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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – SOCIOLOGY
FIFTH SEMESTER – NOV 2006
AO 10
SO 5403 - SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY
(Also equivalent to SOC 403)
Date & Time : 06-11-2006/9.00-12.00
Dept. No.
Max. : 100 Marks
PART – A
Answer ALL questions in about 30 words each:
(10x2=20 Marks)
01. What is cultural anthropology?
02. Mention any two areas of convergence between sociology and anthropology.
03. Do you subscribe to the view that ‘family is universal’? State your reasons.
04. What do you understand by marriage by intrusion?
05. Explain the phrase, degree of kinship.
06. State the meaning of the term, lineage.
07. Write a brief note on ‘Sulva’ and ‘Mwali’.
08. Elucidate the three types of reciprocity identified by Polyani.
09. What is meant by ‘negative sanction’ in anthropology?
10. Outline the characteristics of a dominant clan.
PART – B
Answer any FIVE questions in about 300 words each:
(5 X 8 = 40 Marks)
11. Bring out the relation of anthropology to history.
12. Enumerate the functions of marriage.
13. Explain narrow and broad range kinship system.
14. Briefly discuss the typologies of family based on authority and residence.
15. Under what circumstances could a clan be called as phratry and moiety?
16. Point out the economic character of families in tribal societies.
17. What are the factors that shaped the political system among the tribals?
PART – C
Answer any TWO questions in about 1200 words each:
(2 X 20 = 40 Marks)
18. Define family? State the problems encountered in conceptualizing family and
its functions.
19. Examine Avoidance from a structural-functional perspective.
20. Discuss the characteristics of tribal law and political institutions.
21. “Simplicity, functionality and subsistence are the hallmarks of tribal
economy” - Comment.
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