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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 600 034
M.A.DEGREE EXAMINATION -SOCIOLOGY
SECOND SEMESTER APRIL 2018
17/16PSO2MC03- SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY
Date: 21-04-2018 Dept. No. Max. 100 Marks
Time: 01:00-04:00
SECTION-A
Answer the following in about 30 words each: (10x2=20)
1. Define Anthropology.
2. Write a short note on linguistic Anthropology.
3. What is bilateral descent?
4. State the meaning of primitive economy.
5. Define culture trait.
6. Who is called as uterine kin?
7. Define Tribe.
8. What is animism?
9. What is called as positive sanction?
10. Bring out the role of a medicine man.
SECTION-B
Answer any FIVE of the following in about 300 words each:
11. Write a brief note on Magic, Religion and Science.
12. Explain the characteristics of primitive marriage.
13. Describe the methods of trade exchange practiced in the primitive society.
14. Enumerate the functions of family.
15. Trace the history of Social Anthropology.
16. Explain the structure of the primitive government in the tribal society.
17. Describe Moiety, Phratry and Clan.
SECTION-C
Answer any TWO of the following in about 1200 words each. (2x20=40)
18. Define marriage and explain the ways of acquiring a mate and the rules of marriage which are obligatory for the members of the primitive society.
19. Explain how human behavior is studied in each branch of anthropology.
20. Describe the structure of production, consumption and distribution of materials practiced in the primitive economy
21. Elucidate the theoretical concepts developed in the study of primitive religion.