Exam Details
Subject | anthropology | |
Paper | ||
Exam / Course | m.phil | |
Department | ||
Organization | central university | |
Position | ||
Exam Date | June, 2010 | |
City, State | telangana, hyderabad |
Question Paper
1. Culture area concept was proposed by:
A.L. Kroeber
crark wisrer
G. Eiliot smith
w.J. perry
2. Role analysis for understanding social structure was propounded by
R. Firth
C. Levi-Strauss
S. F. Nadel
F. Barth
3. Who contended that there is a general tendency among human societies to . conceive of a change in status on the model of a journey from one town or country to another, or a 'territorial passage'
Robert Hertz
Mayor Fortes
S. F. Nadel
Van Gennnep
4. The basic building blocks of functionalist social analysis are the concepts 'status and most clearly articulated by
Edmund Leach
Ralph Linton
B. Malinowski
Evans-Pritchard
5. Who terms social anthropology as comparative sociology?
Radcliffe-Brown
M.N. Srinivas
G.S. Ghurye
Jack Goody
6. The function of a custom was the contribution it made to the continued life of the social organism. This was explained by
L. H. Morgan
Radcliffe-Brown
Evans Pritchard
M. Mauss
7. In which of the following places in India, Moslem community follows matrilineal rule of descent:
Lakshadweep islands
Nilgiri District of Tamilnadu
Coastal regions of Orissa
North Bihar
8. Who of the following were involved in anthropological/ethnological studies sponsored as part of 'policy of The East India Company' to acquire anthropological information for use in administration:
1. E.T.Dalton
2. H.H. Risley
3. E.Thurston
4. RV.Russell
a)1,2and3only
b)2,3and4only
c)1,3and4only
d)Allfour
9. Who of the following took a civilizational approach to study tribes in India?
A.L. Kroeber
Clark Wisler
G. Elliot Smith
W.J. Perry
10. After Independence, the policies of Government of India on the tribes of North East have been influenced by
B.R Ambedkar
V.Elwin
NK Bose
F. Haimendorf
11.Action Anthropology was developed by
Ruth Benedict
Oscar Lewis
Sol Tax
Jack Goody
12. Modified Area Development Approach (MADA) is meant for
PTGs
NEFA Tribes
Dispersed Tribal groups
Scheduled Areas
13. Integrated Tribal Development Agency (ITDA) was established during
a). 4th five year plan
5th five year plan
6th five year plan
i h five year plan
14. Who proposed tribal Panchasheel?
Jawarhal Nehru
ShiloAo
U N Dhebar
Sardar Patel
15. Fifth and Sixth Schedules of the constitution of India deal with
Centre state relations
Administration of tribal areas
Human rights
Central rules in the states
16. A typical ethnography attempts to be
analytic
objective
holistic
idealistic
17. The comparative synthesis of ethnographic information is called
ethnology
New ethnography
comparative sociology
comparative method
18. One of the following statements is wrong
Ethnography is naturalistic
Ethnographic data do not resist formalization
Ethnography is prolonged
Ethnography uncovers the world from the point of view of actors within it
19. 'The Forest People' is an ethnography by
Victor Turner
D.M.Schneider
W,H. Goodenough
C.M.Turnbull
20. Which of the following is not a secondary source of data?
Historical document
District Gazette
Participant observation
Hospital records
21. Which of the following is not a type of probability sampling?
Systematic sampling
Stratified random sampling
Quota sampling
Cluster sampling
22. 'Median' in statistics is one of the measures of
Dispersion
Attitudes
Central tendency
Geographical area
23. Quantitative data in the fieldwork includes all of the following except
Livestock data
Household data
Income levels
Description of a festival
24. is the view point of
The Leader
The informant
The researcher
Informant and researcher
25. Name the anthropologist who first used the genealogical technique to study kinship
Edward Sapir
L.H. Morgan
W.H.R. Rivers
J.G. Frazer
26. Discuss the contribution of diffusionists for the understanding of culture
change?
OR
Write a critical essay on structural.functionalism.
27. Write an essay on Raymond Firth's contribution to social anthropology.
OR
Critically examine the contribution of Levi-Straus to structuralism in Anthropology.
28. Discuss Furer-Haimendorfs contribution to tribal studies in India.
OR
How do you conceptualise social and culture change in contemporary·Indian
society?
29. Discuss the history and scope of applied anthropology.
OR
Explain different barriers and stimulants to change in traditional societies with suitable examples.
30. Distinguish between quantitative data and qualitative data. How do you think qualitative data is analysed, interpreted and presented in report/thesis?
OR
Write short notes on any three of the follOWing:
a Rating and ranking scales
b PRA and RRA techniques and their significance
c Genealogical method and its usefulness in family and kinship studies
d Studying other community and studying one's own community
A.L. Kroeber
crark wisrer
G. Eiliot smith
w.J. perry
2. Role analysis for understanding social structure was propounded by
R. Firth
C. Levi-Strauss
S. F. Nadel
F. Barth
3. Who contended that there is a general tendency among human societies to . conceive of a change in status on the model of a journey from one town or country to another, or a 'territorial passage'
Robert Hertz
Mayor Fortes
S. F. Nadel
Van Gennnep
4. The basic building blocks of functionalist social analysis are the concepts 'status and most clearly articulated by
Edmund Leach
Ralph Linton
B. Malinowski
Evans-Pritchard
5. Who terms social anthropology as comparative sociology?
Radcliffe-Brown
M.N. Srinivas
G.S. Ghurye
Jack Goody
6. The function of a custom was the contribution it made to the continued life of the social organism. This was explained by
L. H. Morgan
Radcliffe-Brown
Evans Pritchard
M. Mauss
7. In which of the following places in India, Moslem community follows matrilineal rule of descent:
Lakshadweep islands
Nilgiri District of Tamilnadu
Coastal regions of Orissa
North Bihar
8. Who of the following were involved in anthropological/ethnological studies sponsored as part of 'policy of The East India Company' to acquire anthropological information for use in administration:
1. E.T.Dalton
2. H.H. Risley
3. E.Thurston
4. RV.Russell
a)1,2and3only
b)2,3and4only
c)1,3and4only
d)Allfour
9. Who of the following took a civilizational approach to study tribes in India?
A.L. Kroeber
Clark Wisler
G. Elliot Smith
W.J. Perry
10. After Independence, the policies of Government of India on the tribes of North East have been influenced by
B.R Ambedkar
V.Elwin
NK Bose
F. Haimendorf
11.Action Anthropology was developed by
Ruth Benedict
Oscar Lewis
Sol Tax
Jack Goody
12. Modified Area Development Approach (MADA) is meant for
PTGs
NEFA Tribes
Dispersed Tribal groups
Scheduled Areas
13. Integrated Tribal Development Agency (ITDA) was established during
a). 4th five year plan
5th five year plan
6th five year plan
i h five year plan
14. Who proposed tribal Panchasheel?
Jawarhal Nehru
ShiloAo
U N Dhebar
Sardar Patel
15. Fifth and Sixth Schedules of the constitution of India deal with
Centre state relations
Administration of tribal areas
Human rights
Central rules in the states
16. A typical ethnography attempts to be
analytic
objective
holistic
idealistic
17. The comparative synthesis of ethnographic information is called
ethnology
New ethnography
comparative sociology
comparative method
18. One of the following statements is wrong
Ethnography is naturalistic
Ethnographic data do not resist formalization
Ethnography is prolonged
Ethnography uncovers the world from the point of view of actors within it
19. 'The Forest People' is an ethnography by
Victor Turner
D.M.Schneider
W,H. Goodenough
C.M.Turnbull
20. Which of the following is not a secondary source of data?
Historical document
District Gazette
Participant observation
Hospital records
21. Which of the following is not a type of probability sampling?
Systematic sampling
Stratified random sampling
Quota sampling
Cluster sampling
22. 'Median' in statistics is one of the measures of
Dispersion
Attitudes
Central tendency
Geographical area
23. Quantitative data in the fieldwork includes all of the following except
Livestock data
Household data
Income levels
Description of a festival
24. is the view point of
The Leader
The informant
The researcher
Informant and researcher
25. Name the anthropologist who first used the genealogical technique to study kinship
Edward Sapir
L.H. Morgan
W.H.R. Rivers
J.G. Frazer
26. Discuss the contribution of diffusionists for the understanding of culture
change?
OR
Write a critical essay on structural.functionalism.
27. Write an essay on Raymond Firth's contribution to social anthropology.
OR
Critically examine the contribution of Levi-Straus to structuralism in Anthropology.
28. Discuss Furer-Haimendorfs contribution to tribal studies in India.
OR
How do you conceptualise social and culture change in contemporary·Indian
society?
29. Discuss the history and scope of applied anthropology.
OR
Explain different barriers and stimulants to change in traditional societies with suitable examples.
30. Distinguish between quantitative data and qualitative data. How do you think qualitative data is analysed, interpreted and presented in report/thesis?
OR
Write short notes on any three of the follOWing:
a Rating and ranking scales
b PRA and RRA techniques and their significance
c Genealogical method and its usefulness in family and kinship studies
d Studying other community and studying one's own community
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