UPSC Anthropology Optional PYQs 2024

Syllabus: Paper I > Prehistoric Archaeology > Lower Palaeolithic > Oldowan and Acheulian traditions

Syllabus: Paper I > Applications of Anthropology > Forensic Anthropology > Applications and personal identification

Syllabus: Paper I > Nature of Culture > Characteristics of Culture > Attributes of culture

Syllabus: Paper I > Political Organization and Social Control > Power, Authority and Legitimacy > Band, tribe, chiefdom, state

Syllabus: Paper I > Kinship > Kinship Behaviour > Avoidance and joking relationships

Syllabus: Paper I > Prehistoric Archaeology > Chronology and Dating > Chronometric (absolute) dating methods

Syllabus: Paper I > Research Methods > Fieldwork Tradition > Contemporary challenges in fieldwork

Syllabus: Paper I > Economic Organization > Reciprocity and Exchange > Kula ring

Syllabus: Paper I > Anthropological Theories > Post-Modernism > Deconstruction; Derrida

Syllabus: Paper I > Prehistoric Archaeology > Neolithic > Origin of food production; domestication; Mehrgarh

Syllabus: Paper I > Applications of Anthropology > Applied Human Genetics > Genetic counselling

Syllabus: Paper I > Human Genetics > Blood Group Systems > ABO and Rh inheritance

Syllabus: Paper I > Human Evolution > Fossil Hominids > Homo erectus: distribution and phylogenetic status

Syllabus: Paper I > Prehistoric Archaeology > Chalcolithic and Bronze Age > Harappan civilization; maritime trade

Syllabus: Paper I > Human Genetics > Genetic Polymorphism > Haemoglobinopathies; health and disease

Syllabus: Paper I > Human Genetics > Quantitative Genetics > Heritability and its estimation

Syllabus: Paper I > Anthropological Theories > Historical Particularism > Critique of classical evolutionism

Syllabus: Paper I > Human Genetics > Chromosomes and Chromosomal Aberrations > Karyotyping

Syllabus: Paper I > Human Genetics > Mendelian Genetics in Man > Lethal and sublethal genes

Syllabus: Paper I > Anthropological Theories > Structuralism > Levi-Strauss; myth analysis; Asdiwal

Syllabus: Paper I > Human Biology > Epidemiological and Nutritional Anthropology > Lifestyle diseases

Syllabus: Paper I > Human Genetics > Quantitative Genetics > Multifactorial inheritance

Syllabus: Paper I > Anthropological Theories > Culture and Personality > Ruth Benedict; configurational approach

Syllabus: Paper I > Research Methods > Tools of Data Collection > Sampling techniques

Syllabus: Paper I > Human Genetics > Mutation and Genetic Disorders > Single-gene disorders

Syllabus: Paper I > Nature of Society > Social Groups, Status and Role > Social stratification and inequality

Syllabus: Paper I > Human Evolution > Biological and Cultural Factors > Bio-cultural synergy in human evolution

Syllabus: Paper I > Family > Impact of Change on Family > Urbanisation and the family

Syllabus: Paper II > Tribal Situation in India > Tribal Economy and Ecology > Apatani agriculture

Syllabus: Paper II > Tribal Situation in India > Socio-economic Characteristics > Artisan tribes; Jharkhand

Syllabus: Paper II > Tribal Administration and Policy > Isolation-Assimilation-Integration > Roy Burman; buffer zone

Syllabus: Paper II > Ethnicity, Tribal Movements and Social Change > Birsa Munda; tribal resistance; impact on tribal society

Syllabus: Paper II > Problems of Tribal Communities > Health and Nutrition > Stunting and wasting

Syllabus: Paper II > Emergence and Growth of Anthropology in India > Colonial Legacy > Role of Indian anthropologists

Syllabus: Paper II > Caste and the State > Backward Classes > Constitutional safeguards

Syllabus: Paper II > Demographic Profile of India > Population Dynamics > Demographic challenges

Syllabus: Paper II > Indian Village > Economy and Change > Digitisation of the rural economy

Syllabus: Paper II > Role of Anthropology > Research Ethics > Ethics in genetic and socio-cultural research

Syllabus: Paper II > Problems of Tribal Communities > Land Alienation > Forest policies 1878-2006; rights deprivation

Syllabus: Paper II > Problems of Tribal and Marginalised Communities > Health > Holistic health paradigms; COVID-19

Syllabus: Paper II > Tribe and Nation-State > International Instruments > ILO Convention 169

Syllabus: Paper II > Indian Village > Village Studies Tradition > Srinivas; Vidyarthi; social change

Syllabus: Paper II > Developmental Projects and Displacement > Mining > Economic, social and developmental impacts

Syllabus: Paper II > Political Organization > State Formation > Origin of state societies

Syllabus: Paper II > Caste System in India > Origin Theories > Caste, class and race distinction

Syllabus: Paper II > Role of Anthropology in Tribal Development > Action Anthropology > Bhowmick; Lodha; denotified tribes

Syllabus: Paper II > Constitutional Safeguards > PESA > Local self-governance; women's participation

Syllabus: Paper II > Constitutional Safeguards > PVTGs > Welfare measures; PTG nomenclature

Syllabus: Paper II > Evolution of Indian Culture and Civilization > Harappan Civilization > Rakhi Garhi

Syllabus: Paper II > Ethnicity and Social Change > Ethno-Nationalism > Resurgence of ethno-nationalism

Syllabus: Paper II > Ethnicity and Social Change > Communalism and Secularism > Religiosity; fundamentalism; spiritualism

Syllabus: Paper II > Evolution of Indian Culture and Civilization > Palaeolithic India > South Indian Palaeolithic sites

Syllabus: Paper II > Constitutional Safeguards > Fifth and Sixth Schedules > Sixth Schedule areas

Syllabus: Paper II > Impact of Religions on Indian Society > Christianity > Syro-Malabar Christians

Syllabus: Paper II > Tribe and Nation-State > Forms of State > Theocratic versus secular-liberal-democratic state

Syllabus: Paper II > Problems of Tribal Communities > Resources and Deprivation > Climate change and tribal survival