UPSC Anthropology Optional Paper 1 2023 PYQ

Section a · Q1(a) · UPSC 2023 · Anthropology GS 1 · 10 marks · Solution

Social-cultural Anthropology.

Section b · Q1(b) · UPSC 2023 · Anthropology GS 1 · 10 marks · Solution

Iron Age

Section c · Q1(c) · UPSC 2023 · Anthropology GS 1 · 10 marks · Solution

Race and racism, biological basis of morphological variation of non-metric and metric characters. Racial criteria, racial traits in relation to heredity and…

Section d · Q1(d) · UPSC 2023 · Anthropology GS 1 · 10 marks · Solution

Marriage

Section e · Q1(e) · UPSC 2023 · Anthropology GS 1 · 10 marks · Solution

The biological basis of Life

Section a · Q2(a) · UPSC 2023 · Anthropology GS 1 · 20 marks · Solution

Plio-pleistocene hominids in South and East Africa

Section b · Q2(b) · UPSC 2023 · Anthropology GS 1 · 15 marks · Solution

Paleolithic

Section c · Q2(c) · UPSC 2023 · Anthropology GS 1 · 15 marks · Solution

The biological basis of Life

Section a · Q3(a) · UPSC 2023 · Anthropology GS 1 · 20 marks · Solution

Biological and Cultural factors in human evolution.

Section b · Q3(b) · UPSC 2023 · Anthropology GS 1 · 15 marks · Solution

Symbolic and interpretive theories (Turner, Schneider and Geertz)

Section c · Q3(c) · UPSC 2023 · Anthropology GS 1 · 15 marks · Solution

Human Genetics

Section a · Q4(a) · UPSC 2023 · Anthropology GS 1 · 20 marks · Solution

Family

Section b · Q4(b) · UPSC 2023 · Anthropology GS 1 · 15 marks · Solution

Applications of Anthropology

Section c · Q4(c) · UPSC 2023 · Anthropology GS 1 · 15 marks · Solution

Mesolithic

Section a · Q5(a) · UPSC 2023 · Anthropology GS 1 · 10 marks · Solution

Mendelian genetics in man-family study, single factor, multifactor, lethal, sub-lethal and polygenic inheritance in man.

Section b · Q5(b) · UPSC 2023 · Anthropology GS 1 · 10 marks · Solution

Principles of Prehistoric Archaeology. Chronology

Section c · Q5(c) · UPSC 2023 · Anthropology GS 1 · 10 marks · Solution

Linguistic Anthropology.

Section d · Q5(d) · UPSC 2023 · Anthropology GS 1 · 10 marks · Solution

Relevance of menarche, menopause and other bioevents to fertility. Fertility patterns and differentials.

Section e · Q5(e) · UPSC 2023 · Anthropology GS 1 · 10 marks · Solution

The Nature of Culture

Section a · Q6(a) · UPSC 2023 · Anthropology GS 1 · 20 marks · Solution

Functionalism (Malinowski)

Section b · Q6(b) · UPSC 2023 · Anthropology GS 1 · 15 marks · Solution

Economic Organization

Section c · Q6(c) · UPSC 2023 · Anthropology GS 1 · 15 marks · Solution

Applications of Anthropology

Section a · Q7(a) · UPSC 2023 · Anthropology GS 1 · 20 marks · Solution

Analysis, interpretation and presentation of data.

Section b · Q7(b) · UPSC 2023 · Anthropology GS 1 · 15 marks · Solution

Concept of genetic polymorphism and selection, Mendelian population, Hardy-Weinberg law

Section c · Q7(c) · UPSC 2023 · Anthropology GS 1 · 15 marks · Solution

Economic Organization

Section a · Q8(a) · UPSC 2023 · Anthropology GS 1 · 20 marks · Solution

The Nature of Culture

Section b · Q8(b) · UPSC 2023 · Anthropology GS 1 · 15 marks · Solution

Numerical and structural aberrations (disorders).

Section c · Q8(c) · UPSC 2023 · Anthropology GS 1 · 15 marks · Solution

Kinship