ANTHROPOLOGY
Paper II


Time Allowed Three Hours Maximum Marks 300

INSTRUCTIONS

Each question is printed both in Hindi and in

English.

Answers must be written in the medium
specified in the Admission Certificate issued
to you, which must be stated clearly on the
cover of the answer-book in the space provided
for the purpose. No marks will be given for
the answers written in a medium other than

that specified in the Admission Certificate.
Candidates should attempt Questions no. I
and 5 which are compulsory, and any three
of the remaining questions selecting at least
one question from each Section.
The number of marks carried by each

question is indicated at the end of the
question.

IMPORTANT Whenever a question is being
attempted, all its parts/sub-parts must be
attempted contiguously. This means that
before moving on to the next question to be
attempted, candidates must finish
attempting all parts/sub-parts of the previous

question attempted. This is to be strictly
followed.

Pages left blank in the answer-book are
to be clearly struck out in ink. Any
answers that follow pages left blank may
not be given credit.

SECTION A
1. Write short notes (in about 150 words each) on the
following 12x5=60
Sacred Geography
(b)Youth Dormitory
Narmada Man
Participatory Rural Appraisal
Palaeolithic Art

2. Trace the trajectory of encyclopaedic works on tribes and castes of South India with special reference to Ananthakrishna Iyer's contribution. 20
Discuss the concept of 'indigenous people' as per the relevant UN convention. Are tribals of India indigenous people Comment. 20
Critically examine the relationship between tribal communities and the Nation-State on issues of governance. 20

3. Examine the relevance of Tribal Panchsheel by Jawaharlal Nehru in the light of emerging development practices. 20
Using ethnographic examples, highlight the processes of religious conversions in Tribal India. 20
Using suitable examples, bring out the historical processes of the social exclusion of denoti lied tribes. 20

4. Compare the contributions of S.C. Roy and Verrier Elwin to tribal ethnographies in India. 20
Using ethnographic examples, point out how gender relations have changed over time among Central Indian tribes. 20
How has globalisation impacted agrarian relations in the last two decades 20

SECTION B

5. Write short notes (in about 150 words each) on the
following 12x5=60
Colonial Ethnography
Commodification of Tribal Art
Soan culture
Ethical issues in Genetic Research
Indigenous knowledge

6. Critically examine the prevalence of caste ideology among religious minorities in the Indian context. 30
Discuss the linkages between language, territoriality and kinship among the tribes of North-East India. 30

7. Critically examine the National Policy on Rehabilitation and Resettlement substantiating it with experiences from different parts of India. 30
Compare the salient features and distribution of the Middle Palaeolithic and Upper Palaeolithic cultures in India. Add a note on the tool traditions of the Upper Palaeolithic period. 30

8. Critically examine the 'book view' and the 'field view' of social reality. 20

Using examples, comment on how anthropology can be utilised in policy making. 20

Briefly comment on the linkage between

(i)Gender and Customary Law 10

Gender and Caste 10

Note English version of the Instructions is printed on
the front cover of this question paper.