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UPSC MainsAnthropology (Optional)58 questions

Indian Society: UPSC Mains Anthropology (Optional) questions

58 practice questions on Indian Society, each with a model answer, an approach note, key facts and links to the previous year questions on the same theme.

  1. 1American School of Diffusionism in Anthropology
  2. 2Anthropological Contributions of Sir Edward Burnett Tylor
  3. 3Anthropological Perspectives on Regionalism, Communalism, and Ethnic Movements
  4. 4Anthropological Perspectives on Shamanism
  5. 5Anthropological Perspectives on the Sacred Complex
  6. 6Comparative Method in Anthropology
  7. 7Components of Culture in Anthropology
  8. 8Contribution of L. H. Morgan to Evolutionism
  9. 9Contributions of Bronislaw Malinowski to Anthropology
  10. 10Core Tenets and Critique of Classical Evolutionism
  11. 11Correlation of Society and Culture in Human Behavior
  12. 12Critique of Culture as a Closed System
  13. 13Culture and Embodiment in Anthropology
  14. 14Culture and Embodiment in Anthropology
  15. 15Descent and Alliance Theories of Kinship
  16. 16Development-Induced Displacement and Tribal Disintegration
  17. 17Diffusionist Approach in Anthropological Theory
  18. 18Edmund Leach Contribution to Structuralism
  19. 19Embodiment of Culture in Daily Human Practices
  20. 20Evolutionism versus Diffusionism in Cultural Change
  21. 21Forces Driving Modern Changes in Family Structure
  22. 22Forms and Dynamics of Marriage Transactions
  23. 23Franz Boas and Historical Particularism in Culture
  24. 24Franz Boas Historical Particularism and Classical Evolutionism
  25. 25Frazer's Evolutionary Theory and Religion in Modernity
  26. 26German Diffusionist School in Anthropological Theory
  27. 27Historical Particularism and Critiques of Evolutionism
  28. 28Historical Particularism in Contemporary Anthropological Research
  29. 29Household, Domestic Group and Developmental Cycle
  30. 30Incest Taboo and Societal Significance
  31. 31Indian Village as a Social System
  32. 32Interaction of Little and Great Tradition
  33. 33James Frazer's Theory of Religion
  34. 34L.H. Morgan's Contribution to Kinship Studies
  35. 35Legitimisation of Authority in Simple Societies
  36. 36M.N. Srinivas' Contribution to Indian Anthropology
  37. 37Major Schools of Diffusionism in Anthropological Theory
  38. 38Malinowski on Magic, Science, and Religion
  39. 39Malinowski's Hierarchy of Needs
  40. 40Meaning and Definition of Anthropology
  41. 41Morgan's Evolution of Family, Descent, and Kinship
  42. 42Morgan's Evolutionary Stages of Family
  43. 43Morgan's Evolutionary Theory of Kinship and Marriage
  44. 44Murdock's Universality of the Nuclear Family
  45. 45Psychic Unity of Mankind and Survivals
  46. 46Psychic Unity of Mankind in Classical Evolutionism
  47. 47Radcliffe-Brown on Social Structure vs Malinowski on Culture
  48. 48Regulations of Marriage and Levi-Strauss Alliance Theory
  49. 49Role of Ruth Benedict in Culture and Personality
  50. 50Rules Governing Marriage and Claude Lévi-Strauss's Alliance Theory
  51. 51Sanskritisation as a Mode of Social Change
  52. 52Scope and Foundation of Socio-Cultural Anthropology
  53. 53Shortfalls of Diffusionist School in Anthropology
  54. 54Theoretical Perspectives on the Incest Taboo
  55. 55Theoretical Significance of Purum Kinship System
  56. 56Varnashram System and Contemporary Relevance
  57. 57Ways of Acquiring Mates in Tribal Society
  58. 58William Ogburn and Theory of Cultural Lag