UPSC Mains 2020 Anthropology Optional Paper II questions

27 questions from the Civil Services (Main) Examination 2020. Official UPSC paper (PDF) · All Anthropology Optional PYQs

1. Contribution of Robert Bruce Foote to Indian Archaeology

   10 marks

2. Debates on 'Aryan' invasion

3. Contribution of K. 8. Singh to Indian Anthropology

   10 marks

4. Dravidian languages

   10 marks

5. "Khap'

   10 marks

6. Discuss the impact of Islam on Indian Society.

   20 marks

7. Discuss the contribution of 9. N. Misra to Archaeological Anthropology in India.

   15 marks

8. Elucidate the linguistic classification of Indian tribes.

   15 marks

9. Discuss the characteristics of caste system in India.

   20 marks

10. Discuss the importance of Ethnoarchaeology in reconstructing the Past citing Indian examples.

    15 marks

11. Explain the impact of Hinduism on Tribal people of India.

    15 marks

12. Explain the reasons of caste violence in India with suitable examples.

    20 marks

13. Discuss the impact of Globalization on Indian villages.

    15 marks

14. Describe the provisions under 6th Schedule of Indian constitution.

    15 marks

15. Concept of Sanskritisation

    10 marks

16. Concept of 'Dominant' caste

    10 marks

17. Linguistic minorities in India

    10 marks

18. Concept of Ethnicity

    10 marks

19. What are the Social and Political problems of religious minorities in India?

    20 marks

20. Describe the functions of Tribal Research Institutes in India.

    5 marks

21. Discuss the effect of job reservation in alleviating unemployment among the tribal people of India: 5 3

22. Explain the impact of development-induced displacement among the tribal people in India with suitable examples.

    20 marks

23. Discuss the characteristic features of 'Neolithic culture' in India.

    5 marks

24. Critically evaluate the state of implementation of the constitutional safeguards for the scheduled castes.

    5 marks

25. Discuss the regionalism and demand for autonomy in India from Anthropological perspective with respect to Kashmir/Nagaland/Bodoland/Gorkhaland agitation.

    20 marks

26. Elucidate the problems of land alienation among the tribals of India.

    15 marks

27. Describe the different settlement patterns in rural India.

    15 marks