UPSC Mains ANTHROPOLOGY-PAPER-II 2013
27 Questions • 400 Marks • With Detailed Model Answers
1
10 Marks150 Wordsmedium
Sufi tradition of Islam.
HistoryReligionCulture
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Threat to tribal languages in India.
SocietyCultureGeography
3
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Examine the debates related to Ramapithecus.
ScienceHistoryAnthropology
4
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Discuss how Louis Dumont explained caste system.
SocietyAnthropologyHistory
5
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Discuss salient features of Mesolithic culture in India with special reference to western India.
HistoryArchaeologyAnthropology
6
15 Marks250 Wordshard
Examine Nature-man-spirit complex as an ecological concept.
EnvironmentAnthropologyPhilosophy
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Indian Paleolithic culture can neither be conceived chronologically homogenous nor as a uniform cultural phase. - Discuss.
HistoryArchaeologyAnthropology
8
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Discuss the significance of study of religious centres to the understanding of Indian civilization.
HistoryReligionCulture
9
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Examine the anthropological contributions dealing with tribes and Indian civilization.
AnthropologySocietyHistory
10
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What is Jajmani system ? Examine the views on Jajmani system as an egalitarian as well as exploitative system. Give reasons for its decline.
SocietyEconomyHistory
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Indian farmers are not slow to react to economic opportunities. - Discuss this statement.
EconomyAgricultureSociety
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Examine the criticisms on the concept of dominant caste.
SocietyAnthropologyHistory
13
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Discuss the contributions of H. D. Sankalia to prehistoric anthropology in India.
HistoryArchaeologyAnthropology
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Government Action towards Left Wing Extremism.
PolitySecuritySociety
15
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Role of Gramasabha under PESA.
PolitySocietyGovernance
16
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Impacts of sanctuaries and national parks on tribal populations.
EnvironmentSocietyGovernance
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Linguistic classification of Indian tribes.
AnthropologyLinguisticsSociety
18
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Ethnic movements in India.
SocietyPolityHistory
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Fifth Schedule and Sixth Schedule of the constitution are built on the foundations laid by the colonial Government. Discuss.
PolityHistorySociety
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Discuss the significance of cultural and administrative factors in tribal development.
SocietyGovernanceAnthropology
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Examine the impacts of green revolution on rural poor.
EconomyAgricultureSociety
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Discuss the criticism levelled against anthropology in the context of 'Isolation, and assimilation debate' on tribal populations.
AnthropologySocietyEthics
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Assess the contributions of early 20th century ethnographic tradition to Indian anthropology.
AnthropologyHistorySociety
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Discuss how British policies dispossessed tribals of their communal properties and agricultural lands.
HistorySocietyPolity
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Discuss alternatives for shifting cultivators in the context of ecological costs and humanistic concerns.
EnvironmentSocietyAgriculture
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Examine the impact of non-tribal contact on socio-cultural institutions of tribal people with suitable examples.
AnthropologySocietyHistory
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Discuss the Social disabilities suffered by scheduled castes.
SocietyPolityHistory