Exam Details
| Subject | Social Anthropology | |
| Paper | ||
| Exam / Course | Masters In Anthropology (Maan) | |
| Department | School of Social Sciences (SOSS) | |
| Organization | indira gandhi national open university | |
| Position | ||
| Exam Date | December, 2015 | |
| City, State | new delhi, |
Question Paper
1. Define Anthropology. Discuss its objectives and scope. What is the relationship between Social Anthropology and Sociology? Discuss.
2. Distinguish between Westernisation and Modernisation with suitable examples. Define Sanskritisation and its relevance.
3. Write short notes on any two of the following:
Community and Association
Primary and Secondary Groups
Multiculturalism and Globalisation
Post-colonialism and Post-modernism
4. Give an account of the approach known as functionalism, and its contemporary relevance.
5. Define Structuralism. Discuss the salient features of the work of Claude Levi-Strauss.
6. Define Kinship. Compare North Indian with South Indian kinship. Give examples in support of your answer.
7. Write an essay on distribution of goods and services in single societies.
8. Define Religion. Describe the role of rituals in maintaining social order.
9. Examine the relationship between the concepts of society and culture.
2. Distinguish between Westernisation and Modernisation with suitable examples. Define Sanskritisation and its relevance.
3. Write short notes on any two of the following:
Community and Association
Primary and Secondary Groups
Multiculturalism and Globalisation
Post-colonialism and Post-modernism
4. Give an account of the approach known as functionalism, and its contemporary relevance.
5. Define Structuralism. Discuss the salient features of the work of Claude Levi-Strauss.
6. Define Kinship. Compare North Indian with South Indian kinship. Give examples in support of your answer.
7. Write an essay on distribution of goods and services in single societies.
8. Define Religion. Describe the role of rituals in maintaining social order.
9. Examine the relationship between the concepts of society and culture.
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Departments
- Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
- Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
- National Centre for Disability Studies (NCDS)
- School of Agriculture (SOA)
- School of Computer and Information Sciences (SOCIS)
- School of Continuing Education (SOCE)
- School of Education (SOE)
- School of Engineering & Technology (SOET)
- School of Extension and Development Studies (SOEDS)
- School of Foreign Languages (SOFL)
- School of Gender Development Studies(SOGDS)
- School of Health Science (SOHS)
- School of Humanities (SOH)
- School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies (SOITDS)
- School of Journalism and New Media Studies (SOJNMS)
- School of Law (SOL)
- School of Management Studies (SOMS)
- School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts (SOPVA)
- School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts(SOPVA)
- School of Sciences (SOS)
- School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
- School of Social Work (SOSW)
- School of Tourism & Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSM)
- School of Tourism &Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSSM)
- School of Translation Studies and Training (SOTST)
- School of Vocational Education and Training (SOVET)
- Staff Training & Research in Distance Education (STRIDE)
Subjects
- Anthropology And Methods Of Research
- Archaeological Anthropology
- Comparative Ethnography
- Environmental Anthropology
- Gender And Society
- Human Genetics
- Human Growth And Development
- Physical Anthropology
- Practicing Anthropology
- Social Anthropology