Exam Details

Subject anthropology
Paper paper 1
Exam / Course civil services main optional
Department
Organization union public service commission
Position
Exam Date 2008
City, State central government,


Question Paper

IAS Mains Anthropology 2008
Paper-I
Section A

Write Short Notes on any Three of the following (Each one should not exceed 200 words): (20 × 3 60)

Biological Anthropology

Protein Synthesis

Forms of descent groups

Structural functionalism

Discuss the modern theory of evolution with special reference to the concepts of gradualism and punctuationalism

Discuss the importance of field work in anthropology and describe various tools of data collection

Discuss the relation between culture and personality

Section B

Write short notes on any three of the following in about 200 words each: (20 × 3 60)

Nutritional anthropology

ABO and Rh blood group distribution in human population

Inbreeding

Bioevent of fertility

Define adaptability. What bicultural adjustments do human show in coping up with stress at high altitude

What do you understand by Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium? Discuss the factors that produce and redistribute variations

Discuss the role of anthropology in designing defence and other equipments


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