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CSS Anthropology Past Paper 2021

CSS Anthropology 2021 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 are the four fields of Anthropology and how are they related to each other?
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Q. 3
Define descent group. Briefly describe the different forms of descent groups.
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Q. 4
Compare and contrast assimilation, integration and marginalization with examples.
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Q. 5
What is social stratification? What are the different factors responsible for stratification in a society? Discuss with reference to Pakistan.
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Q. 6
Who proposed the idea of “thick description” ? Discuss anthropological research as thick description. Also provide examples.
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Q. 7
What methods of Anthropological research make it distinct from research in other social sciences?
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Q. 8
Discuss religion and supernatural beliefs according to evolutionary perspective.
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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.