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Anthropology Test Series 2024 2.5 months 9th Nov 2024 1st Oct 2024
Anthropology Classroom Course (9.00 am) 4 months 15th Nov 2024 8th Nov 2024Register Here
Anthropology Classroom Course (2.00 pm) 4 months 15th Dec 2024 1st Dec 2024
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  2. Schedule may Change Due to Unforeseen Circumstances
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  4. If COVID Restrictions get reimposed, Classes will be held Online for Offline Students as well.

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Guidelines for Admission in Offline Classroom Course:

  1. Allotted Batch may vary from Preferred Batch depending on First Come basis. There will be 100 Seats for each batch.
  2. If COVID Restrictions are reimposed, Classes will be held Online for Offline Batch students as well.
  3. Admissions for Offline Classes will start on Nov 8 at 8.00 am.
  4. Candidates have to register by clicking on the Registration Link on the top of website homepage.
  5. A Registration fee of Rs. 2000/- (Non-refundable)  is to be paid at the time of Registration to Secure your admission.
  6. Afterwards, a unique Token No. will be allotted to the Candidate along with a Time slot. Same will be sent to you by email within 1 hour of registration
  7. The Candidate have to report at the Institute at the Allotted Time Slot to complete the Admission Process.
  8. Remaining fee of Rs. 57,000/- is to be paid at the time of Admission. Payment can be made through Cash, Cheque or Online Transfer.
  9. Candidates must bring 2 Passport size Photograph and a photocopy of a Govt. ID proof at the time of Admission.
  10. Candidates travelling from out of Delhi or those who are unable to come to the Institute personally, please give a call to the Admin after completing the Registration Process. (Admin: 0-7303703377)
  11. Candidates Completing the Admission  Process will be added to a WhatsApp group by 11 Nov and further instructions will follow there.
  12. Vaids ICS will not be responsible for any Technical issues that may occur.
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  14. Vaids ICS holds the right to Cancel the admission of any Student if found disrupting the decorum in any possible manner.
  15. Refund Policy: Terms for Seeking Refund:
    • Full fee will be refunded if Students seeks refund before commencement of classes.
    • For Students Seeking Refund between 1 to 7 days of batch commencement, Fee will be refunded after 10% deduction.
    • For Students Seeking Refund between 8 to 15 days of batch commencement, Fee will be refunded after 30% deduction.
    • For Students Seeking Refund between 16 to 30 days of batch commencement, Fee will be refunded after 50% deduction.
    • After 30 days of batch commencement, no refund will be entertained.
    • Students who opt for pre-admission will not be eligible for refund.
    • If a student is allowed to pay the fee in installments, he/she will not be eligible for a refund.

Guidelines for Admission in Online Classroom Course:

  1. Allotted Batch may vary from Preferred Batch depending on First Come basis. There will be 100 Seats for each batch.
  2. Admissions for Online Classes will start on Nov 8 at 8.00 am.
  3. Candidates have to register by clicking on the Registration Link on the top of website homepage.
  4. A Registration fee of Rs. 2000/- (Non-refundable) is to be paid at the time of Registration to Secure your admission.
  5. Afterwards, a unique Token No. will be allotted along with a Payment link. Same will be sent to you by email by email within 1 hour of registration.
  6. The Candidates will have next 3 days to pay remaining fee via above said payment link and Complete the Admission Process.
  7. Remaining fee to be paid is Rs. 45,200/-  to Complete Admission Process.
  8. Candidates have to upload a Passport size Photograph and a photocopy of a Govt. ID proof while completing the admission Process.
  9. For any Technical Queries, please give a call to the Admin on 0-7303703377.
  10. Candidates Completing the Admission  Process will be added to a WhatsApp group by Nov 11 and further instructions will follow there.
  11. The classes will take place on the App of Vaids ICS (available for iOS & Android, Mobiles & Tablets only). Not available for PCs/Laptops.
  12. The Classes will take place Live only.
  13. It is Mandatory for Students to keep their Camera Active during All Sessions. Student Must Make sure that they have adequate bandwidth so they can be seen on camera during Class.
  14. The Study Material will be made as a part of the App itself. Students can place a request for hard copy while filling the Admission Form without any additional charges.
  15. Vaids ICS will not be responsible for any Technical issues that may occur.
  16. Vaids ICS holds the copyright to all the content shared through App. Anyone found duplicating or circulating the content will be held Accused as per Delhi High Court Jurisdiction.
  17. Vaids ICS holds the right to Cancel the admission of any Student if found disrupting the decorum in any possible manner.
  18. Refund Policy: Terms for Seeking Refund:
    • Full fee will be refunded if Students seeks refund before commencement of classes.
    • For Students Seeking Refund between 1 to 7 days of batch commencement, Fee will be refunded after 10% deduction.
    • For Students Seeking Refund between 8 to 15 days of batch commencement, Fee will be refunded after 30% deduction.
    • For Students Seeking Refund between 16 to 30 days of batch commencement, Fee will be refunded after 50% deduction.
    • After 30 days of batch commencement, no refund will be entertained.
    • Students who opt for pre-admission will not be eligible for refund.
    • If a student is allowed to pay the fee in installments, he/she will not be eligible for a refund.

Details of Test Series 2024:

Test Series

Anthropology Comprehensive Test Series

The Comprehensive Test Series for Anthropology targets students who have completed their preparation, aiming to enhance exam-oriented answer writing in a time-bound manner.

It includes 12 Sectional and 4 Comprehensive Tests, each followed by a discussion and personalized copy evaluation.

Additionally, it provides updated study materials and doubt sessions on Fossil Evidence, Primates, Archaeology, and Tribal India.

Highlights:

  • Comprehensive Coverage of the Entire Syllabus.
  • Both Offline & Online modes are available.
  • Individual Copy Evaluation and Discussion.
  • Test discussion with Vaid Sir.
  • Flexibility on dates for appearing in tests.
  • Additional Content provided for
    • Fossil Evidence
    • Primates
    • Archaeology
    • Tribal India

The schedule of COMPREHENSIVE TEST SERIES

SECTIONAL TESTS

Tests will 125 marks each for a duration of 1.5 hours.

  • Test 1, Nov 9, 11 am: Introduction to Anthropology, Social Institutions
  • Test 2, Nov 14, 11 am: Basic concepts of anthropology, Research Methods, Anthropological Theories
  • Test 3, Nov 17, 11 am: Social Cultural Complete
  • Test 4, Nov 22, 12:30 pm: Physical Fossil Evidence, Primates, Human Race, Human Growth, Ecological Anthropology
  • Test 5, Nov 27, 12:30 pm: Biological Evolution, Genetics, Applications of Physical Anthropology
  • Test 6, Nov 30, 11 am: Physical Anthropology complete
  • Test 7, Dec 4, 12:30 pm: Indian Archaeology, World Archaeology
  • Test 8, Dec 8, 11 am: Indian anthropology
  • Test 9: Dec 11, 12:30 pm: Archaeology(complete), Indian Anthropology
  • Test 10, Dec 15, 11 am: Tribal situation in India, Tribal Administration, Impact of religions on tribal societies.
  • Test 11, Dec 19, 11 am: Tribal Problems, Language and Communication
  • Test 12, Dec 22, 11 am: Tribal India (Complete), Language and Communication

 COMPREHENSIVE TESTS

Tests will have 8 questions as per UPSC pattern.
Questions 1 & 5 will be compulsory.

  • Compressive Test 1, Dec 29, 11 am: Paper 1
  • Compressive Test 2, Jan 5, 11 am: Paper 2
  • Compressive Test 3, Jan 12, 11 am: Paper 1
  • Compressive Test 4, Jan 19, 11 am: Paper 2

Schedule is Subject to Change due to Unforeseen Circumstances

Discussion schedule will be announced during the test.

Fee for Comprehensive Test Series: Rs 18,000 + 18% GST.

 

Details of Test Series:

Test No.Test DateTest TopicsTest Details
Test 1Nov-09Introduction to Anthropology, Social Institutions1.1. Meaning, Scope and development of Anthropology.

1.2. Relationships with other disciplines: Social Sciences, behavioural Sciences, Life Sciences, Medical Sciences, Earth Sciences and Humanities.

1.3. Main branches of Anthropology, their scope and relevance:

           -Social-cultural Anthropology.
           -biological Anthropology.
           -Archaeological Anthropology.
           -Linguistic Anthropology.

2.3.Marriage: Definition and universality; Laws of marriage (endogamy, exogamy, hypergamy, hypogamy, incest taboo); Type of marriage (monogamy, polygamy, polyandry, group marriage). Functions of marriage; Marriage regulations (preferential, prescriptive and proscriptive); Marriage payments (bride wealth and dowry).

2.4. Family: Definition and universality; Family, household and domestic groups; functions of family; Types of family (from the perspectives of structure, blood relation, marriage, residence and succession); Impact of urbanization, industrialization and feminist movements on family.

2.5.Kinship: Consanguinity and Affinity; Principles and types of descent (Unilineal, Double, Bilateral Ambilineal); Forms of descent groups (lineage, clan, phratry, moiety and kindred); Kinship terminology (descriptive and classificatory); Descent, Filiation and Complimentary Filiation;Decent and Alliance.

3.Economic Organization: Meaning, scope and relevance of economic anthropology; Formalist and Substantivist debate; Principles governing production, distribution and exchange (reciprocity,redistribution and market), in communities, subsisting on hunting and gathering, fishing, swiddening, pastoralism, horticulture, and agriculture; globalization and indigenous economic systems.

4.Political Organization and Social Control:Band, tribe, chiefdom, kingdom and state; conceptsof power, authority and legitimacy; social control, law and justice in simple Societies.

5. Religion: Anthropological approaches to the study of religion (evolutionary, psychological and functional); monotheism and polytheism; sacred and profane; myths and rituals; forms of religion in tribal and peasant Societies (animism, animatism, fetishism, naturism and totemism); religion, magic and science distinguished; magico-religious functionaries (priest, shaman, medicine man,
Test 2Nov-14Basic concepts of anthropology, Research Methods, Anthropological Theories2.1.The Nature of Culture: The concept and Characteristics of culture and civilization;Ethnocentrism vis-a-vis cultural Relativism.

2.2.The Nature of Society: Concept of Society; Society and Culture; Social Institution; Social groups; and social stratification.

6. Anthropological theories:
(a) Classical evolutionism (Tylor, Morgan and Frazer)
(b) Historical particularism (Boas) Diffusionism (British, German and American)
(c) Functionalism (Malinowski); Structural—Functionlism (Radcliffe-Brown)
(d) Structuralism (Levi-Strauss and E. Leach)
(e) Culture and personality (Benedict, Mead, Linton, Kardiner and Cora-du Bois)
(f) Neo—evolutionism (Childe, White, Steward, Sahlins and Service)
(g) Cultural materialism (Harris)
(h) Symbolic and interpretive theories (Turner, Schneider and Geertz)
(i) Cognitive theories (Tyler, Conklin)
(j) Post-modernism in anthropology.
Test 3Nov-17Social Cultural CompleteEntire Syllabus of Test 1 and Test 2
Test 4Nov-22Fossil Evidence, Primates, Human Race, Human Growth, Ecological Anthropology1.5.Characteristics of Primates: Evolutionary Trend and Primate Taxonomy; Primate Adaptations; (Arboreal and Terrestrial) Primate Taxonomy; Primate Behaviour; Tertiary and Quaternary fossil primates; Living Major Primates; Comparative Anatomy of Man and Apes; Skeletal changes due to erect posture and its implications.

1.6. Phylogenetic status, characteristics and geographical distribution of the following:

           -Plio-preleistocene hominids in South and East Africa—Australopithecines.
           -Homo erectus: Africa (Paranthropus), Europe (Homo erectus (heidelbergensis), Asia (Homo erectus javanicus, 
                  Homo erectus pekinensis.
           -Neanderthal man—La-chapelle-aux-saints (Classical type), Mt. Carmel (Progressive type).
           -Rhodesian man.
           -Homo sapiens—Cromagnon, Grimaldi and Chancelede.

9.5. Race and racism, biological basis of morphological variation of non-metric and characters. Racial criteria, racial traits in relation to heredity and environment; biological basis of racial classification, racial differentiation and race crossing in man.

9.6 Age, sex and population variation as genetic marker: ABO, Rh blood groups, HLA Hp, transferring, Gm, blood enzymes. Physiological characteristics-Hb level, body fat, pulse rate, respiratory functions and sensory perceptions in different cultural and socio-ecomomic groups.

9.7. Concepts and methods of Ecological Anthropology: Bio-cultural Adaptations—Genetic and Non-genetic factors. Man’s physiological responses to environmental stresses: hot desert, cold, high-altitude climate.

9.8. Epidemiological Anthropology: Health and disease. Infectious and non-infectious diseases, Nutritional deficiency related diseases.

10. Concept of human growth and Development: Stages of growth—pre-natal, natal, infant, childhood, adolescence, maturity, senescence. — Factors affecting growth and development genetic, environmental, biochemical, nutritional, cultural and socio-economic.
— Ageing and senescence. Theories and observations
— biological and chronological longevity. Human physique and somatotypes. Methodologies for growth studies.

11.1. Relevance of menarche, menopause and other bio events to fertility. Fertility patterns and differentials.

11.2. Demographic theories-biological, social and cultural.

11.3. Biological and socio-ecological factors influencing fecundity, fertility, natality and mortality.
Test 5Nov-27Biological Evolution, Genetics, Applications of Physical Anthropology1.4. Human Evolution and emergence of Man:

Biological and Cultural factors in human evolution.
Theories of Organic Evolution (Pre-Darwinian, Darwinian and Post-Darwinian).
Synthetic theory of evolution; Brief outline of terms and concepts of evolutionary biology (Doll’s rule, Cope’s rule, Gause’s rule, parallelism, convergence, adaptive radiation, and mosaic evolution).

1.7. The biological basis of Life: The Cell, DNA structure and replication, Protein Synthesis, Gene, Mutation, Chromosomes, and Cell Division.

9.1. Human Genetics: Methods and Application: Methods for study of genetic principles in man family study (pedigree analysis, twin study, foster child, co-twin method, cytogenetic method, chromosomal and karyo-type analysis), biochemical methods, immunological methods, D.N.A. technology and recombinant technologies.

Mendelian genetics in man-family study, single factor, multifactor, lethal, sub-lethal and polygenic inheritance in man.

9.3. Concept of genetic polymorphism and selection, Mendelian population, Hardy-Weinberg law; causes and changes which bring down frequency-mutation, isolation, migration, selection, inbreeding and genetic drift. Consanguineous and non-consanguineous mating, genetic load, genetic effect of consanguineous and cousin marriages.

9.4. Chromosomes and chromosomal aberrations in man, methodology.
(a) Numerical and structural aberrations (disorders).
(b) Sex chromosomal aberration- Klinefelter (XXY), Turner (XO), Super female (XXX), intersex and other syndromic disorders.
(c) Autosomal aberrations- Down syndrome, Patau, Edward and Cri-du-chat syndromes.
(d) Genetic imprints in human disease, genetic screening, genetic counseling, human DNA profiling, gene mapping and genome study.
Test 6Nov-30Physical Anthropology completeEntire Syllabus of Test 4 and Test 5
Test 7Dec-04Paper 1- World Archaeology

Paper 2 -Indian Archaeology		1.8. (a) Principles of Prehistoric Archaeology. Chronology: Relative and Absolute Dating methods.
(b) Cultural Evolution—Broad Outlines of Prehistoric cultures:

           -Paleolithic
           -Mesolithic
           -Neolithic
           -Chalcolithic
           -Copper-Bronze age
           -Iron Age
1.1. Evolution of the Indian Culture and Civilization— Prehistoric (Palaeolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic and Neolithic-Chalcolithic), Protohistoric (Indus Civilization). Pre-Harappan, Harappan and post Harappan cultures. Contributions of the tribal cultures to Indian civilization.

1.2. Palaeo—Anthropological evidences from India with special reference to Siwaliks and Narmada basin (Ramapithecus, Sivapithecus and Narmada Man).

1.3. Ethno-archaeology in India: The concept of ethno-archaeology; Survivals and Parallels among the hunting, foraging, fishing, pastoral and peasant communities including arts and crafts producing communities.
Test 8Dec-08Indian anthropology2. Demographic profile of India— Ethnic and linguistic elements in the Indian population and their distribution. Indian population—factors influencing its structure and growth.

3.1. The structure and nature of traditional Indian social system—Varnashram, Purushartha, Karma, Rina and Rebirth.

3.2. Caste system in India— Structure and characteristics Varna and caste, Theories of origin of caste system, Dominant caste, Caste mobility, Future of caste system, Jajmani system. Tribe-case continuum.

3.3. Sacred Complex and Nature-Man-Spirit Complex.

3.4. Impact of Buddhism, Jainism, Islam and Christianity of Indian society.

4. Emergence, growth and development in India— Contributions of the 18th, 19th and early 20th Century scholar-administrators. Contributions of Indian anthropologists to tribal and caste studies.

5.1. Indian Village— Significance of village study in India; Indian village as a social system; Traditional and changing patterns of settlement and inter-caste relations; Agrarian relations in Indian villages; Impact of globalization on Indian villages.

5.2. Linguistic and religious minorities and their social, political and economic status.

5.3. Indigenous and exogenous processes of socio-cultural change in Indian society: Sanskritization, Westernization, Modernization; Inter-play of little and great traditions; Panchayati Raj and social change; Media and Social change.
Test 9Dec-11Archaeology(complete), Indian AnthropologyEntire Syllabus of Test 7 and Test 8
Test 10Dec-15Tribal situation in India, Tribal Administration, Impact of religions on tribal societies. 6.1. Tribal situation in India— Bio-genetic variability, linguistic and socio-economic characteristics of the tribal populations and their distribution.
6.3 Developmental projects and their impact on tribal displacement and problems of rehabilitation. Development of forest policy and tribals. Impact of urbanisation and industrialization on tribal populations.

7.1 Problems of exploitation and deprivation of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes. Constitutional safeguards for Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Castes.

7.2 Social change and contemporary tribal societies: Impact of modern democratic institutions, development programmes and welfare measures on tribals and weaker sections.

7.3 The concept of ethnicity; Ethnic conflicts and political developments; Unrest among tribal communities; Regionalism and demand for autonomy; Pseudo-tribalism. Social change among the tribes during colonial and post-Independent India.
8.1 Impact of Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam and other religions on tribal societies.

8.2 Tribe and nation state— a comparative study of tribal communities in India and other countries.

9.1 History of administration of tribal areas, tribal policies, plans, programmes of tribal development and their implementation. The concept of PTGs (Primitive Tribal Groups), their distribution, special programmes for their development. Role of N.G.O.s in tribal development.

9.2 Role of anthropology in tribal and rural development.

9.3 Contributions of anthropology to the understanding of regionalism, communalism and ethnic and political movements.
Test 11Dec-19Tribal Problems, Language and Communication6.2. Problems of the tribal Communities— Land alienation, poverty, indebtedness, low literacy, poor educational facilities, unemployment, under- employment, health and nutrition.
7. Culture, Language and Communication: Nature, origin and characteristics of language; verbal and non-verbal communication; social context of language use.
Test 12Dec-22Tribal India (Complete), Language and CommunicationEntire Syllabus of Test 10 and Test 11

            

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