Syllabus: Paper I > 2.5 Kinship > Kinship terminology and theory
Marriage Regulations and Social Solidarity in India — 2023 Paper I
Question · 2023 · Paper I · 20 Marks
Discuss the role of marriage regulations in traditional societies in India for strengthening social solidarity.
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UPSC Anthropology Optional 2023 — Paper I
28 questionsSyllabus: Paper I > 6. Anthropological Theories > Globalization and culture
Syllabus: Paper I > 9.3 Mendelian population and Hardy-Weinberg law
Syllabus: Paper I > 1.6 Phylogenetic status, characteristics and distribution > Australopithecines
Syllabus: Paper I > 5. Religion > Anthropological approaches to the study of religion
1(b) Cultural impact of Iron Age
10 Marks150 words
Syllabus: Paper I > 1.8(b) Cultural Evolution > Iron Age
1(d) Customary laws and Environmental conservation
10 Marks150 words
Syllabus: Paper I > 4. Political Organization and Social Control > Customary law
Syllabus: Paper I > 8.1 Research Methods > Fieldwork tradition in Anthropology
Syllabus: Paper I > 12. Applications of Anthropology > Nutritional anthropology
1(e) Gene expression
10 Marks150 words
Syllabus: Paper I > 1.7 The biological basis of life > Gene and protein synthesis
Syllabus: Paper I > 3. Economic Organization > Impact of globalization
5(c) Glottochronology
10 Marks150 words
Syllabus: Paper I > 7. Culture, language and communication > Language change
Syllabus: Paper I > 1.4 Human Evolution and emergence of Man
Syllabus: Paper I > 1.8(b) Cultural Evolution > Mesolithic
Syllabus: Paper I > 2.3 Marriage > Rules of marriage
5(d) Menopausal symptoms
10 Marks150 words
Syllabus: Paper I > 11.1 Relevance of menarche, menopause and other bio-events to fertility
3(c) What is mixed-longitudinal method of studying human growth ? Discuss its merits and demerits.
15 Marks
Syllabus: Paper I > 10. Human growth and development > Methodologies for growth studies
Syllabus: Paper I > 1.8(b) Cultural Evolution > Palaeolithic
Syllabus: Paper I > 12. Applications of Anthropology > Forensic Anthropology > Personal identification
Syllabus: Paper I > 6. Anthropological Theories > Culture and Personality > National character studies
5(a) Polygenic Inheritance
10 Marks150 words
Syllabus: Paper I > 9.2 Mendelian genetics in man > Polygenic inheritance
Syllabus: Paper I > 12. Applications of Anthropology > DNA technology in diseases and medicine
5(b) Prehistoric significance of Rakhigarhi
10 Marks150 words
Syllabus: Paper I > 1.8(b) Cultural Evolution > Harappan sites
Syllabus: Paper I > 8.4 Research Methods > Analysis, interpretation and presentation of data
1(c) Race and Ethnicity
10 Marks150 words
Syllabus: Paper I > 9.5 Race and racism > Race and ethnicity
1(a) Scope and relevance of Social and Cultural Anthropology
10 Marks150 words
Syllabus: Paper I > 1.3 Main branches of Anthropology, their scope and relevance
Syllabus: Paper I > 9.4(a) Numerical and structural aberrations (disorders)
5(e) William Ogburn and Cultural lag
10 Marks150 words
Syllabus: Paper I > 6. Anthropological Theories > Cultural lag (Ogburn)