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WBCS Main Optional Question Paper – 2023
PAPER – I (Time-3 Hours Full Marks-200)
GROUP-A
Answer any all questions:
- (a) Give an account of Lamarck’s Theory of organic evolution and its contemporary explanations.
(b) Discuss the evolutionary biology with reference to the vertebral column in the context of human evolution.
(c) Briefly enumerate the neutral theory of evolution. 10+10+10
2. (a) Define genetic counseling and state different steps of genetic counseling.
(b) Enumerate the use of pedigree and probabilities in genetics counseling.
(c) State briefly the utility of amniocentesis and chorionic villi sampling in prenatal diagnosis. 10+10+10
3. (a) Enumerate the relationship of marriage, kinship and incest regulation.
(b) Discuss the relationship of kinship, inbreeding and its possible effects on human genetics.
(c) Assume a boy married the granddaughter of his father’s sister and had a son. Draw the pedigree and calculate the inbreeding coefficient with jurisdiction. 10+10+10
GROUP-B
Answer any three questions: (10+10+10)×3
4. (a) Give an account of health and disease in relation to communicable and non-communicable disease.
(b) Discuss the association of socio-demographic with communicable (malaria) and non-communicable diseases (Type 2 diabetes) with suitable examples.
(c) Enumerate briefly the effect of protein calorie under nutrition in children.
5. (a) Discuss Culture relativism in the context of acculturation, enculturation and diffusion with suitable examples.
(b) Give an account of growth, development and maturation with suitable examples.
(c) Give a brief account of race, ethnicity in the context of human variation with suitable examples.
6. (a) Give an account of anthropology of development and development anthropology in the context of anthropological engagements.
(b) Enumerate briefly the anthropology of communication, with reference to visual anthropology mass media and popular culture.
(c) Write a short review of ethnoarchaeology in India with special reference to mortuary practices and megalithic burials.
7. (a) Define and state features of Culture and Civilization.
(b) Give an account of cultural relativism with suitable examples.
(c) Define Anthropology of religion. Enumerate the approaches to the study of religion.
8. (a) Define Primates and provide the general classification of primates with suitable examples.
(b) Give an account of the distributions and salient and distinguishing features of New World Monkey and Old World Monkey.
(c) State the distribution of Apes and discuss the distinguishing features of Asian and African ape.
GROUP-C
9. Write short notes on any two of the following: 10×2
(a) Bergman’s and Allen’s rule
(b) Potassium Argon dating (K-Ar)
(c) Hypothesis testing
(d) Human physique and somatotype
PAPER – II (Time-3 Hours Full Marks-200)
GROUP-A
Answer any three questions:
- (a) Give an account of economic, geographical and linguistic distribution of Indian Tribal Population.
(b) Enumerate briefly the theory of the origin of caste system. State the salient features of caste system in India.
(c) Give an account of folk culture and folk identity with suitable examples from West Bengal.
(d) Discuss briefly about the Iron Age in India. 10+10+10+10
2. (a) Write a short review of ethnoarchaeology in India with special reference to mortuary practices and megalithic burials.
(b) Discuss the Indus Valley Civilisation in the context of its origin, distribution and decline.
(c) Give an account of population variation in India in the context of haemoglobin polymorphism and Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA).
(d) Compare and contrast between the classification of Indian population of H.H. Risley and S. S. Sarkar. 10+10+10+10
3. (a) Discuss the importance of demography in Anthropology.
(b) What are the major factors of dynamics of demography?
(c) Write a short note on Sustainable Development Goal with reference to gender equality.
(d) Assume the number of population in a country on January 1, 2005 was 100,000, population on December 31, 2005 was 150,000 and number of deaths was 5000. Calculate the crude death rate with justification. 10+10+11+9
4. (a) Write a note on impact of modern democratic institutions on traditional political system.
(b) State the major problems of Indian tribes with special reference to issues of land and forest.
(c) Write a note on constitutional safeguards for Scheduled Tribes.
(d) Discuss briefly about medical anthropology and its relations with ethnomedicine. 10+10+10+10
5. Write short notes on any two of the following: 20×2
(a) Bio Medical anthropology
(b) Jajmani system
(c) Classification of Indian population by B. S. Guha
(d) Impact of Islam on Indian Society
GROUP-B
Answer any two of the following
6. (a) Give an account of minority issues in India with special reference to linguistic minority.
(b) Write a note on sacred complex.
(c) briefly discuss on the issues of identity.
(d) State a brief account on dominant caste with suitable examples. 10+10+10+10
7. (a) Give an account of Tribe-Peasant continuum.
(b) Enumerate the contemporary classification of Indian population on the basis of Haptoglobin (HP) group.
(c) Discuss about contemporary status of Narmada Man in Human Evolution in India.
(d) Write in brief about the nature and distribution of Tribal movements in India. 10+10+10+10
8. (a) Discuss in brief about the factors affecting fertility with suitable examples.
(b) Enumerate the effect of Sanskritization in Indian civilization with suitable examples.
(c) Write a note on migration and the effects of migration.
(d) Assume in a country of 1 crore population 20,000 are immigrant and 10,000 are emigrants; calculate the net migration with justified reasons. 10+10+10+10
WBCS Main Optional Question Paper – 2022
PAPER – I (Time-3 Hours Full Marks-200)
GROUP-A
Answer any three questions:
- (a) Briefly discuss the Neutral theory of molecular evolution.
(b) What are the different types of molecular evolution?
(c) Discuss the basis of neutral theory of molecular evolution. 10+10+10=30
2. (a) Write in brief the definition, aims and scopes of Development Anthropology.
(b) What are the specific role of the anthropologists in the implementation of the development plans?
(c) Discuss in brief the role of anthropologists in the Tribal-Rural Development programmes. (4+3+3)+10+10=30
3. (a) Write in brief on ‘Cave art’ and ‘Home art’ in upper palaeolithic period.
(b) Discuss briefly the methods of cave art.
(c) What were the motives of prehistoric human behind art as explained by prehistorians? (5+5)+10+10=30
4. (a) Discuss briefly questionnaire and schedule used in collection of data.
(b) Write the advantages and disadvantages of the case-study Technique.
(c) Write in brief about t-test and chi-square test with examples. (5+5)+(5+5)+(5+5)=30
GROUP-B
Answer any three questions:
5. (a) What do you mean by human growth and development? Write the different stages of human growth.
(b) Discuss in brief, different factors which affect the growth and development.
(c) Write about different methods of growth study. (5+5)+10+10=30
6. (a) Discuss in brief Lower Palaeolithic culture of Narmada valley.
(b) Write a note on chopper-chopping culture found in Indian sub-continent. 15+15=30
7. (a) Discuss aim and scopes of Ecological Anthropology
(b) Write the methods of study Ecological Anthropology
(c) Write a note on culture ecology 10+10+10=30
8. (a) Write the distribution of Archaic Homo Sapiens worldwide.
(b) Write in brief anatomical features of Archaic Homo Sapiens
(c) Discuss phylogenetic relationship and taxonomic issues of Archaic Homo Sapiens. 10+10+10=30
GROUP-C
9. Write short notes on any two of the following: 10×2=20
(a) Prepared core technique of tool making
(b) Kula exchange system
(c) DNA finger printing
(d) Quasi participant observation
PAPER – II (Time-3 Hours Full Marks-200)
GROUP-A
Answer any three questions:
- (a) Write in brief, an integrated approach of Anthropology and Folklore in understanding human society and cultural traditions.
(b) Discuss on folkloric elements of West Bengal
(c) Write in brief on folklore and identity. 10+15+15=40
2. (a) Write a brief account on chalcolithic culture of Eastern India with mentioning chronology, salient features and distribution.
(b) Discuss how chalcolithic developed to Iron Age culture in India and mention salient features of second urbanisation in India. (5+5+5+5)+20=40
3. (a) Write in brief, about anthropometry which are used to study the variation of Indian population.
(b) What genetic markers are used to study emergence of man in India and contemporary variation of different ethnic groups. 20+20=40
4. (a) Discuss in brief, Hominin fossil findings from Narmada Valley with its salient features.
(b) Write briefly the status of Narmada Man in the study of evolutionary history of human in South Asia with its phylogenetic controversy. 20+20=40
5. Write short notes on any two of the following: 20×2=40
(a) Linguistic elements of Indian population
(b) Role of Anthropology in development
(c) Tribal movement
(d) Mesolithic culture of India
GROUP-B
Answer any two questions:
6. (a) Discuss the phases of development and major trends of Anthropology in India.
(b) Write the contribution of S. C. Roy and M. N. Srinivas in the foundation of Indian Anthropology. 20+20=40
7. (a) Discuss briefly theoretical understanding of structure of Indian civilization as proposed by R. Redfield and N. K. Bose.
(b) Write in brief about Tribe-peasant and Tribe-caste continuum with suitable examples. 20+(10+10)=40
8. (a) Discuss in brief, the distribution of early Acheulian culture of India with salient features.
(b) Write in brief, the Middle Palaeolithic culture of India with focus on chronology, distribution of sites and tool typology. 20+20=40
9. (a) Discuss briefly the development of village studies in India and its significance.
(b) Write briefly different concepts developed through village studies in India. 20+20=40
WBCS Main Optional Question Paper – 2021
PAPER – I (Time-3 Hours Full Marks-200)
GROUP-A
Answer any three questions:
- Discuss the relevance of Linguistic Anthropology in the context of other disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. Briefly state the methods of studying linguistic anthropology. State the distribution of Linguistic families in India with at least two names of representative tribal groups for each linguistic group. 10+10+10=30
2. Discuss the development of Political Anthropology with special emphasis on postmodernism and globalization. State the evolution and structure of Pre-industrial Political Systems. Give a brief account of revitalization movement theory. 10+10+10=30
3. Discuss the importance of Pleistocene epoch in Human evolution. Give an account of the distribution and salient features of Homo erectus fossil remains. Enumerate the different theories of human origin. 10+10+10=30
4. Inbreeding leads to the increase in genetic load — illustrate. Define inbreeding co-efficient and compute the co-efficient of inbreeding of first cousin, second cousin, half sib with suitable pedigree. How knowledge of DNA fingerprinting can be used in personal identification? 10+10+10=30
GROUP-B
Answer any three questions:
5. Define religion and illustrate its functions. Discuss in details the anthropological approaches to study religion. 10+20=30
6. Give an account of the general causes of nutritional deficiency. What are the various ways of measuring nutritional status? Discuss the Protein-Calorie Malnutrition in children with reference to stunting and wasting. 5+10+15=30
7. Define neolithic. What significant development took place during Neolithic period? Discuss briefly on the Neolithic culture of India. 5+10+15=30
8. Briefly discuss structure and inheritance pattern of mtDNA. Give a short account of the distribution of mtDNA haplotypes of tribal groups of India. 15+15=30
GROUP-C
9. Write short notes on any two of the following: 10+10=20
(a) Kinship
(b) Genealogy
(c) Ethnography
(d) Economic Anthropology
PAPER – II (Time-3 Hours Full Marks-200)
GROUP-A
Answer any three questions:
- Give an account of the significance of village studies conducted in India. Write briefly on the Ethnoarchaeology in India with special reference to mortuary practices and megalithic burial. 20+20=40
2. Discuss on the Linguistic elements of Indian population as proposed by S. K. Chatterjee. How are the Linguistic minorities defined? What are their problems? 20+10+10=40
3. Discuss what do you understand by socio-cultural dimension of health. Discuss briefly the scope of Medical Anthropology. Enumerate briefly the concept of Ethnomedicine in Anthropology. How Anthropology can play a significant role in Development? 10+10+10+10=40
4. Define Demography. Compare between Population Study and Demography. Briefly enumerate Malthusian Theory, Theory of Optimal Population and Theory of Demographic Transition. Enumerate briefly the factors influencing fertility. 5+5+20+10=40
5. Write short notes on any two of the following: 20×2=40
(a) T.C. Das
(b) Narmada Man
(c) 6th Schedule
(d) Art and Architecture of Indus Valley Civilization
GROUP-B
Answer any two questions:
6. Discuss the approach of N. K. Bosein studying Indian Civilization with special reference to Hindu mode of Tribal Absorption. What do you know about Sacred Complex in India? 30+10=40
7. Describe the developmental programmes taken during Five Year Plan Periods since 1950 for the tribals of India. 40
8. What are the major impacts found on tribal societies in India during colonial ruling? Discuss the impact of modern democratic institutions on tribal political system after Independence. 20+20=40