If there are images in this attachment, they will not be displayed.Download the original attachmentYear:2008 WESTBENGALCIVILSERVICE EXAMINATION-2008 AnthropologyPaper-ITime Allowed-3 Hours FullMarks-100 All questions carry equal marks Group -A Answer any threequestions1. Point out the characteristic biological features of human kind. Write about the consequences of bipedalism inman.2. Explain the methods used for resolution of conflict by the simplesocieties. 3. What are the important features of Indus Valley Civilization ? Describethe tradeand commerce as evidenced in Indus ValleyCultures.4. Define rules of descent. Discuss the importance of rules of descent for understanding socialorganisation.5. Write short notes on any two of the following:(a) Javaman(b)Marriage(c) Madrasianculture(d) Casestudymethod(e)Senescence. Group -B Answer any twoquestions.6. How and why democracy and economic development are related to each other.Explain.7. Point out important features ofIron Agein India. Discuss how iron influenced the life ofpeople.8. Discuss the importance of socio-demographic studies in relation to Physical Anthropology. Give a brief account of the techniques to be used for collection of data on socio-demography during a short period of fieldwork.Year:2008 WESTBENGALCIVILSERVICE EXAMINATION-2008 AnthropologyPaper-IITime Allowed-3 Hours FullMarks-100 All questions carry equal marks Group -A Answerany threequestions1. Discuss why neolithic culture is often referred as Neolithic Revolution. Examine the important features of neolithic period in thiscontext.2. What do you understand by jai iani system ? Examine the nature of economic interdependence under thissystem.3. What is agrarian class structure ? Discuss the agrarian class structure of an Indianvillage.4. Define caste. Discuss the characteristic features of the Indian castesystem.5. Write short notes on any two of the following:(a)Palaeolithic(b)Mesolithic(c) Contribution of tribal culture in Indian culture andcivilization. (d) Some salient features of theIndus ValleyCivilization. Group -B Answerany twoquestions.6. Discuss the distribution of tribal population in India. Indicate the importance of land and forest in tribaleconomy.7. Examine how forest policies have affected thetribals.8. What do you understand by development ? In the relationship between development and environment, adjustment is the need, but conflict is generally the outcome.Discuss.Year:2007 WESTBENGALCIVILSERVICE EXAMINATION-2007 AnthropologyPaper-ITime Allowed-3 Hours FullMarks-100 All questions carry equal marks Group -A Answer any threequestions1. Define Anthropology. Waht are its main branches ? Bring out scope and relevance of those branches ofAnthropology.2. State briefly the characteristics features of mousterian culture. Give a brief accunt of physical features and phylogenics position of the builders of mousterianculture.3. Define clan. Give an acount of its function in tribalsociety.4. What are main ethnic groups of mankind? How many of them are represented by the autochthonouspopulation of India? Give a brief account of their physical features anddistribution.5. What is meant by adolescent growth ? Bring out the characteristic features of adolescent growth in human male andfemale. Group -B Answer any twoquestions.6. Define economic Anthropology ? Briefly discuss with suitable example in what way anthropological knowledge could be utilised to improve the present status of economic Anthropology in a ruralsociety.7. Give a critical appraisal of biological consequences of population control and family welfare in humansociety.8. Write short notes on any two of the following:(a) Homo erectuspekinensis.(b) Socialstratification.(c) Ethnomedicine.(d) Gaussion (normal)distribution.(e) Twinstudymethod.Year:2007 WESTBENGALCIVILSERVICE EXAMINATION-2007 AnthropologyPaper-IITime Allowed-3 Hours FullMarks-100 All questions carry equal marks Group -A Answerany threequestions1. Write a brief account of Neolithic culture inIndia.2. Discuss salient features of Varna and Jati in Indian casl system with suitableexamples.3. Give an acount of the economic characteristics ofscheduletribes inIndia.4. Discuss Risleys racial classification of Indianpopulation5. Write short notes on any two of the following:(a)Birbahanpur(b)Laterite(c) O BC(d) A B O Bloodgroup Group -B Answerany twoquestions.6. State briefly the constitutional safeguards for tribal population inIndia.7. Describe briefly the social structure of a matrilinear trih best known toyou.8. Discuss the salient features of the Soan and Madrasian cutures.Year:2006 WESTBENGALCIVILSERVICE EXAMINATION-2006 AnthropologyPaper-ITime Allowed-3 Hours FullMarks-100 All questions carry equal marks Group -A Answer any threequestions1. Discuss the scope of Anthropology. Briefly discuss its relationship wills other social sciences. Do you think that the development of anthropology was connected with colonial interest ? -Explain.2. Discuss why neolithic culture, is often referred as, Neolithic Revolution. Examine the important features of neolithic period in thiscontext.3. Define family. Discuss the characteristic features of the joint family. Discuss the recent changes in the jointfamily.4. Write brieflyon(a) advantages and limitations ofobservation(b)scheduleandquestionnaire(c) case-study method.:5. Write short notes on any two of thefollowing:(a)Socialcontrol,(b)Cromagnon,(c)Mesolithic,(d) Barter and ceremonialexchange,(e)Witchcraft. Group -B Answer any twoquestions.6. What do you understand by sustainable development ?, In the relationship between development and environment, adjustment is the need, but conflict is generally the outcome.Examine.7. What is social stratisfication ? Discuss the different elements of socialstratification.8. Write short notes on any two of the following:(a) Magic andreligion,(b)Palaeolithic,(c) Neanderthalman,(d)Ethno-meclicine,(e) Factors affecting growth anddevelopment,Year:2006 WESTBENGALCIVILSERVICE EXAMINATION-2006 AnthropologyPaper-IITime Allowed-3 Hours FullMarks-100 All questions carry equal marks Group -A Answer any threequestions1. When did the Indus Valley Civilization flourish ? What was itsgeographical distribution? Indicate its significantfeatures.2. Thepopulation of Indiahas crossed the one billion mark. What are the causes of this growth?3. Discuss the problem of marketing of agricultural produce inIndianVillages. 4. Discuss the importance of forests in the life of primitivetribes. 5. Write short notes on any two of the following:(a)Proto-Australoid.(b) Sexratio,(c) Tribalmarket,(d) Jajmarysystem,(e) Impact of Islam on Indiansociety. Group -B Answer any twoquestions.6. In India, over the last several decades, there have been a decline in mortality and corresponding increase in lifeexpectancy. What, according to you, are the causes of such changes?7. Examine critically the merits and demerits of the Caste System inIndia.8. Examine the bio-genetic variablility ot the Indian tribes ant theirdistribution.Year:2005 WESTBENGALCIVILSERVICE EXAMINATION-2005 AnthropologyPaper-ITime Allowed-3 Hours FullMarks-100 If the question attempted are in excess of theprescribednumber only the questions attempted first :up to theprescribednumber shall be valued and the remaining onesignored.Answer may be given either in English or in Bengali but all answer must be in one and the samelanguage. All questions carry equal marks Group -A Answer any threequestions1. Locate the distribution of fossil findings of Australopithecus and mention its different polymorphic species. Discuss its phylogenetic status in hominidorigin.2. Point out the major racial traits used in understanding population variation. What would you consider in choosing an appropriate racial criterion for determination of population variation?3. Mention two major lower palaeolithic cultures in India. Give a comparative account of those two lithiccultures.4. Delineate the changes in family In Indian society due tourbanization. 5. Discuss elaborately the merits and limitations ofquestionnairemethod. Group -B Answer any twoquestions.6. Explain whether developmental projects are inimical or not for tribal societies. Argue for yourcase.7. Fertility in a logical phenomenon and its determinants are essencially socio-cultural Explain.8. Discuss the role of witchcraft in primitive society with special reference to thezande.***Year:2005 WESTBENGALCIVILSERVICE EXAMINATION-2005 AnthropologyPaper-IITime Allowed-3 Hours FullMarks-100 All questions carry equal marks Group -A Answer any threequestions1. Give a brief account of the lower palacolithic culture ofIndia. 2. Briefly outline the distribution of the linguistic divisions ofIndian 3. Discuss the theories of the origin of caste system inIndia.4. Contributions of anthropology in understanding political movements ofthe tribesof India enlist andanalyse.5. Write short notes on any two of the following:(a) Genetic variability ofthe tribesofIndia.(b) colourblindness.(c) Abnormal haemoglobin in Indiantribes.(d) Jajmanisystem.(e) Consanguineousmarriages. Group -B Answer any twoquestions.6. Write about the village organisation ofthe tribesofIndia.7. Social, economic and political status of the religious minorities ofIndia.8. Impact of Christianity on the life-ways of tribal populations ofIndia.Year:2004 WESTBENGALCIVILSERVICE EXAMINATION-2004 AnthropologyPaper-ITime Allowed-3 Hours FullMarks-100 If the question attempted are in excess of the prescribed number only the questions attemptedfirst upto the prescribed number shall be valued and the remaining onesignored.Answer may be given either in English or in Bengali but all answer must be in one and the samelanguage. All questions carry equal marks Group -A Answer any threequestions1. With the assumption of erect posture and bipedalism, many anatomical changes took place in the ancestor of man. Indicate only the major changes that occurred in the vertebral column, pelvis, lower limbs, andfeet. 2. Explain how the environmental factors affect the human growth rate. What is catch-up of compensatory growth?3. Describe briefly the salient features of Upper Palaeolithic cultures. Were there any new developments during the Upper Palaeolithic Period? 4.What is religion? Why are religious beliefs and practices found in all known societies ? Give reasons. How does magic differ from religion? 5. Write short notes on any two of the following:(a) The concept ofculture(b) Food collection in hunter-gathererstage(c)Mutation(d) A1, A2BObloodgroups(e) Cranial capacity. Group -B Answer any twoquestions.6. Give a brief account of Malthusian Theory of population. Is it acceptable ?Discuss.7. Give an outline of Sheldons system of classification of human physique by externalbodyform.8. Write short notes on any two of the following:(a)Census(b) PopulationPyramid(c) Diffusion andAcculturation(d) Division oflabour(e)Pastoralism.***Year:2004 WESTBENGALCIVILSERVICE EXAMINATION-2004 AnthropologyPaper-IITime Allowed-3 Hours FullMarks-100 All questions carry equal marks Group -A Answerany threequestions1. Write a brief account of mesolithic culture inIndia.2. Discuss salient features of Indian caste system with suitableexamples. 3. Give an account ofgeographical distributionof scheduled tribes ofIndia.4. State briefly the constitutional safe-guards for tribal population inIndia.5. Write short notes on any two of the following:-(a)Burzahom(b) Chalcolithicculture(c)Sanskritization(d)ABObloodgroup(e) Tribe-castecontinuum. Group -B Answerany twoquestions.6. What are the basic issues in tribal development ? Discussbriefly. 7. Describe briefly the social structure of a patrilineal tribe best known toyou.8. Discuss the salient features of the LowerPalaeolithicculture complex of Indiansub-continent.Year:2003 WESTBENGALCIVILSERVICE EXAMINATION-2003 AnthropologyPaper-ITime Allowed-3 Hours FullMarks-100 All questions carry equal marks Group -A Answerany threequestions1. Describe the important biological changes that brought about evolution ofman.2. What are the characteristic feature of Neolithic culture ? Point out the consequences of Neolithicrevolution.3. Discuss the Nes Marxist contributions to the Theory of Culturechange. 4. Give an account of the distribution, consumption and exchange in the Trobriandislands.5. Point out the factors responsible for physical variation from one human group to theother. Group -B Answerany twoquestions.6. Explain how fareconomic valueof children influencesfertility.7. Elu date the role of ethnicity in the concept of nation state. Illustrate youranswerwith suitableexamples.8. Explain the importance of Anthropology of religion in the globalcontext.Year:2003 WESTBENGALCIVILSERVICE EXAMINATION-2003 AnthropologyPaper-IITime Allowed-3 Hours FullMarks-100 All questions carry equal marks Group -A Answerany threequestions1. Give a brief account of the neolithic culture mIndia.2. Discuss the distribution of broad linguistic elements in the tribalpopulation ofIndia.3. Givean outlineof the basic structure of the Indianpopulation.4. Discuss the problem of displacement of the tribal population in response to development inIndia.5. Write short notes on any two of the following: (a)Vamasram,(b) Jajmanisystem(c)OAB bloodgroups(d) Abnormalhaemoglobin(e) Emeraence ofethnicity. Group -B Answerany twoquestions.6. Genetic variability of the tribalpopulation ofIndia.7. Discuss the contribution of Anthropology in understanding ethnic movements inIndia.8. Briefly discuss the contribution of tribal cultures on the development of Indiancivilisation.***Year:2002 WESTBENGALCIVILSERVICE EXAMINATION-2002 AnthropologyPaper-ITime Allowed-3 Hours FullMarks-100 All questions carry equal marks Group -A Answer any threequestions1. What are the biological features that enabled man to produce tool ? Correlate the development of biology with the advancement ofculture. 2. What are the different methods of studying heredity ? Discuss their merits andlimitations.3. Describe the stratigraphic evidences on the basis of which pleistocene environment is reconstructed in the temperateregions.4. What are the salient features of mesolithic culture ? Mesolithic reflects more an economy than the technology.Discuss.5. Write short notes on any two of the following;(a) Recent theories of humanorigin(b) AnthropoidApes(c) Neolithicrevolution(d) Geneticcounselling(e) Birth rate and deathrate Group -B Answer any twoquestions.6. Briefly discuss the Concept of socia stratification. Do you think that caste should be studied as an element of Indian civilization or as an aspect of social stratification ? Explain.7. Thespatialdistribution of houses in a village often reflects the social cleavages in a society. Explain with examples. Also discuss how house type and settlement pattern may be influenced byenvironment.8. Write short notes on any two of the following:(a)Participant observationmethod its advantageous andLimitations(b) Culture andlanguage(c) Varna andJail(d) Acculturation andsocialization(e) Role of culture in personalityformation.Year:2002 WESTBENGALCIVILSERVICE EXAMINATION-2002 AnthropologyPaper-IITime Allowed-3 Hours FullMarks-100 ( Answer any five questions)1. Critically discuss thetrends ofurbanization in India. Discuss the implications of growing importance of megacities.2. Land and forest are the twin problems of the tribals. Explain with suitableexamples.3. What do you understand by agrarian class structure ? Discuss with suitable exampes how land reforms and agricultural development may influence agrarianrelations.4.Healthis not the exclusive domain of medical science. Explain with suitableexamplesthe contribution of anthropology in thiscontext.5. Critically discuss the various structural constraints in the context of exucational development of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes in India. Suggest suitablemeasures.6. The Community Development Programme is not merely proving futile in its acclaimed goals, but is becoming harmful . Discuss the scope, objective and effects of Community Development Programmes in village India with suitableexamplesin thiscontext.7. Discuss the chronology, distribution pattern and techno-morphological characteristics of the Indian lower palaeolithicculture.8. Write notes on any two of the following:(a)ABOblood groups among Indiantribes(b) Town planning inHarrappa(c) Neolithic sites inIndia(d) Development anddisplacement(e) Social disorganisation and urbanpoor.***Year:2001 WESTBENGALCIVILSERVICE EXAMINATION-2001 AnthropologyPaper-ITime Allowed-3 Hours FullMarks-100 All questions carry equal marks Group -A Answerany threequestions1. Give a brief account of physical characteristics of the orimates, Justify the inclusion of Man in thatgroup.2. Give an accotint of the normal chromosomal constrintics in Man. Bring out the consequences of nondisjunctional games of parents involving sex chromosomes on theiroffspring.3. Bring out the difference between race and racism. Give a brief account of the factors responsible for race formation inman.4. Define family. Describe its major functions and bring out the role of family organisation in the contemporarysociety.5. Write short notes on any two of thefollowing.i)Australopitheinaeii) Autosomal dominant inheritance inmaniii) Polygamy andPolyandryiv)PrimitiveEconomy v)ABOblood group as racialcriteria. Group BAnswerany twoquestions6. Bring out tne characteristics features and tool types of the Mesolithicperiod. 7. What are the different methods used in Anthropology ? Give a critical appraisal of field method in Anthropologicalstudy.8. Write short noies on any two of the following:-i) DevelopmentalAnthropologyii) Caveartiii) MegalithicmonumentsYear:2001 WESTBENGALCIVILSERVICE EXAMINATION-2001 AnthropologyPaper-IITime Allowed-3 Hours FullMarks-100 All questions carry equal marks Group -A Answer any threequestions1. Give a brief account of the different forms ofmarriagefound in tribal fndia. Illustrate your answer with suitableexamples.2. Discuss the internal structure and.function of dormitories present among the tribal people in India. Bring out itsimportance.3.Define andclassify tribal economy ofIndia.4. what do you understand by tribal Law ? Answer with example from any oneIndian tribeknown toyou.5. Write short notes on any two of the following:-(a) Acheulian inlndia(b) Race andCaste(c)Bongaism(d)Tribalart(e) Megalithic culture of Southlndia. Group BAnswer any twoquestions6. Give an account of the current trends in tribal research inIndia. 7. Who are the backward classes ? Discuss the role of anthropoiogists in indentification and development of backward classes in India?8. Write an essay on B.S.Guhas classification of peoples ofIndia.