Section a · Q1 · UPSC 2024 · Anthropology GS 1 · 10 marks · Solution
The Nature of Culture
UPSC Anthropology Optional Paper 1 2024 PYQ
UPSC Anthropology optional Paper I — meaning, theory, methods and biological anthropology, mapped as GS 1 of the optional.
Section b · Q1 · UPSC 2024 · Anthropology GS 1 · 10 marks · Solution
Meaning, Scope and development of Anthropology.
Section c · Q1 · UPSC 2024 · Anthropology GS 1 · 10 marks · Solution
The Nature of Culture
Section d · Q1 · UPSC 2024 · Anthropology GS 1 · 10 marks · Solution
Mendelian genetics in man-family study, single factor, multifactor, lethal, sub-lethal and polygenic inheritance in man.
Section e · Q1 · UPSC 2024 · Anthropology GS 1 · 10 marks · Solution
Epidemiological Anthropology
Section a · Q2 · UPSC 2024 · Anthropology GS 1 · 20 marks · Solution
Classical evolutionism (Tylor, Morgan and Frazer)
Section b · Q2 · UPSC 2024 · Anthropology GS 1 · 15 marks · Solution
Neolithic
Section c · Q2 · UPSC 2024 · Anthropology GS 1 · 15 marks · Solution
Epidemiological Anthropology
Section a · Q3 · UPSC 2024 · Anthropology GS 1 · 20 marks · Solution
Numerical and structural aberrations (disorders).
Section b · Q3 · UPSC 2024 · Anthropology GS 1 · 15 marks · Solution
Family
Section c · Q3 · UPSC 2024 · Anthropology GS 1 · 15 marks · Solution
Fieldwork tradition in anthropology
Section a · Q4 · UPSC 2024 · Anthropology GS 1 · 20 marks · Solution
Culture and personality (Benedict, Mead, Linton, Kardiner and Cora-du Bois)
Section b · Q4 · UPSC 2024 · Anthropology GS 1 · 15 marks · Solution
Paleolithic
Section c · Q4 · UPSC 2024 · Anthropology GS 1 · 15 marks · Solution
Genetic imprints in human disease, genetic screening, genetic counseling, human DNA profiling, gene mapping and genome study.
Section a · Q5 · UPSC 2024 · Anthropology GS 1 · 10 marks · Solution
Principles of Prehistoric Archaeology. Chronology
Section b · Q5 · UPSC 2024 · Anthropology GS 1 · 10 marks · Solution
The Nature of Culture
Section c · Q5 · UPSC 2024 · Anthropology GS 1 · 10 marks · Solution
Mendelian genetics in man-family study, single factor, multifactor, lethal, sub-lethal and polygenic inheritance in man.
Section d · Q5 · UPSC 2024 · Anthropology GS 1 · 10 marks · Solution
Political Organization and Social Control
Section e · Q5 · UPSC 2024 · Anthropology GS 1 · 10 marks · Solution
Mendelian genetics in man-family study, single factor, multifactor, lethal, sub-lethal and polygenic inheritance in man.
Section a · Q6 · UPSC 2024 · Anthropology GS 1 · 20 marks · Solution
Homo erectus
Section b · Q6 · UPSC 2024 · Anthropology GS 1 · 15 marks · Solution
Applications of Anthropology
Section c · Q6 · UPSC 2024 · Anthropology GS 1 · 15 marks · Solution
Structuralism (Lévi-Strauss and E. Leach)
Section a · Q7 · UPSC 2024 · Anthropology GS 1 · 20 marks · Solution
Post-modernism in anthropology.
Section b · Q7 · UPSC 2024 · Anthropology GS 1 · 15 marks · Solution
Mendelian genetics in man-family study, single factor, multifactor, lethal, sub-lethal and polygenic inheritance in man.
Section c · Q7 · UPSC 2024 · Anthropology GS 1 · 15 marks · Solution
Marriage
Section a · Q8 · UPSC 2024 · Anthropology GS 1 · 20 marks · Solution
Examine critically the concept of social stratification as a basis for sustaining social inequality.
The Nature of Society
Section b · Q8 · UPSC 2024 · Anthropology GS 1 · 15 marks · Solution
Mendelian genetics in man-family study, single factor, multifactor, lethal, sub-lethal and polygenic inheritance in man.
Section c · Q8 · UPSC 2024 · Anthropology GS 1 · 15 marks · Solution
Biological and Cultural factors in human evolution.