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ANTHROPOLOGY TEST SERIES

BY NATARAJ PAULRAJ

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process. Leverage these tests to ‘know where you stand’ and

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MODULE WISE ANALYSIS

Module wise analysis helps you in analyzing the weightage from each module and to
focus on the areas of importance. When we analyze 2021 anthropology Paper 1, we observe
around 140/400 (35%) marks are from Biological Anthropology similarly from Paper 2, around
185/400 (47%) are from Tribal India.

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 10 MARKERS ANALYSIS

Socio-Cultural Anthropology:

Q1. (a) Animism and Deep Ecology 10

Q1. (b) Marriage Regulations and Alliance Theory 10

Q5. (d) Descent Groups 10

Q5. (e) Modes of Subsistence 10

Biological Anthropology:

Q1. (d) "The bio-Cultural approach is the hallmark of Biological Anthropology." Explain. 10

Q5. (a) Human adolescent growth spurt 10

Q5. (c) Is race a valid and biologically meaningful concept? 10

Theories:

Q1. (c) Historical Particularism and Franz Boas 10

Archaeology:

Q1. (e) Thermoluminescence (TL) dating 10

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Fossils:

Q5. (b) The losses and gains of erect posture 10

Indian Society:

Q1. (a) Purushartha and righteous living today.10

Q1. (b) Relevance of tribe-caste continuum.10

Q1. (e) Factionalism and politics in rural India.10

Q1. (d) Caste and social capital.10

Tribal India:

Q5. (a) Urbanization and tribal institutions

Q5. (d) Concept of tribe and Indian census

Archaeology:

Q1. (c) Harappan seals.10

Miscellaneous:

Q5. (b) Ethnic media and social awareness

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Q5. (c) Cultural diversity and multiculturalism

Q5. (e) Politics of recognition and deprivation

15 MARKERS ANALYSIS

Socio-Cultural Anthropology:

Q6. (c) Critically evaluate Lewis Morgan's classification of family.15

Biological Anthropology:

Q3. (b) Explain the genetic mechanisms of micro and macro evolution.15

Q4. (c) "Chromosomal aberrations can play havoc with the human body and mind." Explain with
suitable examples,15

Q6. (b) How are the cases of disputed paternity solved? Discuss the recent techniques.15

Q7. (b) Discuss the bio- social determinants of fertility and fecundity.15

Q7. (c) What is Anthropometry? Discuss its role in assessing the nutritional status and sports
capability of a person.15

Q8. (b) Discuss the physiological and evolutionary theories of aging.15

Theories:

Q8. (c) Explain the structural analysis of kinship as proposed by Lévi-Strauss.15

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Archeology:

Q2. (c) Describe the features of early farming cultures and Neolithic of the Near East.15

Q3. (c) Discuss the salient features of different traditions of European Mesolithic.15

Linguistic Anthropology:

Q4. (b) Mention the major branches of linguistic anthropology and discuss language use in
social and cultural settings.15

Miscellaneous:

Q2. (b) Elucidate the concept of "thick description" of Clifford Geerts with a suitable example.15

Indian Society:
Q4. (b) Discuss the role of Panchayati Raj Institutions in transforming traditional power
hierarchy in rural India.15
Q6. (c) Delineate the factors influencing fertility in Indian population.15
Q8. (b) Delineate the constitutional safeguard for religious minorities in India.15
Tribal India:
Q3. (b) Examine the contributions of S. C. Roy in highlighting the role of customary laws in tribal
life.15
Q3. (c) Critically assess the impact of Christianity on tribal culture and identity.15
Q4. (c) Elucidate the problems and challenges in educational attainment of theScheduled
Tribes.15
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Q6. (b) Examine the factors responsible for malnutrition in tribal India and suggest interventions
required to overcome the problem.15
Q7. (b) Discuss the problems involved in rehabilitation and resettlement of tribal displaced due
to development projects in India.15
Q7. (c) Discuss the interventions made by the Non-Governmental Organizations for
empowering tribal women15
Q8. (c) Identify the causes of tribal unrest with special reference to North-East India15
Archeology:
Q2. (b) Give the distribution and characteristic features of Upper Paleolithic culture in Indian.15
Fossils:
Q2. (c) Discuss the morphological features and phylogenetic position ofRamapithecus.15

20 MARKERS ANALYSIS

Socio-Cultural Anthropology:

Q3. (a) How do political organizations of simple societies establish power, authority and
legitimacy?20

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Q7. (a) Critically evaluate different types of social stratifications with suitableexamples.20

Biological Anthropology:

Q6. (a) What is acclimatization? Discuss adaptive responses to high altitude and cold climate.20

Fossils:

Q2. (a) What are the physical and cultural characteristics of Homo erectus ? Discuss its
phylogenetic status.20

Miscellaneous:

Q4. (a) Elaborate the scope of anthropology and elucidate its uniqueness in the field of other
social sciences. 20

Q8. (a) Discuss various tools of data collection in conducting anthropological research.20

Indian Society:
Q3. (a) Explain the impact of the concept of nature-man-spirit complex on sustainable use of
natural resources with suitable examples.20

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Q8. (a) Examine how structural transformation in economy is affecting traditional social
relationships in agrarian society,20
Tribal India:
Q4. (a) Discuss the contributions of N. K. Bose in understanding tribal communities and their
place in Indian civilization.20
Q6. (a) Discuss the impact of the Forest Rights Act (2006) on the livelihood and culture of tribal
people in India.20
Q7. (a) Explain the impact of successive Land Acquisition Acts on tribal social organization.20
Archeology:
Q2. (a) Critically discuss the origin of Indus Valley Civilization. Mention the evidences of its
endogenous origin from the pre-Harappan sites. 20

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 OUR TEST SERIES PROGRAM INLINE
WITH UPSC ANTHROPOLOGY PAPER

We are very happy to see most of the questions of our LWN Test Series in the 2021
UPSC Anthropology Paper. This way, LWN Test Series Program proved beneficial to all our
students by being able to predict a good number of questions (at least 10 to 120 marks in each
Sectional Test and 35 to 110 marks in each Full Length Test) and from Paper 1 in total of
around 310/400 marks (including choices) from Paper 2 250/400 marks(including
choices).

The above graph shows how our every sectional test holds importance and has a good
amount of weightage in UPSC anthropology 2021 paper. Some of the questions which predicted
like Homoerectus, Historical Particularism, Fertility and Fecundity, Tribe-caste continuum,
Ramapithecus, Nature-Man- Spirit complex, etc., have been asked in two to three tests.

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 Even if you have taken only our Full-Length test series, it could have helped you in
enhancing your marks. From the above graph, Full Length Test 1 has similar questions carrying
110 marks in UPSC anthropology exam.
This reflects our accuracy in Analyzing, Predicting the pattern of examination and our
indulgence in maintaining the quality of each test.

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 LWN TEST SERIES – OVERLAP WITH 2021 UPSC
ANTHROPOLOGY PAPER 1
Q. UPSC Anthropology Paper LWN Question Paper How
No. many
times
Repeated

1(a) 3

1(b) 3

1(c) 2

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1(d) 1

1(e) 1

2(a) 5

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2(b) 1

3(a) 2

3(b) 2

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3(c) 1

4(a) 2

4(b) 4

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4(c) 2

5(b) 3

5(c) 2

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5(d) 1

5(e) 4

6(a) 2

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6(b) 3

7(a) 1

7(b) 3

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7(c) 2

8(b) 1

8(c) 2

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ANTHROPOLOGY PAPER 2
Q. No. UPSC Anthropology Paper LWN Question Paper How many
times
repeated

1(a) 1

1(b) 2

1(e) 2

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2(a) 2

2(b) 1

2(c) 2

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3(a) 2

3(c) 2

4(b) 1

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4(c) 2

5(d) 2

5(e) 3

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6(a) 3

6(b) 2

7(b) 3

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8(a) 4

8(b) 1

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8(c) 1

Since we have mapped every question which is equivalent to UPSC question paper,
Some Questions are directly linked with the LWN test paper for instance like Historical
particularism, Homo erectus, Philosophy of Purushartha, Fertility and Mortality etc. Whereas
Some Questions are indirectly linked with LWN test paper like Forest Rights acts, NGO and
Race questions we have asked students to study the case studies of women in case of NGO
question in our Personal mentoring sessions.

Note: Some Questions like 2(a), 7(c) in paper 2 which are indirectly linked and discussed in
Personal mentoring are not counted in the Marks assessment.

The Programs we are currently Running are

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• Anthropology test series,
• Prelims Guidance and Mentorship.

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