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Economic & Political Anthropology Questions in UPSC Anthropology Optional Mains
How non-industrial societies organise production, exchange and power — from reciprocity and redistribution to band, tribe, chiefdom and state, and the anthropology of law and social control.
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Paper I 4–5 — Economic Organization; Political Organization and Social Control
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24 questions5(d) Authority and forms of political organization
10 Marks150 words
Syllabus: Paper I > Political Organization and Social Control > Power, Authority and Legitimacy > Band, tribe, chiefdom, state
Syllabus: Paper I > 4. Political Organization and Social Control > Band, tribe, chiefdom, state
Syllabus: Paper I > 3. Economic Organization > Modes of subsistence > Hunting and gathering
5(b) Cultural relevance of the Kula
10 Marks150 words
Syllabus: Paper I > Economic Organization > Reciprocity and Exchange > Kula ring
Syllabus: Paper I > 4. Political Organization and Social Control > Law and justice in simple societies
1(d) Customary laws and Environmental conservation
10 Marks150 words
Syllabus: Paper I > 4. Political Organization and Social Control > Customary law
1(a) Debate between formalist and substantivist approaches
10 Marks150 words
Syllabus: Paper I > 3. Economic Organization > Formalist and Substantivist debate
Syllabus: Paper I > 3. Economic Organization > Formalist and Substantivist debate
Syllabus: Paper I > 3. Economic Organization > Forms of exchange: reciprocity, redistribution, market
Syllabus: Paper I > 3. Economic Organization > Impact of globalization
1(d) Horticulture.
10 Marks150 words
Syllabus: Paper I > 3. Economic Organization > Modes of subsistence > Horticulture
Syllabus: Paper I > 3. Economic Organization > Impact of globalization on indigenous economies
Syllabus: Paper I > 4. Political Organization and Social Control > Law and justice in simple societies
5(e) Modes of Subsistence
10 Marks150 words
Syllabus: Paper I > 3. Economic Organization > Modes of subsistence
1(b) Origin of State Societies
10 Marks150 words
Syllabus: Paper II > Political Organization > State Formation > Origin of state societies
1(c) Pastoralism in India
10 Marks150 words
Syllabus: Paper I > 3. Economic Organization > Modes of subsistence > Pastoralism
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 > Political Organization and Social Control > Power and authority > Change with political organization
Syllabus: Paper I > 3. Economic Organization > Distribution and exchange > Conspicuous consumption
4(a) Discuss the principles governing production, distribution and exchange in simple societies.
20 Marks
Syllabus: Paper I > 3. Economic Organization > Principles governing production, distribution and exchange
Syllabus: Paper I > 4. Political Organization and Social Control
Syllabus: Paper I > 4. Political Organization and Social Control > Social control in simple societies
Syllabus: Paper I > 4. Political Organization and Social Control > Band, tribe, chiefdom, state and stateless societies