Kerala Plus Two Question Paper 2023 Anthropology

SECOND YEAR

Kerala Board
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2023

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SY-544
SECOND YEAR HIGHER SECONDARY EXAMINATION, MARCH 2023

Part – III Time : 2½ Hours
ANTHROPOLOGY Cool-off time : 15 Minutes
Maximum : 80 Scores

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 
    15  ‘  ’ .
 ‘  ’    
 .

      .
    .
  , , ,   
.

   .

SY-544 1 P.T.O.

Answer any 14 questions from 1 to 16. Each carries 1 score. (14  1 = 14)

Fill in the blank area by selecting the answers given in bracket.

1. Intensive study of a Social Unit is called _______.

2. ________ is an example of Scientific Product.

3. Scientific method is __________ in nature.

4. ________ method is very much helpful in studying family, marriage and kinship.

(Case study, Observation, Genealogy, Objective, Equation)

5. Find out American diffusionist from the following :
(a) A.R. Radcliffe Brown (b) E.B. Taylor
(c) W.H.R. Rivers (d) Clark Wissler

6. Identify the tribal group settled in Andaman Nicobar Islands.
(a) Nagas (b) Jarawa
(c) Paniya (d) Kurichia

7. ‘The development of culture was in the form of parabolic curve’. Who put forwarded
this idea ?
(a) Evolutionists (b) Neo-Evolutionists
(c) Diffusionists (d) Structuralists

8. Expand the equation E  T = C.

9. Name the anthropologist who put forward the theory of functionalism.

SY-544 2

1  16    14  .
1  . (14  1 = 14)
    
   :

1.      ________.

2.     ______.

3.   ______ .

4. , ,    ________ 
.
(, ,  ,  , )

5.      
.
(a) .   (b) .. 
(c)     (d)  

6.       .
(a)  (b) 
(c)  (d) 

7. ‘   ’   
  ?
(a)   (b)   
(c)   (d)  

8. E  T = C    .

9.      .

SY-544 3 P.T.O.

Match Column A with B :
A B
10. Dominant Caste Oscar Lewis
11. Rural Cosmopolitan Samuel Habnemann
12. Ayurveda M.N. Srinivas
13. Homeopathy Charaka

Fill in the blank area suitably :
14. ________ is known as ‘the cave men of Kerala’.

15. The book ‘A philosophy for NEFA’ was written by __________.

16. ________ is known as the first ethnographer of Indian Anthropology.

Answer any 7 questions from 17 to 25. Each carries 2 scores : (7  2 = 14)
17. Differentiate Primary Data and Secondary Data.

18. Write a brief note on subjectivity and objectivity.

19. Write any four features of folk society proposed by Robert Redfield.

20. List out four features of dominant caste.

21. Briefly state the concept of hot and cold.

22. Give a short note on concept cultural ecology.

23. Briefly explain the land reforms in Kerala.

24. Explain the concept ‘Action Anthropology’.

25. Briefly state the contributions of PRG Mathur in the field of Anthropology.

SY-544 4

     :
A B
10.    
11.    
12.  .. 
13.  

   .
14.    _______ .

15. ‘   NEFA’    _______ .

16.      _______ .

17  25    7  .
2  . (7  2 = 14)
17.  ,     .

18.  ,    .

19.        
 .

20.       .

21. ,    .

22.       
.

23.     .

24. ‘  ’   .

25.    ...   
.

SY-544 5 P.T.O.

Answer any 5 questions from 26 to 31. Each carries 4 scores. (5  4 = 20)
26. Explain four types of Survey Methods.

27. Why British diffusionists are known as Egyptologists ?

28. Differentiate Great Tradition from Little Tradition.

29. Explain the eco-cultural adaptations of hunting gathering societies.

30. Write a short note on the classification of language families in India.

31. Explain any two approaches of tribal development in India.

Answer any 4 questions from 32 to 36. Each carries 6 scores. (4  6 = 24)
32. Explain the features, merits and demerits of participant observation.

33. Differentiate the process of Universalisation and Parochialisation.

34. Discuss the different types of medical system (medical pluralism) existing in India.

35. Analyse the relevance of any two environmental movements in India.

36. What is meant by migration ? List out different push factors and pull factors of
migration.

Answer any one question from 37 to 38. Carries 8 scores. (1  8 = 8)
37. Discuss the importance of tribal movements by explaining any four tribal movement in
India. (Hints : Munda Movement, Santhal Rebellion, Kurichiyan Revolt, Muthanga
Land Struggle)

38. Prepare a flowchart on evolutionism. Explain the features of classical evolutionism and
write the contributions of E.B. Taylor and L.H. Morgan.
_____________

SY-544 6

26  31    5  .
4  . (5  4 = 20)
26.      .
27.       ?
28.  ,     .

29.    . 
 .
30.     
.
31.       .

32  36    4  .
6  . (4  6 = 24)
32.   , , ,
 .
33. ,    
 .
34.      
.
35.       
.
36.    ?    , 
  .
37, 38     . 8 .
(1  8 = 8)
37.      
   .
( –  ,  ,  ,  
)
38.    .  
   .. , .. 
  .
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SY-544 7 P.T.O.

SY-544 8