UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD
ENTRANCE EXAMINATION, 2012
Ph.D. (ANTHROPOLOGY)

Time: 2 Hours Max. Marks: 75
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INSTRUCTIONS:

THIS QUESTION PAPER CONTAINS 4 PAGES. PLEASE COUNT THEM. IT HAS TWO PARTS, VIZ., PART "A" FOR 15 MARKS AND PART "B" FOR 60 MARKS.


PART "A" CONSISTS OF 15 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 15 marks)
Write the correct answer in the bracket:
1. When conducting social research, what is the next step in the
scientific method after a review of the literature?

Collecting data b) Choosing a research design
Selecting a researchable problem Formulating a hypothesis.
2. "Generally, the idea of organization is that of people getting
things done by planned action" was the statement made by

Radcliffe Brown Marshal Sahlins E.R Leach Raymond Firth
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A

3.
'Kinship was an epiphenomenon of property relations... The kinship
system did not constrain behavior; It was a mode of describing choices which were
constrained rather by material factor'-this argument was made by


Levi-Strauss M. Fortes R. Needham E. Leach

4.
Oscar Lewis has contributed to anthropological research methods
by using


Historical method Biographical method
Auto ethnography Twin studies.


5.
Who argues that "Kinship is both infrastructure and superstructure"

Maurice Godelier Louis Althusser
Claude Meillassoux Meyer Fortes


6.
Victor Turner's 'Instrument Symbols' refer to

Axiomatic values of the ritual Explicit and implicit goals of the ritual Structural properties of the ritual Cultural domain of the ritual

7.
Which of the following is an example of Controlled Comparison?

Comparison between Paharia of UP and Garo of North-East India
Comparison between Gamit of Gujarat and Apatani of Arunachal Pradesh
Comparison between Marvar of Tamilnadu and Nayars of Kerala
Comparison between Bushmen of Africa and Urali of Kerala


8.
Match the following:

A. L. P. Vidyarthi 1) The Muria and their Ghotul
B. Varrier Elwin 2) The Maler
C. C von Furer Haimendorf The Lotha Nagas
D. J P Mills The Raj Gonds
1 1,2


9.
Gopalpur was studied by

Harper A. R. Beals Mandelbaum Kathleen Gough

10.
Who felt that 'Philosophy is, in the last instance, class struggle in the
field of theory?


Godelier Althusser Levi-Strauss Marx

11.
A distinction between interpretive ethnography and theoretical
anthropology is made by


Levi-Strauss Clifford Geertz Dan Sperber James Clifford

12.
Ambilineage is a culturally recognized category of
Agnatic kin Bilateral kin Uterine kin Matrilineal kin


13.
The principle of descent theory is Solidarity through marital exchange Unity of descent group Diachronic dimension of affinal relationship Universal avoidance of descent

14.
Which of the following is not true of case study method?

It is directed by participant observation
It involves inductive reasoning
It generates universal theory
Is a part of situational analysis


15.
Which of the following communities in south India was studied in detail by


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W.H.R. Rivers?
Badaga Kurumba Toda All the above
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PART (For a maximum of 60 marks)
Answer all Four Questions. Each Question carries 15 Marks.


Discuss the contribution of American anthropologists to village studies in India.

Or
Examine the contribution of Clifford Geertz to anthropology.



Discuss the differences in the symbolic approaches of Clifford Geertz and Victor Turner.


Or
Critically evaluate Indian ethnography in the light of recent developments in theory and methods of anthropology.
Examine the theoretical contribution of any Indian anthropologist for the understanding of Indian society.
Or
Write a research proposal on a subject that you propose to work on adopting a suitable research design, hypothesis, sampling, etc., into consideration.
According to Malinowski how does society support the individual? And specifically, what reduces an individual's anxiety of the uncertain?
Or
Write an essay on the issues of subjectivism and ethnocentrism in anthropological research.
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