Kerala Plus One Question Paper 2024 Anthropology

Kerala Board

Question Paper
2024

Reg. No. : ......................................
FY-444 Name : ...........................................

FIRST YEAR HIGHER SECONDARY EXAMINATION, MARCH – 2024

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

General Instructions to Candidates :
 There is a ‘Cool-off time’ of 15 minutes in addition to the writing time.
 Use the ‘Cool-off time’ to get familiar with questions and to plan your answers.
 Read questions carefully before answering.
 Read the instructions carefully.
 Calculations, figures and graphs should be shown in the answer sheet itself.
 Malayalam version of the questions is also provided.

  :
    15  ‘  ’ .
 ‘  ’    
 .
      .
    .
  , , ,   
.
   .

FY-444 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 choosing correct answer from the brackets given below :

1. The term Applied Anthropology was first coined by ________.

2. Process by which a child learn his own culture is _________.

3. Relationship between Language and Society is ________.

4. Custom by which woman is obliged to marry brother of her deceased husband is
________.

5. Statement or phrase having double meaning is ________.

6. Sound Unit of language is _______.

(Sociolinguistics, Phonemes, Ethnolinguistics, D.G. Brington, Aristotle, Riddles,
Levirate, Enculturation)

7. Find the pair :

Economics : Social Science

Anthropology : ___________

8. Cultural Anthropology : American Tradition

Social Anthropology : ___________

Find the odd item using the criterion given in bracket :
9. Monogamy, Polygamy, Endogamy, Polyandry (Forms of Marriage)

FY-444 2

1  16    14   .
1  . (14  1 = 14)

     
  :

1.       ________
.

2.         _________.

3.      ________.

4.        
   ________.

5.    ________.

6.   _______.
(, ,  , .. ,
, , ,  )

7.   :
 :  
 : ___________

8.    :  
  : ___________

   
 :
9. , ,  , .
(  )
FY-444 3 P.T.O.

10. Theyyam, Koothu, Koodiyattam, Mughamezhuthu (Performing Art)
Match the column ‘A’ with ‘B’
A B
11. Flake Tool Upper Paleolithic
12. Hand Axe Mesolithic
13. Blade Tool Middle Paleolithic
14. Microliths Lower Paleolithic

15. Name the fossil known in the name of Lucy.

16. Who is the author of the book ‘Philosophic Zoologique’ ?

Answer any 7 questions from 17 to 25. Each carries 2 scores. (7  2 = 14)
17. Prepare a note on ‘Action Anthropology’.

18. Distinguish between Ascribed Status and Achieved Status with examples.

19. Give a brief note on Ethnocentrism.

20. Identify the Antigen and Antibody of blood group ‘B’.

21. Distinguish Tool and Artifact.

22. Differentiate Endogamy and Exogamy.

23. List out any two features of Hunting Gathering Society.

24. Briefly explain ‘Applied Folklore’.

25. Give a brief account of folk games.

FY-444 4

10. , , ,  ( )

 ‘’, ‘’  :
 

11.     

12.    

13.     

14.    

15.       ?

16.       ?

17  25    7  .
2  . (7  2 = 14)
17.       .

18.       .

19.     .

20. ‘B’    .

21.    .

22.    .

23.       
.

24.      .

25.      .

FY-444 5 P.T.O.

Answer any 5 questions from 26 to 31. Each carries 4 scores. (5  4 = 20)
26. Explain Bio-Social and Comparative Nature of Anthropology.

27. List out any four features of Primates.

28. Give a brief note on Language acquisition of Noam Chomsky.

29. Explain Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Kin through a Genealogical Chart.

30. Prepare a note on different ‘Life Cycle Rituals’.

31. Distinguish Modern Law and Customary Law.

Answer any 4 questions from 32 to 36. Each carries 6 scores. (4  6 = 24)
32. Distinguish between Ethnography and Ethnology.

33. Explain any three Dating Methods used in Archaeological study.

34. Briefly explain different types of Non verbal communication.

35. Draw a flow chart showing different types of family. Explain any two types of family.

36. Briefly explain different types of Reciprocity.

Answer any 1 question from 37 to 38. Carries 8 scores. (1  8 = 8)
37. Prepare a flow chart showing different branches and sub branches of Anthropology and
explain any three branches in detail.

38. Explain the theory of Darwinism by elaborating the hints given below.
[Hints : Over Production, Struggle for existence, Variation, Survival of the fittest,
Natural Selection]
_____________

FY-444 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    1  .
8 . (1  8 = 8)
37.       
    .

38.      
.
[ : ,  , ,
  ,  ]
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