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Subject anthropology
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Exam / Course ph d
Department
Organization central university
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Exam Date February, 2013
City, State telangana, hyderabad


Question Paper

PART-A
1. Who argued that one cannot arrive at generalisations through comparisons?
A. Radcliffe-Brown
B. Edmund Leach
C. Levi-Strauss
D. Raymond Firth
2. Oneofthefollowingarguedthatanthropology isabranch ofnaturalsciences:
A. Herbert Spencer
B. Evans-Pritchard
C. Malinowski
D. Radcliffe-Brown
3. According to whom family is not a part of social structure
A. Radcliffe-Brown
B. Edmund Leach
C. Evans-Pritchard
D. Raymond Firth



4. Who stated 'social structure has nothing to do with reality'?
A. Franz Boas
B. Radcliffe-Brown
C. Godelier
D. Levi-Strauss
5. Who talked about generative models?
A. Levi-Strauss
B. Fredrik Barth
C. Edmund Leach
D. Althusser
6. Schedule is filled by
A. respondent
B. a third person
C. interviewer
D. third person with the help ofrespondent
7. Thematic Appreciation Tests originally developed by
A. Rorschach
B. Henry A. Murray
C. Henry and Henry
D. George and Louise Spindler
8. Quota sampling is
A. Random sampling
B. Stratified random sampling
C. Non-random sampling
D. Multi-stage sampling
9. One of the following is not a cognitive anthropologist
A. Charles Frake
B. George Marcus
C. Ward Goodenough
D. Stephen Tylor
10. Societies are not natural but moral or SYmbolic systems
A. Nadel
B. Radcliffe-Brown
C. Evans-Pritchard
D. Firth
11. In social organisation we find the principle of
A. Continuity
B. Change
C. stability
D. None


12. Social structures are as real as an individual organism.
A. Levi-Strauss
B. Spencer
C. Nadel
D. Radcliffe-Brown
13. Who was the author of"Homo Hierarchicus"?
A. L.Dumont
B. F.G. Bailey
C. Levi-Strauss
D. Edmund Leach
14. Who among the following talked about 'Dominant Individual'?
A. M.N. Srinivas
B. Evans-Pritchard
C. L.P. Vidyarthi
D. S.C. Dube
15. Age-area hypothesis is developed by
A. Franz Boas
B. Clark Wissler
C. A.L. Kroeber
D. Julian steward
16. Componential analysis is a technique offormal analysis developed within
A. cognitive anthropology
B. SYmbolic anthropology
C. applied anthropology
D. comparative ethnography
17. The term 'basic personality' was used by
A. Ruth Benedict
B. Cora DuBois
C. Abraham Kardiner
D. Margaret Mead
18. 'Culturology' ia term coined by
A. Leslie White
B. Julian Steward
C. A.L. Kroeber
D. Gordon Childe
19. Residence rule in which each spouse continues to reside with his or her kin after the marriage is known as
A. duolocal
B. amitalocal
C. bilocal
D. uxorilocal
20. According to Levi-Strauss the atom ofkinship is
A. terminology
B. incest taboo
C. marriage
D. exchange
21. Adaptation is a key concept in the theory of
A. social structure
B. evolution
C. diffusion
D. 'none ofthe above
22. The approach ofClifford Geertz is that of
A. interpretative
B. empirical-descriptive
C. hermeneutic-phenomenology
D. all the above
23. D.M. Schneider's work relating to sYmbolic anthropology is on
A. Life cycle rituals
B. food customs
C. agricultural practices
D. kinship
24. Edward Sapir along with Benjamin Whorf developed the theory of
A. cultural materialism
B. cultural relativism
C. Linguistic relativism
D. cultural determinism
25. Louis Dumont's work on the caste system in India is based on
A. historical approach
B. structural approach
C. structural-functional approach
D. cultural approach
26. The approach ofhistorical particularism is associated with
A. Franz Boas
B. A.L. Kroeber
C. Ralph Linton
D. Leslie White
27. Cross-cultural studies are an example of
A. experimental design
B. longitudinal design
C. comparative design
D. diagnostic design
28. Bivariate analysis means
A. Establishing causality between two variables
B. Finding relationship between variables
C. Simultaneous analysis oftwo variables
D. Rejecting any two variables in analysis
29. Find out which ofthe following statement is correct
A. Null hypothesis stipulates strong relationship between variables
B. Genealogy and pedigree provide the same information
C. Detailed diary can form a source ofdata
D. Case history has little relevance in anthropological research
30. Who argues that "Kinship is both infrastructure and superstructure"
A. Maurice Godelier
B. Louis Althusser
C. Claude Meillassoux
D. Meyer Fortes
31. Victor Turner's 'Instrument Symbols' refer to
A. Axiomatic values ofthe ritual
B. Explicit and implicit goals ofthe ritual
C. Structural properties ofthe ritual
D. Cultural domain ofthe ritual
32. Who initially developed extended case study method?
A. Max Gluckman
B. LucyMair
C. W.H.R.Rivers
D. Victor Turner
33. New ethnography is associated with
A. Post-modem writing
B. Cognitive anthropology
C. Post-structuralism
D. Rewriting ethnography
34. Clifford Geertz's interpretative approach is based on
A. Phenomenology
B. Ethnomethodology
C. Ideographic method
D. Historical method
35. Deconstruction means
A. Destroying a structure
B. Evaluating a text with the underlying sub-text
C. Restructuring of ideas unexplained
D. Critique of structuralism 36. In post-modern anthropology
A. Authority lies exclusively with the people
B. Ethnographer is the final authority
C. None exclaims absolute authority
D. None ofthe above
37. The method ofcontrolled comparison is associated with
A. A.R. Radcliffe-Brown
B. Fred Eggan
C. Robert Redfield
D. G.P. Murdock
38. What is the main problem in studying one's own society?
A. Identification with the ,field
B. Controlling subjectivity
C. Gender constraint
D. Non-cooperation with the local people
39. Triangulation method is closely associated with
A. PRA
B. 'Cognitive research
C. Symbolic method
D. Phenomenology
40. Who has argued that infrastructure and superstructure are independent to each other?
A. M. Godalier
B. L. Althusser
C. M. Bloch
D. Kathleen Gough
41. Which method attempts to incorporate conflict as 'normal' rather than 'abnormal' part of social progress?
A. Conflict analysis
B. Situational analysis
C. Psycho-analysis
D. social analysis
42. Kroeber wrote his famous essay on the 'super organic' as a protest against
A. Cultural determinism
B. Biological determinism
C. Environmental determinism
D. Economic determinism
43. The study of culture to generate laws is known as
A. Nomothetic approach
B. Deductive approach
C. Ideographic approach
D. Inductive approach
44. Nadel used this tool/concept prominently in his book 'Theory of Social Structure.
A. Role analysis
B. Role conflict
C. Role set
D. Role loss
45. The categories ofApollonian and Dionysian were used to denote the integration of culture and over all temperament ofparticipants by
A. Margaret Mead
B. Ruth Benedict
C. Franz Boas
D. Ralph Linton
46. The hypothesis that predicts no relation between variables:
A. Null hypothesis
B. research hypothesis
C. Statistical hypothesis
D. working hypothesis
47. The researcher who showed that societies located near inundating rivers which carried out hydraulic agriculture originated state organization.
A. Clark Wissler
B. Karl Wittfogel
C. Leslie White
D. Elliott Smith
48. Friedrich Engels work on 'Origin of family, private property and state draws heavily from thework of
A. Karl Marx
B. E.B Tylor
C. Lewis Henry Morgan
D. Bachofen
49. Who gave the idea of institution as a model consisting of Charter, personnel, norms, material apparatus, activities and function?
A. Levi-Strauss
B. Radcliffe Brown
C. B. Malinowski
D. Raymond Firth
50. Name the scholar who studied religion, division of labour, and anomie.
A. A.R. Radcliffe Brown
B. B. Malinowski
C. Emile Durkheim
D. E.E. Evans Pritchard
PART-B
QUESTION NO. I (Marks: 10)
Write an Essay on any ONE ofthe following in 350 words.

1.
How structuralism of Levi-Strauss is different from the social structure of Radcliffe­Brown?

2.
Critically examine Clifford Geertz's contribution to anthropology as an interpretive science.

3.
Discuss Louis Althusser's interpretation ofMarxism.

4.
Write a short research proposal on a hypothetical research question.


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QUESTION NO. II (Marks: 15)
Write short-note on any THREE ofthe following. All the questions carry equal marks.

1.
New ethnography

2.
Experimental research methods

3.
Culture and personality

4.
Qualitative research methods

5.
Srinivas' concept of 'dominant caste'

6.
Different levels of sociocultural integration by Julian Steward


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