[KZ 0811] AUGUST 2011 Sub. Code: 2203

B.Sc. MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY FIRST YEAR PAPER III – CULTURAL Q.P. Code : 802203 Time : Three Hours Maximum : 100 marks Answer ALL questions I. Elaborate on: (3 x 10 = 30) 1. Problems faced by indigenous people in India. 2. Subsistence and exchange. 3. Functions of ritual.

II. Write notes on: (8 x 5 = 40) 1. . 2. Tribal Panchayats. 3. Displacement – A major problem of indigenous people. 4. Types of descent. 5. . 6. . 7. Levi Strauss’s Structural theory of . 8. Short notes on political organisation of Tribe.

III. Short Answers on: (10 x 3 = 30) 1. Myth. 2. What are the symbols used by the anthropologists for kinship terms? 3. Ritual. 4. . 5. What are the four basic forms of political organization in pre industrial society? 6. Polytheism. 7. Enculturation. 8. Culture. 9. Indigenous people. 10. Name the tribes of India.

******* [LB 0212] AUGUST 2012 Sub. Code: 2203 B.Sc. MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY FIRST YEAR PAPER – III CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY Q.P. Code : 802203 Time : Three hours Maximum : 100 marks (180 Mins) Answer ALL questions in the same order. I. Elaborate on: Pages Time Marks (Max.) (Max.)(Max.) 1. Define ritual and describe the functions of ritual. 7 20 10 2. Write an essay on kinship and kinship behavior. 7 20 10 3. Subsistence and Exchange- the trade system of tribal people. 7 20 10

II. Write notes on: 1. What is the importance of kinship in anthropological studies? 4 10 5 2. What are the categories of kinship? 4 10 5 3. What are the elements of religion? 4 10 5 4. Polytheism and Monotheism. 4 10 5 5. Write about Redistribution and Market exchange system of tribal people. 4 10 5 6. Write about the forms of political organisation of tribal people. 4 10 5 7. Write the differences of patrilineal and matrilineal forms of descent. 4 10 5 8. What are the problems facing the tribal community due to social change? 4 10 5

III. Short Answers on: 1. Types of Descent. 2 4 3 2. Types of political organizations of tribes. 2 4 3 3. Avoidance-kinship behavior. 2 4 3 4. Define culture. 2 4 3 5. Define kinship. 2 4 3 6. Write the names of tribes in India. 2 4 3 7. What are the types of reciprocity? 2 4 3 8. What are the characteristics common to a descent group? 2 4 3 9. Write short notes on Displacement-A major problem of tribal people. 2 4 3 10. Animism. 2 4 3

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[LD 0212] AUGUST 2013 Sub.Code :2203 B.Sc. MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY FIRST YEAR PAPER III – CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY Q.P. Code : 802203 Time: Three hours Maximum : 100 Marks Answer All questions I Elaborate on: (3x10 =30)

1. Explain the culture of different ethnic groups 2. Define kinship and explain the kinship behaviour in earning a living 3. Analyze the cultural alternatives of different indigenous people. II. Write Notes on: (8X5=40) 1. Explain the importance of cultural Anthropology 2. What are the subject matter of cultural Anthropology 3. Discuss the role of utopians in cultural Anthropology 4. What are the major contributions made by Indian Ethnographers 5. Explain the patterns of subsistence among agricultural communities 6. Explain early approach in Anthropology 7. Explain cultural lag and cultural island 8. Explain the culture of different Ethnic groups III. Short Answers on: (10X3=30) 1. What are the human rights violations of ethnic community 2. Define tribal community 3. What are the branches of Anthropology 4. What is culture trait 5. Explain culture complex 6. What are the consequences of ethnic conflict 7. Explain cultural identity 8. How livelihood was ensured in exchange of commodities in the primitive system 9. List out few rituals followed among tribal community 10. What is tribal indigenous political system ***** [LF 0212] AUGUST 2014 Sub.Code :2203 B.Sc. MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY FIRST YEAR PAPER III – CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY Q.P. Code : 802203 Time: Three hours Maximum : 100 Marks Answer All questions I. Elaborate on: (3x10 =30)

1. Define anthropology and explain the scope, position, branches and Importance of anthropology. 2. Subsistence and exchange – the trade system of primitive people. 3. Write the various problems faced by indigenous people and explain the importance tribal of movement in India.

II. Write Notes on: (8x5=40)

1. Joking relationship. 2. Tribal panchayats. 3. Explain cultural log and cultural island. 4. Levi Strauss’s structural theory and kinship. 5. Short note on political organization and tribe. 6. What are the elements of religion? 7. Polytheism and monotheism. 8. Write the differences between patrilineal and matrilineal forms of descent.

III. Short Answers on: (10x3=30)

1. What is cultural trait? 2. Explain cultural complex. 3. What are consequences of ethnic conflict? 4. Define ethnography. 5. List out few rituals followed among tribal community. 6. What are the human rights violations of ethnic community? 7. The Eskimo and the crow kinship system. 8. Some special kinship usage during primitive period. 9. Functions of . 10. Four characteristics of castes.

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