RAS Exam Mains – 2012 Anthropology Paper I
Rajasthan Administrative Services (RAS) and Rajasthan Technical Services (RTS) are the exams conducted by Rajasthan Public Service Commission each year for filling up allied posts for state level Administrative and Technical Services.
For Preparation of these exams here we are providing you Anthropology Mains exam paper I for exact exam knowledge and better preparations. Candidates who are preparing for the RAS & RTS Exam 2015 in the forth coming year can read what kind of questions were asked in RAS Exams Mains 2012.
PART – A
Q1. What is prehistoric archaeology?
Q2. Define Anthropology.
Q3. Population genetics studies:
Q4. Neoliths are related to:
Q5. What is descent group?
Q6. What are affinal kinsmen? Give examples.
Q7. Explain Homo-Sapians.
Q8. Name the various branches of Anthropology.
Q9. What is contra-acculturation? Give examples.
Q10. Define personality.
Q11. Define vertical social mobility.
Q12. Mention two principles on which primitive Mans magic was based upon as given by James Frazer.
Q13. What is Bongaism?
Q14. “The ecological setup influences the cultural pattern of a society”. Who has developed this analytical methodology to the study of tribunal culture and in relation to what?
Q15. Describe the concept of power.
Q16. Describe the importance of planned development in society.
Q17. Define development.
Q18. Define Pilot study.
Q19. What is Participatory Learning and Assessment method?
Q20. What is chalcolithic age called as transitional age?
PART – B
Q21. Differentiate between Ethnology and Ethnography.
Q22. Discuss the Hindu as a Caucasian race in india.
Q23. Identify the stages of cultural development in terms of archaeological findings as given by Gordon Child.
Q24. What are the three important rule of preferential marriage?
Q25. Discuss the importance of joking relationship in the Kinship behavior.
Q26. Differentiate between Social and Cultural change.
Q27. Write a note on “Education and Famist movement.”
Q28. Discuss the nature of Comparative method and its purpose in cultural anthropology.
Q29. What are shamans? How are they similar and different from priests? Explain.
Q30. Identify the importance characteristics of primitive economy.
Q31. What is meant by Sustainable Development? Explain.
Q32. Distinguish diaries from other kinds of personal documents such as autobiographies and memories etc.
PART – C
Q33. What is race? Discuss the role of heredity and environment in the formation of race.
Q34. Discuss the major contribution of Claude – Levi Strauss in the field of Anthropology.
Q35. Discuss the factors responsible for changing patterns of ways of accruing material primitive society.
Q36. Define Political organization. Discuss its role in foraging societies.
Q37. What is planned development? How planned development brings social change among tribal society of India? Discuss.
Q38. Discuss the role of medicine man amongst the tribes with particular reference to bhil in Rajasthan.
Q39. Explain the concept of research in Anthropology and discuss the techniques of data collection and data analysis.
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