Assam Board Class 11 Question Paper 2022 Anthropology

ASSAM BOARD

QUESTION
PAPER
CLASS 11

Total No. of Printed Pages-7

22E-ANTH

2022

ANTHROPOLOGY

Full Marks: 100
Pass Marks: 30

Time: 3 hours

The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions

ALLOTMENT OF MARKS

Q. No. 1(a) carries 1 mark each 1x5 5

Q. No. 1(b) carries 1 mark each 1x7 7
Q. Nos. 2-13 carry 2 marks each 2x12 24
Q. Nos. 14-23 carry 4 marks each 4x10 40

Q. Nos. 24-27 carry 6 marks each 6x4 24

Total 100

Contd.

2)

1. (a) Choose the correct answer 15-5

(i) The Asiatic Society of Bengal was established in
the year 1764/1774/1784.

b-

(i) Human hand consists of 26/27/28 number of
bones.

(ii) Kroeber/Boas/Herskovits defined Anthropology as
the study of man and his works'.

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(iv) The word 'Action Anthropology' was coined by Sol
Tax/L. P. Vidyarthi/William Jones.

(v) The obturator foramen is located in vertebral
column/scapula/pelvic girdle.

(b) Answer the following questions : 1x77

1 Name the discipline that studies humanity in all
time and all space.

3)
(ii) Define protohistory.

(iii) Name a community that uses canoe to adapt to
their physical environment.

1 4 CACI BRT 1 (canoe) 4 4 I

(iu Mention the name of one Social Science closely
related to Social Anthropology.

(u) Who is the author of the book, Primitive Culture?

Primitive Culture TR SPA AGa fAfACE?

vi What do you understand by
by physical
environment?

vii) What is social institution?

2 What is the meaning of the word 'Anthropology'? Mention
two main branches of Anthropology. 1+12

3, Write down the distribution of gibbon and orangutan. 2

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(4)
W h a t do you mean by suture? Mention the name of any
one suture. 1+12

5, What is genetics? 2

6./ Mention the names of the bones that form the human
craniumm. 2

7. Delineate the different branches of Anthropology with neat
diagram. 2

8. Highlight any two characteristics of mammals. 2

9. Make a comparison between pluvial and interpluvial
periods. 2

10. Write down serially the names of glacial and interglacial
periods. 1+1-2

1. Where do the Platyrrhine monkeys and Catarrhine
monkeys found? 2

12. Describe about demographic study in
Anthropology. 2

5)

13. Write a brief note on human sOciety. 2

14. Throw light on different types and forms of hùman
dentition. 4

15. Mention four important characteristic features of the order
Primate. 4

16% What is the anthropological concept of culture? 4

17. Compare between the following: 2+2-4

(a) The mountain gorilla and the lowland gorilla

(b) Metatheria and Eutheria

18. Describe briefly the skull of Pithecanthropus erectus.

19 Why is man called Primate? 4

20. What do you understand by geological timescale and
geological era? 2+2-4

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(6)

21, What are the different methods of studying prehistory?
1+2%-4
Describe any one of them.

2x2-4
22 Write short notes on any two of the following

(a) Community

(b) Ethnology

(c) Varve clay anlysis

(d) Cultural Anthropology

23. What is prehistoric archaeology? Prepare a brief
discussion on methodss of studying prehistoric
archaeology. 1+3-4

24, Briefly discuss about Man's place in animal kingdom. 6

7)
25. What do you
understand by Great Ice Age? Provide a brief
note on the
causes of
glaciation. 2+4-6

26. What is
dating method? Describe two absolute dating
methods.
1+5-6

27. What is a social group? Mention the
basis of which principles on the
social groups are formed. Write briefly on
any one of these
principles. 2+2+2-6

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