
Discuss visual anthropology.
Why and how is the Neolithic called a revolution?
What is functionalism? Compare the functionalist theories of Malinowski and Radcliffe-Brown.
Discuss LGBTQ issues within the family as a social institution.
Discuss Schmidt's scheme of the origin and evolution of religion.
Present a comparative account of British and German-Austrian diffusionism.
Discuss the concepts of Culture Area and the Culture Historical School.
Distinguish between Culture Area and the Culture Historical School.
Discuss the contribution of W.H.R. Rivers to anthropology.
Discuss the significance of Shanidar in human evolutionary studies.
Discuss the Daimabad culture.
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Discuss the census method as a technique of data collection in anthropology.
Discuss the merits and demerits of participant observation.
Discuss the significance of Charles Darwin to the field of anthropology.
Compare the theoretical approaches of Tylor and Morgan.
Discuss A.R. Radcliffe-Brown's concept of social structure.
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Discuss the steps being taken by the government to protect the intellectual property of tribals.
Discuss the commercialization of tribal art forms.
Present a comparative account of the sex ratio of the overall Indian population compared to the Scheduled Tribe (ST) population.
Give a brief account of the nomadic tribal population of India under the Indian government.
Discuss the contribution of Iravati Karve to anthropology.
Compare the tribes of Northeast India with mainland Indian tribes.
Compare the tribes of Andaman with those of Lakshadweep.
Discuss the Tribal Panchsheel.
Discuss the contemporary status of Indian anthropological thought.
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Compare the contributions of D.N. Majumdar and M.N. Srinivas.
Discuss the contribution of anthropologists to the work of the Indian Census.
Discuss the contribution of S.C. Dube to Indian anthropology.
Discuss the changing spread of mangrove regions in India, with special reference to developmental projects.
Discuss the conflict between tribal administration and forest conservation.
Assess the national policy on tribals.