6(a) What is acclimatization ? Discuss adaptive responses to high altitude and cold climate.
20 Marks
Syllabus: Paper I > 9.7 Man's physiological responses to environmental stresses
Disputed Paternity and Recent Techniques — 2021 Paper I
Question · 2021 · Paper I · 15 Marks
How are the cases of disputed paternity solved ? Discuss the recent techniques.
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UPSC Anthropology Optional 2021 — Paper I
28 questions1(a) Animism and Deep Ecology
10 Marks150 words
Syllabus: Paper I > 5. Religion > Forms of religion > Animism
Syllabus: Paper I > 12. Applications of Anthropology > Anthropology of sports; nutritional anthropology
1(d) “The bio-cultural approach is the hallmark of Biological Anthropology.” Explain.
10 Marks150 words
Syllabus: Paper I > 1.3 Main branches of Anthropology > Biological Anthropology
Syllabus: Paper I > 11.3 Biological and socio-ecological factors influencing fecundity and fertility
Syllabus: Paper I > 7. Culture, language and communication > Social context of language use
Syllabus: Paper I > 9.4 Chromosomes and chromosomal aberrations in man
2(b) Elucidate the concept of “thick description” of Clifford Geertz with a suitable example.
15 Marks
Syllabus: Paper I > 6. Anthropological Theories > Interpretive Anthropology > Geertz
5(d) Descent Groups
10 Marks150 words
Syllabus: Paper I > 2.5 Kinship > Descent groups
Syllabus: Paper I > 12. Applications of Anthropology > Applied human genetics > Paternity diagnosis
Syllabus: Paper I > 1.8(b) Cultural Evolution: broad outlines of prehistoric cultures > Neolithic
Syllabus: Paper I > 9.3 Mendelian population and Hardy-Weinberg law > Evolutionary mechanisms
1(c) Historical Particularism and Franz Boas
10 Marks150 words
Syllabus: Paper I > 6. Anthropological Theories > Historical Particularism (Boas)
5(a) Human adolescent growth spurt
10 Marks150 words
Syllabus: Paper I > 10. Human growth and development > Stages of growth > Adolescence
5(c) Is race a valid and biologically meaningful concept ?
10 Marks150 words
Syllabus: Paper I > 9.5 Race and racism > Biological basis of racial classification
Syllabus: Paper I > 2.5 Kinship > Alliance theory; structuralism
Syllabus: Paper I > 2.4 Family > Types and classification of the family
1(b) Marriage Regulations and Alliance Theory
10 Marks150 words
Syllabus: Paper I > 2.3 Marriage > Rules of marriage; alliance theory
5(e) Modes of Subsistence
10 Marks150 words
Syllabus: Paper I > 3. Economic Organization > Modes of subsistence
Syllabus: Paper I > 1.6 Phylogenetic status, characteristics and distribution > Homo erectus
Syllabus: Paper I > 10. Human growth and development > Ageing and senescence > Theories of ageing
3(a) How do political organisations of simple societies establish power, authority and legitimacy ?
20 Marks
Syllabus: Paper I > 4. Political Organization and Social Control > Power, authority and legitimacy
Syllabus: Paper I > 1.2 Relationships with other disciplines: Social Sciences
5(b) The losses and gains of erect posture
10 Marks150 words
Syllabus: Paper I > 1.5 Characteristics of Primates > Skeletal changes due to erect posture
1(e) Thermoluminescence (TL) dating
10 Marks150 words
Syllabus: Paper I > 1.8(a) Chronology: relative and absolute dating methods
Syllabus: Paper I > 8.3 Research Methods: Tools of data collection
Syllabus: Paper I > 1.8(b) Cultural Evolution: broad outlines of prehistoric cultures > Mesolithic
Syllabus: Paper I > 2.2 The Nature of Society > Social stratification