University of Hyderabad (UoH) 2010 Entrance Exams Other Entrance Exams M.Phil Programme Entrance - Anthropology - Question Paper
M.Phil Programme Entrance examination - Anthropology
INSTRUCTIONS:
(1) THIS QUESTION PAPER CONTAINS 5 PAGES. PLEASE COUNT
B- fSrS50aRKSRTS' VIZ- PART "A" FR 25 MARKS AND
(2) PART A CONSISTS OF 25 MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS EACH
ANSWER CARRIES ONE MARK. THERE IS NEGATIVE AWARD OF 0.33 MARK FOR EVERY WRONG ANSWER. HOWEVER
NEGATIVE AWARD FOR THE QEUSTIONS NOT
ATTEMPTED.
(3) PART B QUESTIONS SHOULD BE ANSWERED ON A SEPARATE ANSWER BOOK SUPPLIED IN THE EXAMINATION HALL ADDITIONAL SHEETS MAY BE USED IF REQUIRED.
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PART-A (For a maximum of 25 marks)
Write the correct answer (a/ b/ cl d) in the bracket:
1. Culture area concept was proposed by: [ j
a) A.L. Kroeber b) Clark Wisler c) G. Elliot Smith d) W.J. Perry
2. Role analysis for understanding social structure was propounded by [ ] a) R. Firth b) C. Levi-Strauss c) S. F. Nadel d) F. Barth
3. Who contended that there is a general tendency among human societies to conceive of a change in status on the model of a journey from one town or country to another, or a territorial passage [ ]
a) Robert Hertz b) Mayor Fortes c) S. F. Nadel d)VanGennnep
4. The basic building blocks of functionalist social analysis are the concepts status and role, most clearly articulated by [ j
a) Edmund Leach b) Ralph Linton c) B. Malinowski d) Evans- Pritchard
5. Who terms social anthropology as comparative sociology? [ ] a) Radcliffe-Brown b) M.N. Srinivas c) G.S. Ghurye d) Jack Goody
6. The function of a custom was the contribution it made to the continued life of the social organism. This was explained by j- j
a) L. H. Morgan b) Radcliffe-Brown c) Evans Pritchard d) M. Mauss
7. In which of the following places in India, Moslem community follows matrilineal rule of descent: j j
a) Lakshadweep islands b) Nilgiri District of Tamilnadu
c) Coastal regions of Orissa d) North Bihar
8. Who of the following were involved in anthropological/ethnological studies sponsored as part of policy of The East India Company to acquire
anthropological information for use in administration: [ ]
1. E.T.Dalton
2. H.H. Risley
3. E.Thurston
4. R.V.Russell
a) 1, 2 and 3 only b) 2, 3 and 4 only c) 1, 3 and 4 only d) All four
9. Who of the following took a civilizational approach to study tribes in India?
a) Nirmal Kumar Bose and Surjit Sinha b) Roy Burman and B.D Sharma c) L.P.Vidyarthi and P.K Misra d) T.N.Madan and D.N Majumdar
10. After Independence, the policies of Government of India on the tribes of North East have been influenced by [ j
a) B.R Ambedkar b) V.EIwin c) N X Bose d) F. Haimendorf 11 .Action Anthropology was developed by j- j
a) Ruth Benedict b) Oscar Lewis c) Sol Tax d) Jack Goody
12. Modified Area Development Approach (MADA) is meant for [ ]
a) PTGs b)NEFA Tribes c) Dispersed Tribal groups d) Scheduled Areas
13. Integrated Tribal Development Agency (ITDA) was established during [ ]
*>$ *ear P,an b) 5th five year plan
c) 6 five year plan d) 7" five year p|an
14. Who proposed tribal Panchasheel? j j a) Jawarhal Nehru b)ShiloAo c) U N Dhebar d) Sardar Patel
15. Fifth and Sixth Schedules of the constitution of India deal with [ ]
a) Centre state relations b) Administration of tribal areas
c) Human rights d) central rules in the states
16. A typical ethnography attempts to be j j a) analytic b) objective C) holistic d) idealistic
17. The comparative synthesis of ethnographic information is called [ ]
a) ethnology b) New ethnography
c) comparative sociology d) comparative method
18. One of the following statements is wrong [ j
a) Ethnography is naturalistic
b) Ethnographic data do not resist formalization
c) Ethnography is prolonged
d) Ethno9raphy uncovers the world from the point of view of actors within it
19. The Forest People is an ethnography by
[ ]
3} X'*?r Turner b) D.M.Schneider
c) W.H. Goodenough d) C.M.Turnbull
20. Which of the following is not a secondary source of data?
[ ]
a) Historical document b) District Gazette
c) Participant observation d) Hospital records
21. Which of the following is not a type of probability sampling?
[ ]
a) Systematic sampling b) Stratified random sampling
c) Quota sampling d) Cluster sampling
22. Median in statistics is one of the measures of a) Dispersion b) Attitudes c) Central tendency d) Geographical area
[ ]
23. Quantitative data in the fieldwork includes all of the following except [ ]
a) Livestock data b) Household data
c) Income levels d) Description of a festival
24. Emic is the view point of j- j
a\ Tu6 eader b) The informant
c) The researcher d) Informant and researcher
25' kinh?pthe anthropologist wh0 first used th genealogical technique to study a) Edward Sapir b) L.H. Morgan c) W.H.R. Rivers d) J.G. Frazer
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Answer the following Questions. Each question carries 10 marks.
1 chaCnge?he Cntribution of diffusionists for the understanding of culture
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Write a critical essay on structural functionalism.
2. Write an essay on Raymond Firths contribution to social anthropology.
OR
Anthropology31"1 *** COntribution of Levi-Straus to structuralism in
3. Discuss Furer-Haimendorfs contribution to tribal studies in India.
OR
sodet>yU c0nceptualise social and culture change in contemporary Indian
4. Discuss the history and scope of applied anthropology.
. . . OR
stable exameptesarnerS Stimu,ants fo change in traditional societies with
5. Distinguish between quantitative data and qualitative data. How do vou think qualitative data is analysed, interpreted and presented in report/thesis?
OR
Write short notes on any three of the following:
a. Rating and ranking scales
b. PRA and RRA techniques and their significance
c. Genealogical method and its usefulness in family and kinship studies
d. Studying other community and studying ones own community
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