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CSS Anthropology Past Paper 2018

CSS Anthropology 2018 carries 100 marks over 3 hours. It has 7 questions.

Marks
100
Time
3 hours
Questions
7

How to attempt: Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.

Questions

Question 1 (Part I) is the paper's MCQs, which are not reproduced here.

  1. Q. 2
    Define anthropology. How is it different form other fields of Social Sciences in terms of approach and methodology?
    (20)
  2. Q. 3
    Discuss the issue of objectivity and subjectivity in the field of social research. Explain whether or not objective research is attainable in social anthropology.
    (20)
  3. Q. 4
    Culture develops in response to the basic needs of human beings. Explain.
    (20)
  4. Q. 5
    Economics systems evolved through reciprocity to redistribution and market system. Explain.
    (20)
  5. Q. 6
    Religion is a significant commonality in Pakistani Culture. How sectarianism can be controlled to use religion for national integration?
    (20)
  6. Q. 7
    Elaborate different types of kinship systems. Kinship affect political allegiances in Pakistan. Explain.
    (20)
  7. Q. 8
    Write short notes on any FOUR of the following: (5 each)
    (20)
    • (a)
      Rural-urban migration
      (5)
    • (b)
      Participant observation
      (5)
    • (c)
      Types of family
      (5)
    • (d)
      Main branches of anthropology
      (5)
    • (e)
      Cultural relativism
      (5)
    • (f)
      Applied anthropology and community development
      (5)
  1. Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
  2. Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
  3. All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different places.
  4. Candidate must write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q.Paper.
  5. No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be crossed.
  6. Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.

FPSC's wording, numbering and marks, as printed. Obvious misprints (a garbled word, a broken number) are corrected; everything else is kept as FPSC printed it.

The written exam starts with the MPT

Only candidates who pass the MCQ screening test (MPT) sit the written papers. Practice the 200-question MPT under exam conditions first.