{"id":50028,"date":"2019-07-17T14:54:43","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T09:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogadmin.forumias.com\/?page_id=50028"},"modified":"2019-07-17T14:55:02","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T09:25:02","slug":"upsc-main-anthropology-paper-i-2015","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-main-anthropology-paper-i-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"UPSC Main Anthropology Paper I- 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Q1. <\/strong>Write notes on the following in about 150 words each:\u2014 10 x 5 = 50 marks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(a) Archaeological Anthropology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(b) Society and Culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(c) Incest Taboos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(d) Horticulture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(e) Historical Particularism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q2: <\/strong>(a) Elucidate the biological and cultural factors in Human Evolution.    15<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(b) How did Morgan explain the evolution of marriage, family and Socio-Political organization, and how did other evolutionists disagree with his explanation?   20<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(c) How do diffusionism and evolutionism differ as explanations of Culture Change?    15<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q3: <\/strong>(a) Define family and critically examine the universality of family         15<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(b) How do you relate the concepts of \u2018Sacred\u2019 and \u2018Profane\u2019 in Durkheim\u2019s theory of religion with a focus on the role of totem?        15<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(c) Explain the basic features of \u2018Postmodernism\u2019 in Anthropology.          20<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q4: <\/strong>(a) Critically examine the Formalists\u2019 and Substantivists\u2019 views on the applicability of economic laws in the study of primitive societies. 20<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(b) Explain the difference between emic and etic, and how does the difference derive from the study of language? 10<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(c) What made Geertz\u2019s Interpretive Anthropology distinct from Turner\u2019s Symbolic Anthropology? What does each of them mean by the terms \u2018Symbol\u2019 and \u2018Symbolic\u2019?
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SECTION-B<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q5. Write notes on the following in about 150 words each:   10 x 5 = 50<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(a) Palaeolithic culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(b) Down\u2019s Syndrome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(c) Longitudinal method of studying growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(d) Menopause and its impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(e) DNA technology in Medicine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q6. <\/strong>(a) Describe the salient characteristics and geographical distribution of Homo erectus. 20<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(b) Critically examine Darwin\u2019s theory of evolution in understanding evolution. 15<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(c) Discuss chromosomal aberrations in man illustrating with examples. 15<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q7. <\/strong>(a) What is an anthropometric somatotype? Describe Heath and Carter\u2019s method of somatotyping.    20<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(b) Critically examine the physiological responses and acclimatization to cold climate in Man.      15<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(c) Elucidate the role of Anthropology in selection and monitoring of sports persons.   15<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q8. <\/strong>(a) Forensic Science can help in criminal investigations. Discuss. 20<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(b) Define genetic polymorphism. Give details of its types with suitable examples. 15<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(c) What do you understand by Immunogenetics? Explain with suitable examples. 15<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Q1. Write notes on the following in about 150 words each:\u2014 10 x 5 = 50 marks. (a) Archaeological Anthropology. (b) Society and Culture. (c) Incest Taboos. (d) Horticulture. (e) Historical Particularism. Q2: (a) Elucidate the biological and cultural factors in Human Evolution.    15 (b) How did Morgan explain the evolution of marriage, family and Socio-Political organization,… Continue reading UPSC Main Anthropology Paper I- 2015<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-50028","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50028\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}