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CSS Anthropology Past Paper 2020

CSS Anthropology 2020 carries 100 marks over 3 hours. It has 7 questions.

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

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

Q. 2
What is CRM stands for in anthropology? Justify, how far the cultural knowledge generated through the application of four branches of anthropology is important and contribute in the overall development of the country like Pakistan?
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Q. 3
Anthropologically what various belief and magic systems across the history humans have practiced as a social institution? What belief systems other than the religions are still being practiced in Pakistani society today and why?
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Q. 4
Keeping the Karl Marx (1818-1884) theory of conflict, justify how far the establishment of enormous, gigantic slums or squatter settlements in almost all metropolitan cities are natural or due to discriminatory economic management? Support your arguments with examples.
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Q. 5
One of the dynamic aspects of the culture is "its Adaptive and Maladaptive nature" what it means? In the light of this context, critically discuss the cultural practices which are maladaptive, thus causing underdevelopment.
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Q. 6
What is "Ethnic Homogenization"? Discuss its various mechanisms used today by the states.
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Q. 7
Highlight the major contributions of some of major anthropologists like, Edward Bernard Taylor, Bronislaw Malinowski, Margret Mead and Clifford Geertz.
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Q. 8
Differentiate between "etic' and "emic" approaches used in anthropological research. Highlight various ethnographic techniques used by ethnographers in conducting research in anthropology?
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Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different places.
Write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q.Paper.
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Extra attempt of any question or any part of the question will not be considered.