Anthropology Daily Answer Writing Test Series
Anthropology Optional Daily Answer Writing Test Series also known as “Anthroholic DAW Series” introduces a cutting-edge approach to UPSC preparation in India with its 50-Test series dedicated to anthropology optional.
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Syllabus Coverage
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Full Length Tests
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Daily Answer Writing for Anthropology Optional
Anthropology Optional Daily Answer Writing Test Series also known as “Anthroholic DAW Series” introduces a cutting-edge approach to UPSC preparation in India with its 50-Test series dedicated to anthropology optional. Developed by Anthroholic, these tests are meticulously designed to cover both theoretical concepts and practical application, offering aspirants a comprehensive learning experience.
In the competitive landscape of UPSC IAS Exam, where every point matters, “Anthroholic DAW Series” stands out as an invaluable resource for candidates. By enrolling in this series, aspirants gain access to a structured and expertly crafted pathway to success. Through rigorous practice and deep exploration of anthropological principles, participants can enhance their understanding and excel in their exams. Take hold of this unparalleled opportunity and elevate your preparation to the highest level. Secure your success by enrolling today!
Features of Anthroholic DAW Series:
- Comprehensive Syllabus Coverage: Our Anthropology Daily Answer Writing Test Series series guarantees full coverage of the UPSC anthropology syllabus, comprising both 24 Paper I + 16 Paper II (Includes 4 Sectional & 6 Full Length Tests)
- Targeted Topic-wise Tests: In addition to full-length tests, we offer specialized topic-specific tests to cater to focused preparation needs.
- Up-to-date Content: We regularly update our test content to incorporate the latest anthropological findings and developments, ensuring aspirants stay abreast of contemporary knowledge.
- Integration with Current Affairs: Our tests integrate current affairs seamlessly, with questions designed to link anthropological concepts with ongoing national and global events.
- Varied Question Formats: We employ diverse question formats including short answer questions, long essays, and applied questions to facilitate comprehensive preparation.
- Real-world Case Studies: Our Indian-centric case studies provide aspirants with a deeper understanding of theories in real-world contexts.
- Simulated Exam Environment: With regular mock tests scheduled every alternate session, we simulate the UPSC examination environment to help aspirants gauge their preparedness effectively.
- Personalized Feedback: Aspirants receive detailed, personalized feedback highlighting areas for improvement, aiding in targeted study efforts.
- Interactive Learning Platform: Our user-friendly online platform features real-time doubt clearing, forums, and peer discussions to foster interactive learning.
- Rich Reference Repository: We offer a curated collection of essential readings, research papers, and expert articles to enrich aspirants’ preparation journey.
- Expert Guidance Sessions: Through webinars and interactive sessions, we provide aspirants with conceptual clarity.
- Effective Time Management Tools: Our platform includes timers and time analytics to assist aspirants in managing their exam duration effectively.
- Offline Access: Aspirants can download tests for offline practice, catering especially to those in areas with limited internet access.
- Affordable Pricing: We ensure competitive pricing for our test series, making it accessible to aspirants from all economic backgrounds.
- Comprehensive Preparation Guide: In addition to tests, we offer aspirants study plans, reading strategies, a detailed list of standard source materials, and tips for effective anthropology preparation, ensuring a holistic approach to exam readiness.
| S. NO | DURATION | Topic | MICRO LISTED TEST SERIES |
|---|---|---|---|
| Test 1 | 1 hour | 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 | 1.1 Meaning, scope and development of Anthropology. 1.2 Relationships with other disciplines: Social Sciences, Behavioural Sciences, Life Sciences, Medical Sciences, Earth Sciences and Humanities. 1.3 Main branches of Anthropology, their scope and relevance:Social- cultural Anthropology.Biological Anthropology.Archaeological Anthropology.Linguistic Anthropology. |
| Test 2 | 1 hour | 1.4, 1.7 | 1.4 Human Evolution and emergence of Man:Biological and Cultural factors in human evolution.Theories of Organic Evolution (Pre- Darwinian, Darwinian and Post-Darwinian).Synthetic theory of evolution; Brief outline of terms and concepts of evolutionary biology (Doll’s rule, Cope’s rule, Gause’s rule, parallelism, convergence, adaptive radiation, and mosaic evolution). 1.7 The biological basis of life: The Cell, DNA structure and replication, Protein Synthesis, Gene, Mutation, Chromosomes, and Cell Division. |
| Test 3 | 1 hour | 1.5 | 1.5 Characteristics of Primates; Evolutionary Trend and Primate Taxonomy; Primate Adaptations; (Arboreal and Terrestrial) Primate Taxonomy; Primate Behaviour; Tertiary and Quaternary fossil primates; Living Major Primates; Comparative Anatomy of Man and Apes; Skeletal changes due to erect posture and its implications. |
| Test 4 | 1 hour | 1.6 | 1.6 Phylogenetic status, characteristics and geographical distribution of the following: South and East African hominids-Plesianthropus/Australopithecus Africaus, Paranthropus, Australopithecus.Homo erectus: Africa (Paranthropus), Europe (Homo erectus heidelbergensis), Asia (Homo erectus javanicus, Homo erectus pekinensis).Neanderthal Man- La-Chapelle-aux-saints (Classical type), Mt. Carmel (Progressive type).Rhodesian man.Homo sapiens — Cromagnon, Grimaldi and Chancelede. |
| Test 5 | 1 hour | 1.8 | 1.8 Principles of Prehistoric Archaeology. Chronology: Relative and Absolute Dating methods.(b) Cultural Evolution- Broad Outlines of Prehistoric cultures:PaleolithicMesolithicNeolithicChalcolithicCopper-Bronze AgeIron Age |
| Test 6 | 1 hour | 2.1, 2.2 | 2.1 The Nature of Culture: The concept and characteristics of culture and civilization; Ethnocentrism vis-à-vis cultural Relativism. 2.2 The Nature of Society: Concept of Society; Society and Culture; Social Institutions; Social groups; and Social stratification. |
| Test 7 | 1 hour | 2.3, 2.4 | 2.3 Marriage: Definition and universality; Laws of marriage (endogamy, exogamy, hypergamy, hypogamy, incest taboo); Types of marriage (monogamy, polygamy, polyandry, group marriage). Functions of marriage; Marriage regulations (preferential, prescriptive and proscriptive); Marriage payments (bride wealth and dowry). 2.4 Family: Definition and universality; Family, household and domestic groups; functions of family; Types of family (from the perspectives of structure, blood relation, marriage, residence and succession); Impact of urbanization, industrialization and feminist movements on family. |
| Test 8 | 1 hour | 2.5, 3 | 2.5 Kinship: Consanguinity and Affinity; Principles and types of descent (Unilineal, Double, Bilateral, Ambilineal); Forms of descent groups (lineage, clan, phratry, moiety and kindred); Kinship terminology (descriptive and classificatory); Descent, Filiation and Complimentary Filiation; Descent and Alliance. 3. Economic organization: Meaning, scope and relevance of economic anthropology; Formalist and Substantivist debate; Principles governing production, distribution and exchange (reciprocity, redistribution and market), in communities, subsisting on hunting and gathering, fishing, swiddening, pastoralism, horticulture, and agriculture; globalization and indigenous economic systems. |
| Test 9 | 1 hour | 4, 5 | 4. Political organization and Social Control: Band, tribe, chiefdom, kingdom and state; concepts of power, authority and legitimacy; social control, law and justice in simple societies. 5. Religion: Anthropological approaches to the study of religion (evolutionary, psychological and functional); monotheism and polytheism; sacred and profane; myths and rituals; forms of religion in tribal and peasant societies (animism, animatism, fetishism, naturism and totemism); religion, magic and science distinguished; magico- religious functionaries (priest, shaman, medicine man, sorcerer and witch). |
| Test 10 | 1 hour | 6 | 6. Anthropological theories:Classical evolutionism (Tylor, Morgan and Frazer) Historical particularism (Boas); Diffusionism (British, German and American) |
| Test 11 | 1 hour | 6 | Functionalism (Malinowski); Structural- functionlism (Radcliffe-Brown)Structuralism (L’evi – Strauss and E. Leach)Culture and personality (Benedict, Mead, Linton, Kardiner and Cora – du Bois). |
| Test 12 | 1 hour | 6 | Neo – evolutionism (Childe, White, Steward, Sahlins and Service)Cultural materialism (Harris)Symbolic and interpretive theories (Turner, Schneider and Geertz)Cognitive theories (Tyler, Conklin)Post- modernism in anthropology. |
| Test 13 | 1.5 hours | 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 3, 4, 5, 6 | Sectional Test 1 Paper 1 (All the Above Topics) |
| Test 14 | 1 hour | 7 | 7. Culture, language and communication: Nature, origin and characteristics of language; verbal and non-verbal communication; social context of language use. |
| Test 15 | 1 hour | 8 | 8. Research methods in anthropology:Fieldwork tradition in anthropologyDistinction between technique, method and methodologyTools of data collection: observation, interview, schedules, questionnaire, Case study, genealogy, life-history, oral history, secondary sources of information, participatory methods.Analysis, interpretation and presentation of data. |
| Test 16 | 1 hour | 9.1 | 9.1 Human Genetics – Methods and Application: Methods for study of genetic principles in man-family study (pedigree analysis, twin study, foster child, co-twin method, cytogenetic method, chromosomal and karyo – type analysis), biochemical methods, immunological methods, D.N.A. technology and recombinant technologies. |
| Test 17 | 1 hour | 9.2, 9.3 | 9.2 Mendelian genetics in man-family study, single factor, multi-factor, lethal, sub-lethal and polygenic inheritance in man. 9.3 Concept of genetic polymorphism and selection, Mendelian population, Hardy-Weinberg law; causes and changes which bring down frequency – mutation, isolation, migration, selection, inbreeding and genetic drift. Consanguineous and non-consanguineous mating, genetic load, genetic effect of consanguineous and cousin marriages. |
| Test 18 | 1 hour | 9.4 | 9.4 Chromosomes and chromosomal aberrations in man, methodology.Numerical and structural aberrations (disorders). Sex chromosomal aberrations – Klinefelter (XXY), Turner (XO), Super female (XXX), intersex and other syndromic disorders. Autosomal aberrations – Down syndrome, Patau, Edward and Cri-du-chat syndromes. Genetic imprints in human disease, genetic screening, genetic counselling, human DNA profiling, gene mapping and genome study. |
| Test 19 | 1 hour | 9.5 | 9.5 Race and racism, biological basis of morphological variation of non-metric and metric characters.Racial criteria, racial traits in relation to heredity and environment; biological basis of racial classification, racial differentiation and race crossing in man. |
| Test 20 | 1 hour | 9.6 | 9.6 Age, sex and population variation as genetic marker- ABO, Rh blood groups, HLA Hp, transferring, Gm, blood enzymes. Physiological characteristics-Hb level, body fat, pulse rate, respiratory functions and sensory perceptions in different cultural and socio-economic groups. |
| Test 21 | 1 hour | 9.7 | 9.7 Concepts and methods of Ecological Anthropology: Bio-cultural Adaptations – Genetic and Non- genetic factors Man’s physiological responses to environmental stresses: hot desert, cold, high altitude climate. |
| Test 22 | 1 hour | 9.8 | 9.8 Epidemiological Anthropology: Health and disease. Infectious and non-infectious diseases. Nutritional deficiency related diseases. |
| Test 23 | 1 hour | 10 | 10. Concept of human growth and development: stages of growth – pre-natal, natal, infant, childhood, adolescence, maturity, senescence. Factors affecting growth and development genetic, environmental, biochemical, nutritional, cultural and socio-economic. Ageing and senescence. Theories and observations – biological and chronological longevity. Human physique and somatotypes. Methodologies for growth studies. |
| Test 24 | 1 hour | 11.2, 11.2, 11.3 | 11.1 Relevance of menarche, menopause and other bioevents to fertility. Fertility patterns and differentials. 11.2 Demographic theories – biological, social and cultural. 11.3 Biological and socio-ecological factors influencing fecundity, fertility, natality and mortality. |
| Test 25 | 1 hour | 12 | 12. Applications of Anthropology: Anthropology of sports, Nutritional anthropology, Anthropology in designing of defence and other equipments, Forensic Anthropology, Methods and principles of personal identification and reconstruction, Applied human genetics – Paternity diagnosis, genetic counseling and eugenics, DNA technology in diseases and medicine, serogenetics and cytogenetics in reproductive biology. |
| Test 26 | 1.5 hour | 7, 8, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5, 9.6, 9.7, 9.8, 10, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12 | Sectional Test 2 Paper 1 (All the Above Topics) |
| Test 27 | 3 hours | 1.1 – 12 (Complete Paper 1) | UPSC Standard Paper 1 Full Length Test |
| Test 28 | 1 hour | 1.1 | 1.1 Evolution of the Indian Culture and Civilization — Prehistoric (Palaeolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic and Neolithic – Chalcolithic). Protohistoric (Indus Civilization): Pre- Harappan, Harappan and post- Harappan cultures.Contributions of tribal cultures to Indian civilization. |
| Test 29 | 1 hour | 1.2, 1.3 | 1.2 Palaeo – anthropological evidence from India with special reference to Siwaliks and Narmada basin (Ramapithecus, Sivapithecus and Narmada Man). 1.3 Ethno-archaeology in India: The concept of ethno-archaeology; Survivals and Parallels among the hunting, foraging, fishing, pastoral and peasant communities including arts and crafts producing communities. |
| Test 30 | 1 hour | 2 | 2. Demographic profile of India — Ethnic and linguistic elements in the Indian population and their distribution. Indian population – factors influencing its structure and growth. |
| Test 31 | 1 hour | 3.1, 3.2 | 3.1 The structure and nature of traditional Indian social system — Varnashram, Purushartha, Karma, Rina and Rebirth. 3.2 Caste system in India- structure and characteristics, Varna and caste, Theories of origin of caste system, Dominant caste, Caste mobility, Future of caste system, Jajmani system, Tribe- caste continuum. |
| Test 32 | 1 hour | 3.3, 3.4 | 3.3 Sacred Complex and Nature- Man- Spirit Complex. 3.4 Impact of Buddhism, Jainism, Islam and Christianity on Indian society. |
| Test 33 | 1 hour | 4 | 4. Emergence and growth of anthropology in India-Contributions of the 18th, 19th and early 20th Century scholar-administrators. Contributions of Indian anthropologists to tribal and caste studies. |
| Test 34 | 1 hour | 5.1 | 5.1 Indian Village: Significance of village study in India; Indian village as a social system; Traditional and changing patterns of settlement and inter-caste relations; Agrarian relations in Indian villages; Impact of globalization on Indian villages. |
| Test 35 | 1 hour | 5.2, 5.3 | 5.2 Linguistic and religious minorities and their social, political and economic status. 5.3 Indigenous and exogenous processes of socio-cultural change in Indian society: Sanskritization, Westernization, Modernization; Inter-play of little and great traditions; (Universalization and parochialization) Panchayati raj and social change; Media and social change. |
| Test 36 | 1.5 hour | 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 3.3, 3.4, 4, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 | Sectional Test 1 Paper 2 (All the Above Topics) |
| Test 37 | 1 hour | 6.1 | 6.1 Tribal situation in India – Bio-genetic variability, linguistic and socio-economic characteristics of tribal populations and their distribution. |
| Test 38 | 1 hour | 6.2 | 6.2 Problems of the tribal Communities — land alienation, poverty, indebtedness, low literacy, poor educational facilities, unemployment, underemployment, health and nutrition. |
| Test 39 | 1 hour | 6.3 | 6.3 Developmental projects and their impact on tribal displacement and problems of rehabilitation. Development of forest policy and tribals. Impact of Urbanization and Industrialization on tribal populations. |
| Test 40 | 1 hour | 7.1, 7.2 | 7.1 Problems of exploitation and deprivation of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes. Constitutional safeguards for Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Castes. 7.2 Social change and contemporary tribal societies: Impact of modern democratic institutions, development programmes and welfare measures on tribals and weaker sections. |
| Test 41 | 1 hour | 7.3 | 7.3 The concept of ethnicity; Ethnic conflicts and political developments; Unrest among tribal communities; Regionalism and demand for autonomy; Pseudo-tribalism; Social change among the tribes during colonial and post-Independent India. |
| Test 42 | 1 hour | 8.1, 8.2 | 8.1 Impact of Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam and other religions on tribal societies. 8.2 Tribe and nation state – a comparative study of tribal communities in India and other countries. |
| Test 43 | 1 hour | 9.1 | 9.1 History of administration of tribal areas, tribal policies, plans, programmes of tribal development and their implementation.The concept of PTGs (Primitive Tribal Groups), their distribution, special programmes for their development. Role of N.G.O.s in tribal development. |
| Test 44 | 1 hour | 9.2, 9.3 | 9.2 Role of anthropology in tribal and rural development. 9.3 Contributions of anthropology to the understanding of regionalism, communalism, and ethnic and political movements. |
| Test 45 | 1.5 hour | 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 8.1, 8.2, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3 | Sectional Test 2 Paper 2 (All the Above Topics) |
| FULL LENGTH TESTS | |||
| Test 46 | 3 hours | Complete Paper 2 Syllabus | UPSC Standard Paper 2 Full Length |
| Test 47 | 3 hours | Complete Paper 1 Syllabus | UPSC Standard Paper 1 Full Length |
| Test 48 | 3 hours | Complete Paper 2 Syllabus | UPSC Standard Paper 2 Full Length |
| Test 49 | 3 hours | Complete Paper 1 Syllabus | UPSC Standard Paper 1 Full Length |
| Test 50 | 3 hours | Complete Paper 2 Syllabus | UPSC Standard Paper 2 Full Length |
Procedure of Answer Writing, Copy Evaluation, and DAW Improvement Through Writing :
Step 1 (Theme, Details & Its Topics):
- Every round of Answer writing initiative will be related to the Subject/Topic inspired from UPSC previous year question paper & expected question for mains.
- Please read the theme and its description, and try to cover the topics given within the topic before writing the answer along with the sources.
Step 2 Answer Writing):
- Questions will be uploaded on the portal on the scheduled date at 10:00 AM.
- Aspirants have to write their answers on UPSC pattern answer sheets.
- Mention your name, email id, location, and phone number on the 1st page in the top right corner.
- After writing the answers, Click pictures of each page of your answer sheet, merge them all in a single PDF and upload them in the upload section of the same question.
Step 3 (Copy Evaluation):
- After evaluation, copies will be uploaded into your account.
- During the copy evaluation period, doubt clearing and discussion about the theme or topic of the test mentors of the test will be done in a dedicated WhatsApp group.
Step 4 (Mentorship):
- Evaluated copies will be sent to you via mail and also uploaded into your account on the website & App.
- Model answers are given by Anthroholic expert team.
VALUE ADDED MATERIALS
- Model Answers
- Micro-list of Anthropology Syllabus.
- Topic wise previous year question from 1985-2024.
- Previous year solved from 2019-2024.
- Mentorship & Support from Anthroholic Team for 2 Years from the date of Joining