MBOSE Class 12 Question Paper 2020 for Anthropology

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2020

ANTHROPOLOGY

( Theory )

Full Marks : 70

Time : 3 hours

The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions

General Instructions :
(i) Write all the answers in the Answer Script.
(ii) Attempt Part—A (Objective Questions) serially.
(iii) Attempt all parts of a question together at one place.

( PART : A—OBJECTIVE )
( Marks : 35 )

1. State whether the following statements are True or
False : 1×10=10

(a) The first fossil remains of Homo erectus was
discovered in the year 1891.

(b) Broad nose is advantageous to the people living in
the cold region.

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(c) The main pigmentation of the skin of man is melanin.

(d) Sexual selection is the process of selecting mates on
the basis of some preferred qualities.

(e) The Indo-Aryan was classified by B. S. Guha.

(f) Mousterian culture was found in the middle
Palaeolithic period.

(g) Growth and development are the same.

(h) Man has developed a high-level precision in striking
objects with the help of eye-hand coordination.

(i) A tribe is a heterogeneous ethnic group.

(j) Cultivation and the art of weaving were originated in
the Neolithic period.

2. Choose and write the correct answer to the following
statements : 1×11=11

(a) The first Australopithecine group was discovered by
_____ in the year 1924.

(i) Raymond Dart

(ii) Eugéne Dubois

(iii) Thomas Huxley

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(b) _____ is considered to be the earliest known man
who could make tools.

(i) Australopithecus africanus

(ii) Zinjanthropus boisei

(iii) Homo habilis

(c) The third stage of hominid evolution is represented
by the

(i) Australopithecine

(ii) Homo erectus

(iii) Neanderthals

(d) _____ is the mixing of different populations leading to
the formation of new races.

(i) Mutation

(ii) Isolation

(iii) Hybridization

(e) The glacial period of Europe is arranged as

(i) Gunz–Mindel–Riss–Wurm

(ii) Mindel–Riss–Wurm–Gunz

(iii) Gunz–Riss–Wurm–Mindel

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(f) The major biological and cultural evolution of man
took place during the _____ epoch.

(i) Pliocene

(ii) Pleistocene

(iii) Holocene

(g) _____ is the first flake-tool culture.

(i) Clactonian

(ii) Levalloisian

(iii) Mousterian

(h) The process of growing old is scientifically studied in

(i) Anthropology

(ii) Osteology

(iii) Gerontology

(i) Microliths are the characteristic tools of _____ age.

(i) Palaeolithic

(ii) Mesolithic

(iii) Neolithic

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(j) A promise in the name of God for not to tell a
lie is

(i) oath

(ii) ordeal

(iii) Both (i) and (ii)

(k) The Scheduled Tribes comprise of _____ of the total
Indian population according to 2011 Census.

(i) 15·6%

(ii) 8·6%

(iii) 52%

3. Answer in brief any seven of the following : 2×7=14

(a) Name the major races of the world.

(b) What is ‘hypoxia’?

(c) What is ‘customary law’?

(d) Differentiate between sex and gender.

(e) What is ‘cave art’?

(f) What is ‘chopper’ ?

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(g) What is ‘positive sanction’?

(h) Define race.

(i) Name any two tools found in the Neolithic period.

(j) Define evolution.

(k) Differentiate between pre-natal and post-natal
stages of human growth.

( PART : B—DESCRIPTIVE )
( Marks : 35 )
Answer Question No. 4 and any two from the rest

4. Write short notes on any three of the following : 5×3=15

(a) Modernization

(b) Manual dexterity

(c) Grinding and polishing techniques

(d) Major tribal problems

(e) Extrinsic (Environmental) factors affecting human
growth

5. Define adaptation. Explain ecological adaptation of
human to mountain and desert. 2+8=10

6. Write on the classification of Indian population according
to H. H. Risley. 10

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7. What is prehistory? Describe any two methods of making
stone tools in the palaeolithic period. 3+7=10

8. What is glaciation? Bring out any two evidences of
glaciation. 3+7=10

9. Write an essay on the justice and punishment in tribal
societies. 10

10. Highlight on the status of women in North-East India
with special reference to Matrilineal societies. 10

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