Anthropology UPSC Syllabus (Decoding)

In anthropology optional, there are two papers (Paper – I & II). Each paper consists of 250 marks.  

Paper –I  

1.  Meaning and Scope of Anthropology, Branches and Relations with other disciplines 

2.  Social-Cultural Anthropology:  

a.  Social Institutions – marriage, family and kinship 

b.  Economic Anthropology 

c.  Political Anthropology 

d.  Anthropology of Religion 

e.  Concepts and Methods 

3.  Anthropological Theories 

4.  Biological Anthropology: 

a.  Primatology 

b.  Theories of Organic Evolution 

c.  Human Evolution 

d.  Anthropological Genetics – Mendelian  Genetics, Molecular Anthropology, Population 

Genetics and Chromosomal Aberrations. 

e.  Human Biology and Culture – Human Growth, Human Adaptation, Epidemiological 

Anthropology and Demographic Anthropology.  

f.  Applied Biological Anthropology 

5.  Archaeological Anthropology and Linguistic Anthropology 

Paper-II 

1.  Indian Pre-History and Indus Valley Civilization 

2.  Indian Social System – Varna System, Caste System, Indian Village and Jajmani System, Concept 

of Purushartha, Varnashram and the impact of Buddhism, Jainism, Islam and Christianity on 

Indian Society. 

3.  Growth of Indian Anthropology – Indian anthropologists contributions and their concepts. 

4.  Indian Population, Languages and Bio-genetic variations. 

5.  Other Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes and Minorities – their problems and development 

programs. 

6.  Scheduled Tribes – concept and their problems: land alienation, indebtedness, poverty, 

education, health, forests and tribes and rehabilitation. 

7.  History of tribal administration, tribal policies, plans and programmes of tribal development, 

and the role of N.G.O’s in tribal development. 

8.  Role of anthropology in tribal and rural development and tribal movements. 

9.  Contributions of anthropology to the understanding of regionalism, communalism, and ethnic 

and political movements.

Dr. G.V Ramana, Ph.D. in Anthropology

Mobile No. - 9493416211

email - drgvranthrocivils@gmail.com

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