Exam Details
| Subject | Social Anthropology | |
| Paper | ||
| Exam / Course | Masters In Anthropology (Maan) | |
| Department | School of Social Sciences (SOSS) | |
| Organization | indira gandhi national open university | |
| Position | ||
| Exam Date | December, 2016 | |
| City, State | new delhi, |
Question Paper
1. Define social anthropology. Discuss the journey of social anthropology in India.
2. Describe the meaning and definition of society. Explain the characteristics of society.
3. Discuss briefly the functionalism of Bronislaw Malinowski.
4. What are basic personality and modal personality? Discuss.
5. Write short notes on any two of the following:
Marxist Anthropology
Morgan's Kinship System
Types of Marriages
Animism and Animatism
6. What do you understand by dynamism of rituals Explain with examples.
7. Describe different forms of "distribution of goods and services" among the simple societies.
8. What are the main socio-cultural attributes of hunters-gatherers and pastoralists
9. Write short notes on any two of the following:
Reciprocity
Priest and Shaman
Post-modernity and Post-modernism
Political Organization
2. Describe the meaning and definition of society. Explain the characteristics of society.
3. Discuss briefly the functionalism of Bronislaw Malinowski.
4. What are basic personality and modal personality? Discuss.
5. Write short notes on any two of the following:
Marxist Anthropology
Morgan's Kinship System
Types of Marriages
Animism and Animatism
6. What do you understand by dynamism of rituals Explain with examples.
7. Describe different forms of "distribution of goods and services" among the simple societies.
8. What are the main socio-cultural attributes of hunters-gatherers and pastoralists
9. Write short notes on any two of the following:
Reciprocity
Priest and Shaman
Post-modernity and Post-modernism
Political Organization
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Departments
- Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
- Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
- National Centre for Disability Studies (NCDS)
- School of Agriculture (SOA)
- School of Computer and Information Sciences (SOCIS)
- School of Continuing Education (SOCE)
- School of Education (SOE)
- School of Engineering & Technology (SOET)
- School of Extension and Development Studies (SOEDS)
- School of Foreign Languages (SOFL)
- School of Gender Development Studies(SOGDS)
- School of Health Science (SOHS)
- School of Humanities (SOH)
- School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies (SOITDS)
- School of Journalism and New Media Studies (SOJNMS)
- School of Law (SOL)
- School of Management Studies (SOMS)
- School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts (SOPVA)
- School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts(SOPVA)
- School of Sciences (SOS)
- School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
- School of Social Work (SOSW)
- School of Tourism & Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSM)
- School of Tourism &Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSSM)
- School of Translation Studies and Training (SOTST)
- School of Vocational Education and Training (SOVET)
- Staff Training & Research in Distance Education (STRIDE)
Subjects
- Anthropology And Methods Of Research
- Archaeological Anthropology
- Comparative Ethnography
- Environmental Anthropology
- Gender And Society
- Human Genetics
- Human Growth And Development
- Physical Anthropology
- Practicing Anthropology
- Social Anthropology