(civils mains 2013 ANTHROPOLOGY Paper II
Time Allowed: Three Hours
Maximum Marks: 250

QUESTION PAPER SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS

Please read each of the following instructions carefully before attempting questions.
There are EIGHT questions divided into two SECTIONS and printed both in HINDI and in ENGLISH.
Candidate has to attempt FNE questions in all.
Question No. I and 5 are compulsory and out of the remaining, THREE are to be attempted choosing at least ONE from each section.
The number of marks carried by a question/part is indicated against it.
Answers must be written in the medium authorized in the Admission certificate which must be stated clearly on the cover of this Question-cum-Answer booklet in the space provided. No marks will be given for answers written in medium other than the authorized one.
Word limit in questions, wherever specified, should be adhered to.
Attempts of questions shall be counted in chronological order. Unless struck off, attempt of a question shall be counted even ifattempted partly. Any page or portion ofthe page left blank in the answer book must be clearly struck off.

SECTION

1. Write short notes on the following in about 150 words each: 10x5=50
Sufi tradition of Islam.
Threat to tribal languages in India.
Examine the debates related to Ramapithecus.
Discuss how Louis Dumont explained caste system.
Discuss salient features of Mesolithic culture in India with special reference to western India.

2. Answer the following in about 250 words each:
Examine Nature-man-spirit complex as an ecological concept. 15
Indian Paleolithic culture can neither be conceived chronologically homogenous nor as a unifonn cultural phase. Discuss. 15
Discuss the significance of study of religious centres to the understanding of Indian civilization. 20

3. Answer the following in about 375 words each:
Examine the anthropological contributions dealing with tribes and Indian civilization. 25
What is Jajmani system? Examine the views on Jajmani system as an egalitarian as well as exploitative system. Give reasons for its decline. 25

4. Answer the following in about 250 words each:
Indian farmers are not slow to react to economic opportunities. Discuss this statement. 15
Examine the criticisms on the concept of dominant caste. 15
Discuss the contributions of H. D. Sankalia to prehistoric anthropology in India. 20

SECTION

5.Write short notes on the following in about 150 words each: 10x5=50

5(a)Government Action towards Left Wing Extremism.
5(b)Role of Gramasabha under PESA.
5(c)Impacts of sanctuaries and national parks on tribal populations.
5(d)Linguistic classification of Indian tribes. Ethnic movements in India.

6.Answer the following in about 250 words each:
6(a)Fifth Schedule and Sixth Schedule of the constitution foundations laid by the colonial Government. Discuss. 20
6(b)Discuss the significance of cultural and administrative factors in tribal development. 15
6(c)Examine the impacts of green revolution on rural poor. 15

7.Answer the following in about 250 words each:
7(a)Discuss the criticism levelled against anthropology in the context of 'Isolation, and. assimilation debate' on tribal populations. 20
7(b)Assess the contributions of early 20th century ethnographic tradition to Indian anthropology. 15
7(c)Discuss how British policies dispossessed tribals of their communal properties and agricultural lands. I5

8.Answer the following in about 250 words each:

8(a)Discuss alternatives for shifting cultivators in the context of ecological costs and humanistic concerns. 20
8(b)Examine the impact of non-tribal contact on socio-cultural institutions of tribal people with suitable examples. 15
8(c)Discuss the Social disabilities suffered by scheduled castes. 15