UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD
ENTRANCE EXAMINATION, 2012
M.Phil. (ANTHROPOLOGY)

Time: 2 Hours Max. Marks: 75
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INSTRUCTIONS:

THIS QUESTION PAPER CONTAINS 5 PAGES. PLEASE COUNT THEM. IT HAS TWO PARTS, VIZ., PART "A" FOR 25 MARKS AND PART "B" FOR 50 MARKS.


PART "A" CONSISTS OF 25 MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS. EACH CORRECT ANSWER CARRIES "ONE" MARK. THERE IS NEGATIVE AWARD OF 0.33 MARK FOR EVERY WRONG ANSWER. HOWEVER, THERE IS NO NEGATIVE MARKING FOR THE QUESTIONS NOT ATTEMPTED.


PART "B" QUESTIONS SHOULD BE ANSWERED ON A SEPARATE ANSWER BOOK SUPPLIED IN THE EXAMINATION HALL. ADDITIONAL ANSWER SHEETS MAY BE USED IF REQUIRED.


PART "A" AND PART "B" ANSWER SCRIPTS SHOULD BE TIED TOGETHER BEFORE HANDING THEM OVER TO THE CONCERNED INVIGILATOR


THE ENTRANCE TEST PAPER SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN OUT OF THE EXAMINATION HALL.


QUESTIONS-ANSWER SHEET
PART (For a maximum of 25 marks)
Write the correct answer in the bracket:
1. Who argued that caste is a pan Indian phenomenon
Srinivas Ghurye Dumont Beteille
2. Dominant Individual concept was given by
M.N. Srinivas T.K. Oommen S.C. Dube F.G. Bailey
3. Caste system exists outside India, including in the U.S

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4.
While fission was characteristic of medieval caste system in India,
fusion is characteristic of modern India.


Redfield Mandelbaum Dumont Srinivas

5.
Who observed that joint family is not found to be prevalent in
rural India but a phenomenon observed in urban areas


Kapadia Aileen Ross Ramakrishna Mukherjee Ghurye

6.
Ideographic research means
Research on ideas and thoughts
Description of particular events, things and people
Description of art, drawing and graphics
Searching for ideals of a community


7.
'Notes and Queries on Anthropology' deals with


Research techniques and methods in anthropology Details how to conduct a survey in anthropology Guidelines for fieldwork and data collection in an anthropological research Anthropological theory about fieldwork .
. 8. Contaminating social variables can be controlled in
Quantitative research Qualitative research
Descriptive research None of the above

9.
Bivariate analysis means

Establishing causality between two variables
Finding relationship between variables
Simultaneous analysis of two variables
Rejecting any two variables in analysis


10.
Find out which of the following statement is correct


Null hypothesis stipulates strong relationship between variables Genealogy and pedigree provide the same information Detailed diary can form a source of data Case history has little relevance in anthropological research
11 . Action Anthropology was developed by Brown Malinowski Redcliff-Brown Sol Tax Levi-Strauss
12.
Policy of Assimilation was propounded by L P Vidyarthi N K Bose Ghurye All the above

13.
Special Multipurpose Tribal development Block was set up


During second five year plan During third five year plan During fourth five year plan none of the above.

14. Modified Area Development Agencies (MADA) is meant for PTG NEFA Tribes Dispersed Tribal groups Scheduled Areas I J
15. Fifth and Sixth schedules of the Constitution of India deals with 1

Centre state relations Administration of tribal areas Human rights Central rules in the states
16.
Who developed a theory linking anxiety and religious ritual? Clifford Geertz James Frazer E. B Tylor B. Malinowski

17.
The perception.of a system as felt by a participant inside the system can be "referred to as

Home blindness Etic Emic Participatory

18.
Frederic Engels published his book 'Origin of Family, State and Private property' based on the researches of

L. H Morgan E.B Tyler McLennan Karl Marx

19.
According to Levi-Strauss, structuralism is a Method Concept Theory Philosophy 20 Raymond Firth and M.J Herskovits are


Formalists Substantivists
Marximalists New economic anthropologists

21.
Which one of the following statements is not correct?

Ethnography is the elicitation of cultural knowledge
Ethnography is the detailed description of social interaction
Ethnography deals with the analysis of cultures
Ethnography is the holistic description of societies


22.
A quality ethnography

Contributes to theory Acknowledges the researcher's inevitable influence upon the community Does not demonstrates flexibility as to its objectives Results in a text which is descriptive and theoretical

23.
'Pigs for the ancestors" is an ethnography by Roy Rappaport Raymond Firth Mayer Fortes Elman Service


24. 'The people of Alor' is an ethnographic account by Margaret Mead Mary Douglas Cora Dubois Victor Turner

25. 'The end(s) of ethnography: From realism to social criticism' is written by
Patricia Clough James Clifford Clifford Geertz George Marcus


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PART (For a maximum of 50 marks)
Answer all Five Questions. Each Question carries 10 Marks.


Critically examine the contribution of Redcliff-Brown to structural functionalism in Anthropology?

Or Critically examine Maurice Godelier's perspective on Marxist Anthropology·


Examine the contribution made by applied anthropologists in India. Or

Discuss various views on isolation, assimilation and integration of tribal populations in India.


Write an essay on L.P. Vidyarthi's contributions to Indian Anthropology. Or

Critically examine M.N. Srinivas' contribution to the understanding of caste system.


What is research design? Discuss different research designs that are in vogue in social science research.


Or
Do you think micro-studies undertaken by the anthropologists are methodologically sound? Argue
Discuss the changing features of Jajmani system with reference to the observation made by William Wiser.
Or
What is Sanskritization? Discuss various sources and means of Sanskritization in contemporary India.