UPSC Anthropology Optional Paper 1 2021 PYQ

Section a · Q1(a) · UPSC 2021 · Anthropology GS 1 · 10 marks · Solution

Religion

Section b · Q1(b) · UPSC 2021 · Anthropology GS 1 · 10 marks · Solution

Family

Section c · Q1(c) · UPSC 2021 · Anthropology GS 1 · 10 marks · Solution

Historical particularism (Boas)

Section d · Q1(d) · UPSC 2021 · Anthropology GS 1 · 10 marks · Solution

Biological Anthropology.

Section e · Q1(e) · UPSC 2021 · Anthropology GS 1 · 10 marks · Solution

Principles of Prehistoric Archaeology. Chronology

Section a · Q2(a) · UPSC 2021 · Anthropology GS 1 · 20 marks · Solution

Homo erectus

Section b · Q2(b) · UPSC 2021 · Anthropology GS 1 · 15 marks · Solution

Symbolic and interpretive theories (Turner, Schneider and Geertz)

Section c · Q2(c) · UPSC 2021 · Anthropology GS 1 · 15 marks · Solution

Neolithic

Section a · Q3(a) · UPSC 2021 · Anthropology GS 1 · 20 marks · Solution

Political Organization and Social Control

Section b · Q3(b) · UPSC 2021 · Anthropology GS 1 · 15 marks · Solution

Synthetic theory of evolution

Section c · Q3(c) · UPSC 2021 · Anthropology GS 1 · 15 marks · Solution

Mesolithic

Section a · Q4(a) · UPSC 2021 · Anthropology GS 1 · 20 marks · Solution

Social-cultural Anthropology.

Section b · Q4(b) · UPSC 2021 · Anthropology GS 1 · 15 marks · Solution

Linguistic Anthropology.

Section c · Q4(c) · UPSC 2021 · Anthropology GS 1 · 15 marks · Solution

Numerical and structural aberrations (disorders).

Section a · Q5(a) · UPSC 2021 · Anthropology GS 1 · 10 marks · Solution

Factors affecting growth and development

Section b · Q5(b) · UPSC 2021 · Anthropology GS 1 · 10 marks · Solution

Characteristics of Primates

Section c · Q5(c) · UPSC 2021 · Anthropology GS 1 · 10 marks · Solution

The Nature of Culture

Section d · Q5(d) · UPSC 2021 · Anthropology GS 1 · 10 marks · Solution

Kinship

Section e · Q5(e) · UPSC 2021 · Anthropology GS 1 · 10 marks · Solution

Meaning, Scope and development of Anthropology.

Section a · Q6(a) · UPSC 2021 · Anthropology GS 1 · 20 marks · Solution

Concepts and methods of Ecological Anthropology: Bio-cultural Adaptations

Section b · Q6(b) · UPSC 2021 · Anthropology GS 1 · 15 marks · Solution

Applications of Anthropology

Section c · Q6(c) · UPSC 2021 · Anthropology GS 1 · 15 marks · Solution

Classical evolutionism (Tylor, Morgan and Frazer)

Section a · Q7(a) · UPSC 2021 · Anthropology GS 1 · 20 marks · Solution

The Nature of Society

Section b · Q7(b) · UPSC 2021 · Anthropology GS 1 · 15 marks · Solution

Biological and socio-ecological factors influencing fecundity, fertility, natality and mortality.

Section c · Q7(c) · UPSC 2021 · Anthropology GS 1 · 15 marks · Solution

Applications of Anthropology

Section a · Q8(a) · UPSC 2021 · Anthropology GS 1 · 20 marks · Solution

Tools of data collection

Section b · Q8(b) · UPSC 2021 · Anthropology GS 1 · 15 marks · Solution

Ageing and senescence. Theories and observations

Section c · Q8(c) · UPSC 2021 · Anthropology GS 1 · 15 marks · Solution

Structuralism (Lévi-Strauss and E. Leach)