anthropology-optional-ii 2013

Write short notes on the following:

(a) Sufi tradition of Islam. (10 marks, 150 words)

(b) Threat to tribal languages in India. (10 marks, 150 words)

(c) Examine the debates related to Ramapithecus. (10 marks, 150 words)

(d) Discuss how Louis Dumont explained caste system. (10 marks, 150 words)

(e) Discuss salient features of Mesolithic culture in India with special reference to western India. (10 marks, 150 words)

Answer the following in about 250 words each :

(a) Examine Nature-man-spirit complex as an ecological concept. (15 marks, 250 words)

(b) Indian Paleolithic culture can neither be conceived chronologically homogenous nor as a uniform cultural phase. – Discuss. (15 marks, 250 words)

(c) Discuss the significance of study of religious centres to the understanding of Indian civilization. (20 marks, 250 words)

Answer the following in about 375 words each:

(a) Examine the anthropological contributions dealing with tribes and Indian civilization. (25)

(b) What is Jajmani system ? Examine the views on Jajmani system as an egalitarian as well as exploitative system. Give reasons for its decline. (25)

Answer the following in about 250 words each :

(a) Indian farmers are not slow to react to economic opportunities. — Discuss this statement. (15 marks, 250 words)

(b) Examine the criticisms on the concept of dominant caste. (15 marks, 250 words)

(c) Discuss the contributions of H. D. Sankalia to prehistoric anthropology in India. (20 marks, 250 words)

Write short notes on the following in about 150 words each : (10 marks, 150 words each)

(a) Government Action towards Left Wing Extremism.

(b) Role of Gramasabha under PESA.

(c) Impacts of sanctuaries and national parks on tribal populations.

(d) Linguistic classification of Indian tribes.

(e) Ethnic movements in India.

Answer the following in about 250 words each :

(a) Fifth Schedule and Sixth Schedule of the constitution are built on the foundations laid by the colonial Government. — Discuss. (20)

(b) Discuss the significance of cultural and administrative factors in tribal development. (15)

(c) Examine the impacts of green revolution on rural poor. (15)

Answer the following in about 250 words each :

(a) Discuss the criticism levelled against anthropology in the context of 'Isolation, and assimilation debate' on tribal populations. (20)

(b) Assess the contributions of early 20th century ethnographic tradition to Indian anthropology. (15)

(c) Discuss how British policies dispossessed tribals of their communal properties and agricultural lands. (15)

Answer the following in about 250 words each:

(a) Discuss alternatives for shifting cultivators in the context of ecological costs and humanistic concerns. (20 marks, 250 words)

(b) Examine the impact of non-tribal contact on socio-cultural institutions of tribal people with suitable examples. (15 marks, 250 words)

(c) Discuss the Social disabilities suffered by scheduled castes. (15 marks, 250 words)