UPSC Mains 2018 Anthropology Optional Paper I questions

27 questions from the Civil Services (Main) Examination 2018. Official UPSC paper (PDF) · All Anthropology Optional PYQs

1. Difference between Science and Magic

   10 marks

2. Town Planning of Harappan Culture

   10 marks

3. Kinship Terminology

   10 marks

4. Ways of Acquiring Mate in Tribal Society

   10 marks

5. Explain the biological changes that made human beings capable of making culture.

   20 marks

6. How does customary law function in the tribal society? Discuss its different sources.

   15 marks

7. What do you understand by the National Character Study? Illustrate.

8. Define ethnography and present a brief history of ethnographic studies.

   20 marks

9. Give an account of the consequences of food production of Neolithic culture.

   15 marks

10. Critically examine that the structure and content of language are influenced by culture.

    15 marks

11. How is case study method helpful in understanding a social phenomena? Explain with suitable example.

    20 marks

12. Describe the culture related to Homo erectus.

    15 marks

13. Write the characteristics of hunting and gathering economy.

14. Gordon Childe's Theory of Cultural Evolution

    10 marks

15. Advanced Molecular Anthropology Techniques

    10 marks

16. Categorize Genes that influence Human Survival.

    10 marks

17. Race is a Myth. Justify its Present Day Relevance.

    10 marks

18. Issues of Elderly and Senescence in Developing and Developed

19. Explain the mechanisms of human variation in gene frequencies.

    20 marks

20. Do Allen's rule and Bergmann's rule hold for human populations? Explain with examples.

    15 marks

21. Explain the impact of discovery of iron technology on contemporary society.

    15 marks

22. Describe the mechanisms for structural anomalies of autosomes with diagrams.

    20 marks

23. Sate Describe the principles of radiocarbon dating. Mention its limitations.

    15 marks

24. Narrate evolution of disease and major causes of ill health in human populations.

    15 marks

25. Distinguish between adaptation, adaptability and acclimatization with examples.

    20 marks

26. Define fecundity and explain major factors affecting fecundity in Indian populations, Is

27. Give an account of the field methods used in the study of Archaeological Anthropology.