AHSEC| CLASS 12| ANTHROPOLOGY| QUESTION PAPER - 2024| H.S. 2ND YEAR
2024
ANTHROPOLOGY
(Theory)
Full Marks: 70
Pass Marks: 21
Time: Three hours
The figures in the margin indicate
full marks full the questions.
1. Answer the following questions briefly: (any five) 1x5=5
(i) What is
called eugenics?
(ii) What is the
meaning of the word ‘chromosome’?
(iii) Provide
the formula used for the estimation of facial index.
(iv) In which
prehistoric cultural stage do we find evidence of cave art?
(v) What was the
tool making technique of Solutrean culture?
(vi) Name one
pastoral tribe of North-East India.
(vii) What is
the name of the bachelor’s dormitory found among the Garos?
(viii) Who first
coined the term ‘ecology’?
2. Choose the correct answer: (any three) 1x3=3
(a) The tribes
of Assam are predominantly Caucasoid/ Mongoloid/ Negroid.
(b) End scraper
is a core tool/ flake tool.
(c) The seasonal
migrations of people with their livestock is known as transhumance/ shifting
cultivation.
(d) The term ‘ecosystem’
was coined by V. Gordon Child/ A. G. Tansley.
(e) The
Scandinavians are typical representative of Nordic/ Ainu.
3. Answer the following questions in short: (any ten)
2x10=20
(i) What are the
two main types of human cell?
(ii) Define
mitosis.
(iii) What do
you understand by genotype? Give example.
(iv) What are
the main purposes of positive and negative eugenics?
(v) Define race.
(vi) What are
the main racial criteria used for racial classifications?
(vii) Write what
you know about unifacial and bifacial side scraper.
(viii) What is
meant by a tool? Distinguish between core tool and flake tool.
(ix) What do you
mean by horticulture? Give example.
(x) Name six
agricultural implements used in plough cultivation.
(xi) Mention
four agricultural festivals of the Garos.
(xii) Write any
four tribes of Assam. 1+1=2
(xiii) What do
you mean by primary consumer?
(xiv) What are
decomposers?
(xv) What is
anvil technique?
4. Briefly answer the following questions: (any seven)
3x7=21
(a) Write any
six differences between mitosis and meiosis.
(b) What do you
understand by cell division? Who first introduced the idea of cell division?
(c) Write
briefly about homozygous and heterozygous.
(d) What is
Turner syndrome? Explain.
(e) Give reasons
for considering blood group as a racial criterion.
(f) Write
briefly about Levallois technique.
(g) In what ways
the upper Palaeolithic industries were more advanced than those of previous
periods?
(h) What is
domestication of animals? What were the objectives of domestication of animals
in early times?
(i) What are the
methods of plough cultivation? Mention any four features of plough cultivation.
(j) Write briefly
about the social organisation of the Garos.
(k) Write a note
on the ‘age-grade’ system of the Ao-Nagas.
(l) What is
ecology? Why is it important to study?
5. Write short notes on: (any two) 3x2=6
(a) Down’s
syndrome or Mongoloid idiocy
(b) Biosphere
(c) Kitchen
midden culture
(d) Terrace
cultivation
6. Answer the following questions: (any three) 5x3=15
(i) Who first
used the word ‘enzyme’? Describe the functions of enzyme. 1+4=5
(ii) Who was
Mendel? Describe Mendel’s laws of inheritance. 1+4=5
(iii) Compare
between the main features of Palaeolithic and Neolithic cultures. 5
(iv) What is
Jhum cultivation? Discuss its merits and demerits. 1+(2+2) =5
(v) Discuss the
agricultural practices of the Mishing’s. 5
(vi) Discuss ‘ecological
balance versus Man’. 5
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