MBOSE Class 11 Question Paper 2022 for Anthropology

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(ii) _______Anthropology studies human evolution
2022 and human variation.
(a) Social
ANTHROPOLOGY (b) Prehistoric
(c) Physical
( THEORY )
(iii) The vertebral column in man presents _______
Full Marks : 70 curves.
(a) three
Time : 3 hours
(b) four
The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions (c) five
General Instructions:
(iv) The New World monkeys, an infraorder of the
(i) Write all the answers in the Answer Script. Primate, are distributed in _______ and _______
(ii) Attempt Part–A Objective Questions serially. (a) Central and South America
(iii) Attempt all parts of a question together at one place. (b) South and East Asia
(c) Asia and Africa
PART : A–OBJECTIVE
(v) _______ is a special branch of biology, which deals
with the formation and development of the
embryo.
(a) Embryology
A. Fill in the blanks with the correct answer from the
options provided: 1 x 11 = 11 (b) Palaeontology
(c) Morphology
(i). The word “anthropology” has been derived from
two_______words, anthropos (man) and logos
(vi) According to _______ natural selection is the most
(study or science)
important mechanism by which evolution occurs.
(a) Latin (a) Hugo De Vries
(b) Greek (b) Charles Darwin
(c) Hebrew (c) Dobzhansky

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(3) (4)

(vii) Mutation theory is proposed by _______ (xi) _______ is the sub-form of marriage in which an
individual has multiple wives at any given time.
(a) Blumenbach
(a) Polygamy
(b) Buffon
(c) Hugo De Vries. (b) Polygyny

(c) Polyandry.
(viii) _______ refers to the habit or tendency to judge
or interpret other cultures according to the
criteria of one’s own culture.
B. Write whether the following statements are ‘True’ or
(a) Cultural relativism ‘False’ : 1 x 10 = 10
(b) Xenophobia
(c) Ethnocentrism. (i) The term Hominidae refers to Human beings.

(ii) Big size population is a fundamental requirement
(ix) _______ is an aggregate of individuals who live in
for genetic drift.
face to face situation and share some common
sentiments.
(iii) The foramen magnum is placed anteriorly at the
(a) Society basal aspect of human skull.
(b) Institution
(iv) When the wife goes to live in the husband’s house
(c) Association. after marriage, it is called matrilocal family.

(x) _______ is the sum total of human behaviour, (v) Bride price and dowry are marriage payments.
verbal or non-verbal and their products-material
and non-material. (vi) The word “moiety” has been derived from the
French word ‘Moietic’ which means half.
(a) Custom
(b) Culture (vii) James Frazer in his book ‘Golden Bough’ made
a detail analysis of magic and religion.
(c) Tradition.

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(5) (6)

(viii) Food production precedes food collection. ( PART : B – DESCRIPTIVE )

(ix) The technique in which the pedigree of the
informant is traced is called interview. Answer question No. 1 and any two from the rest.

(x) Observation is the latest method of scientific
1. Write short notes on any three from the following :
investigation.
5 x 3 = 15
(a) Mutation

(b) Relationship of Anthropology with History.
C. Briefly answer any seven of the following questions :
2 x 7 = 14 (c) Phratry and Moiety.
(i) Name the core branches of Anthropology. (d) Domestication of plants and animals.
(ii) What is Bipedalism? (e) System of exchange.

(iii) Define organic evolution. 2. What is Anthropology? Write its relationship with
Sociology, Biology, Geology and Geography. 2 + 8 = 10
(iv) Name any two types of family.
3. Write down the characteristics of primates. 10
(v) What are the two types of Kinship system
according to Morgan? 4. Define marriage. Describe the different types of
marriage. 2 + 8 = 10
(vi) What is a primary group?
5. Define religion. Briefly describe the different types of
(vii) Name any two weapons of cutting and chopping. religion. 2 + 8 = 10

(viii) Differentiate between religion and magic? 6. Explain the Natural selection and Migration as the
two principles of evolution. 10
(ix) Name the tools used for collecting primary data.

(x) What is fieldwork? 

(xi) What is foraging?

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