AHSEC| CLASS 12| ANTHROPOLOGY| QUESTION PAPER - 2022| H.S. 2ND YEAR
2022
ANTHROPOLOGY
(Theory)
Full Marks: 70
Pass Marks: 21
Time: Three hours
The figures in the margin indicate
full marks for the questions
1. Answer in short: 1x5=5
(a) Which race
the Eskimos belong to?
(b) Name a Broze
Age civilization.
(c) Mention a name
of terrace cultivation community of North-East India.
(d) Who coined
the term ‘gene’?
(e) Name one cultivated
product of the Apatanis.
2. Choose the correct answer? 1x3=3
(a) The Scandinavians
are typical representative of Nordic/ Ainu.
(b) Mousterian
point is a core/ flake tool.
(c) The Nuer
people of Africa are hunters/ pastoralists.
3. Write what do you know about unifacial and bifacial
side-scraper. 1+1=2
4. What do you understand by phenotype? Give example. 2
5. Mention two reasons why blood group system is considered
to be the most reliable racial criterion. 2
6. What is meant by a tool? Distinguish between core tool and
flake tool. 1+1=2
7. Provide the definition of family as provided by G. P.
Murdock. 2
8. What do you understand by compound family? 2
9. Write the definition of Ecology and Ecosystem. 1+1=2
10. Write the names of two tools used in the Solutrean culture.
What technique was used to make these tools? 1+1=2
11. Show the differences between a naturally broken piece of
stone and a tool. 2
12. Ecology can also be referred to as Environmental
Biology. Why? 2
13. What is an Antibody? When does agglutination occur in
blood? 1+2=3
14. What are microliths? In which prehistoric period were
these used? 2+1=3
15. What do you understand by patrilocal and matrilocal
joint family? Mention two communities from North-East India where matrilocal
joint family is evident. 2+1=3
16. Why the rules of descent are significant in a society? 3
17. Write briefly on any two hunting techniques adopted by
the hunting communities. 1.5+1.5=3
18. Write about unilateral and bilateral descent. 1.5+1.5=3
19. What is Ali-Ai-Ligang? Provide a brief note on hunting
and fishing practices of the Mishing tribe in Assam. 1+2=3
20. Write shor notes on: (any two) 3x2=6
(a) Greenhouse
effect
(b) Causes of soil
erosion
(c) Human and Ecosystem
(d) Role of
decomposers in the ecosystem.
21. Who rediscovered Mendel’s Laws of Inheritance? Discuss
the Law of Dominance and the Law of Segregation. 1+2+2=5
Or
Which ethnic
group is known as Khoikhoi? Give an account of skin colour as a racial criterion.
1+4=5
22. Discuss the characteristics of a Joint family. Also
mention its merits.
Or
Discuss the
habitation, family and livelihood of the Apatani tribe. 5
23. “Shifting cultivation should be replaced by permanent
cultivation.” – Discuss with reasons. 5
Or
What is Jhum
cultivation? Discuss its merits and demerits. 1+2+2=5
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