pyq/2025/anthropology-optional-ii/2

(a) Discuss the palaeoanthropological significance of Siwaliks of India giving its subdivisions, fossil primate fauna and major primate fossil localities. (20 marks)

(b) Delineate the major features of S. S. Sarkar's classification of Indian populations. Was his classification better than Risley? Explain. (15 marks)

(c) Evaluate the impact of Christianity on Scheduled Tribe societies of North-East India. (15 marks)