MBOSE Class 11 Question Paper 2023 for Anthropology

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(b) Man belongs to the order ______
2023 (i) Carnivora

ANTHROPOLOGY (ii) Primate
(iii) Edentata.
( THEORY )
(c) Animals which are warm blooded and possess
Full Marks : 70 hair all over the body are called_______

Time : 3 hours (i) Amphibians
(ii) Reptiles
The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions
(iii) Mammals.
General Instructions:
(d) ______ is more effective in small populations.
(i) Write all the answers in the Answer Script.
(i) Mutation
(ii) Attempt Part–A Objective Questions serially.
(ii) Natural selection
(iii) Attempt all parts of a question together at one place.
(iii) Genetic drift.

PART : A–OBJECTIVE (e) The concept of ‘Struggle for Existence’ was
proposed by
( Marks : 35 ) (i) Lamarck
(ii) Charles Darwin
1. Choose and write the correct answer from the options
given below: 1 x 11 = 11 (iii) Hugo-de Vries.

(a) In Anthropology, the study of man as a physical (f) Widow marrying her deceased husband’s brother
organism is studied in is termed as
(i) Physical Anthropology (i) Levirate

(ii) Cultural Anthropology (ii) Sororate

(iii) Linguistic Anthropology. (iii) Polyandry.

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(3) (4)

(g) The family which one sets up after marriage is known (k) ‘Like produces like’ is a
as a family of ______
(i) Imitative magic
(i) Orientation (ii) Black magic
(ii) Procreation (iii) Contagious magic.
(iii) Consanguineal

2. State whether the following statements are ‘True’ or
(h) Phratry has been derived from the Greek word ‘False’ : 1 x 10 = 10
‘phrater’ meaning
(a) The word Anthropology is derived from the Latin
(i) Uncle word.
(ii) Brother
(b) The term ‘Hominidae’ refers to human being.
(iii) Sister.
(c) Religion consists of a system of belief, thought
and action.

(i) When the descent is traced through the female, (d) Domestication of animals started in the Neolithic
it is called period.
(i) Patrilineal descent (e) A clan is a unilineal kinship group larger than a
lineage.
(ii) Matrilineal descent
(f) Marriage of one man with several women is
(iii) Ambilineal descent
known as Monogamy.

(g) Language is a part of culture.
(j) A source of evidence for evolution that deals with
the external structure of organisms is known as (h) Data which are collected first hand is known as
Tertiary data.
(i) Morphological evidence
(i) Mana is sometimes referred as ‘Fetish’.
(ii) Anatomical evidence
(j) Observation is the oldest method of scientific
(iii) Embryological evidence. investigation.

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(5) (6)

3. Answer in brief any seven of the following: 2 x 7 = 14 (c) Natural selection
(a) Define society. (d) Characteristics of primates
(b) Who proposed the Mutation theory? (e) Relationship of Anthropology with Sociology and
Biology.
(c) What is primary group?

(d) Why is man a primate? 5. What is Anthropology? Describe the core branches of
Anthropology. 2 + 8 = 10
(e) Name the two types of kinship terminology of Morgan.

(f) What is placenta? 6. Define Family. Describe the different functions of
family. 2 + 8 = 10
(g) What is marriage payment?

(h) Define Bipedalism. 7. What is Culture? State its important characteristics.
(i) What is Cultural Relativism? 2 + 8 = 10

(j) Differentiate between lineage and clan. 8. Define the term ‘Evolution’. Explain Lamarck’s theory
of organic evolution. 3 + 7 = 10
(k) Name any two hunting weapons used in the primitive
society.
9. Define Marriage. Describe the types of marriage.
2 + 8 = 10

( PART : B – DESCRIPTIVE ) 10. Write an essay on domestication of animals in the
prehistoric period. 10
( Marks : 35 )

Answer question No. 4 and any two from the rest. 

4. Write short notes on any three of the following :
5 x 3 = 15
(a) Animism
(b) Relationship between Magic and Religion

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