Exam Details

Subject anthropology
Paper paper 2
Exam / Course civil services main optional
Department
Organization union public service commission
Position
Exam Date 2012
City, State central government,


Question Paper

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SECTfONA
Wfolrliotwoi na.h.og t notes a.bout. 150 words: Oilch) on Ule l2xfi•60
(gr Saeted Geography
Youth Dormitory
(fif Narmada Man
W ParticlpatoTy Rural Appraisal
Polaco1ith.ic Art
Trace the ??"Jectory of cncyclopocdic work.,; on
tribes 3?d ca.4tes or South India with special
roforenco toAnanthokriehno. Iyerl <=9nt.ribution. 20
lb) Di•cuu the concept.of'indig??ous pcoplo' o• per
Televant lJN convention. Are tribal.a ot Indla
lndigc.ooua pooplo? Comment:. 20
Critically exomine the relationship between tnDal
communities and the NQ.tion•Suite on Issues ·or
;ovcmaoce. 20
Ex:nminc the rolevnnco of Tribal P0-nclt1heel by
Jawaharlal Nohtu in. tho light emerging
development pracUcot. 20
· Using et.b.nograpbie examples, · blghllghi- the
procca.sea or religious conversions in Tribal India.. 20
Using $u.Jttlble examples, bring out tho his??oric??.l
procossea of tbe social exc1U5ion denotiOed tribes. 20
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UPSC PORTAL
l. Compare the contributions or S.C. Roy and Verrier
Elwin to tribal othnographies in tndia. 20
Using ethnogr-nphic ex.a.mpl??. point. out how
gender- rela.ti.ons hnve chang·ed ov6r ti.me e.mong .
Centro Indian
How has globali.sation imP::icted agrarian ions in tho Lut two decadee


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SECTIONB
Write short notes (in about. 150 words each) on the
(ollowing 12•6•60
Colonial Ethnography
Jb, Commodincation of Tribal Art
Soan culture
Ethical .issues in Genetic Research
I.Jif' lndlgonous knowledge
Critically ox.0,mfne tho preva1enee of casto idoolog:v
among religious minorities in the Indian context. 30
Discuss Wle linkages batwoo.n hmguage.
territoriality and kinship 3mong the tribes or
North•Eaat tndta.
Critieo.Uy t1xo.min e the Nntionel Policy on
Rehnbilitotio n and Ret:1ettlemen t.·substantiating it
with exyorience..s from diO'eront parts of India.
Compru·c the sali ent faaturoJ: and distribution of
tho Middle PalneoHthic and Upper Palaeolithic
cuh,lreS in Tndia. Add ;1. note on'thp tool tt'ld_itions
of the Upper P??laeolithic period.
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Critka.Uy examin6 the 'book viev' and the 'fi.oJd
view• of social reality. 20
Usin.g e.xa??ples, co-aun.ont on bow anthropology
can bo u.tilisod in policy making. 20
Briefly eonuno.nt on the linkage betwce??n :·
Gender and Customary Law lO
Gender and Outo 10


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