UPSC Anthropology Optional Paper 1 2026 PYQ

Section a · Q1 · UPSC 2026 · Anthropology GS 1 · 10 marks · Solution

Social-cultural Anthropology.

Section b · Q1 · UPSC 2026 · Anthropology GS 1 · 10 marks · Solution

Factors affecting growth and development

Section c · Q1 · UPSC 2026 · Anthropology GS 1 · 10 marks · Solution

Tools of data collection

Section d · Q1 · UPSC 2026 · Anthropology GS 1 · 10 marks · Solution

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

Section e · Q1 · UPSC 2026 · Anthropology GS 1 · 10 marks · Solution

Neanderthal man

Section a · Q2 · UPSC 2026 · Anthropology GS 1 · 20 marks · Solution

Ageing and senescence. Theories and observations

Section b · Q2 · UPSC 2026 · Anthropology GS 1 · 15 marks · Solution

Social-cultural Anthropology.

Section c · Q2 · UPSC 2026 · Anthropology GS 1 · 15 marks · Solution

Structuralism (Lévi-Strauss and E. Leach)

Section a · Q3 · UPSC 2026 · Anthropology GS 1 · 20 marks · Solution

Political Organization and Social Control

Section b · Q3 · UPSC 2026 · Anthropology GS 1 · 15 marks · Solution

Marriage

Section c · Q3 · UPSC 2026 · Anthropology GS 1 · 15 marks · Solution

Numerical and structural aberrations (disorders).

Section a · Q4 · UPSC 2026 · Anthropology GS 1 · 15 marks · Solution

Biological and Cultural factors in human evolution.

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Paleolithic

Section c · Q4 · UPSC 2026 · Anthropology GS 1 · 20 marks · Solution

Homo erectus

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Fieldwork tradition in anthropology

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The biological basis of Life

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Family

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Meaning, Scope and development of Anthropology.

Section e · Q5 · UPSC 2026 · Anthropology GS 1 · 10 marks · Solution

Principles of Prehistoric Archaeology. Chronology

Section a · Q6 · UPSC 2026 · Anthropology GS 1 · 20 marks · Solution

Genetic imprints in human disease, genetic screening, genetic counseling, human DNA profiling, gene mapping and genome study.

Section b · Q6 · UPSC 2026 · Anthropology GS 1 · 15 marks · Solution

Neo-evolutionism (Childe, White, Steward, Sahlins and Service)

Section c · Q6 · UPSC 2026 · Anthropology GS 1 · 15 marks · Solution

Characteristics of Primates

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Distinction between technique, method and methodology

Section b · Q7 · UPSC 2026 · Anthropology GS 1 · 15 marks · Solution

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

Section c · Q7 · UPSC 2026 · Anthropology GS 1 · 15 marks · Solution

Homo erectus

Section a · Q8 · UPSC 2026 · Anthropology GS 1 · 15 marks · Solution

Structuralism (Lévi-Strauss and E. Leach)

Section b · Q8 · UPSC 2026 · Anthropology GS 1 · 15 marks · Solution

Applications of Anthropology

Section c · Q8 · UPSC 2026 · Anthropology GS 1 · 20 marks · Solution

Family