FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION – 2016 FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS – 17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
ANTHROPOLOGY
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS
PART-I (MCQs): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES
PART-I (MCQs) MAXIMUM MARKS = 20
PART-II MAXIMUM MARKS = 80
NOTE: (i) Part – II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. ALL questions carry
EQUAL marks.
(iii) All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different places.
(iv) Candidate must write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q.Paper.
(v) No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be crossed.
(vi) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.
PART-II
Q. No. 2. Define Culture and its major Characteristics; also discuss how the discipline of Anthropology is different from other Social Sciences? (20)
Q. No. 3. Discuss major Socio-cultural and psychological barriers to change.
(20)
Q. No. 4. What are the major Anthropological Research Techniques which are used to collect field data? Also discuss how Qualitative Research is different from Quantitative Research? (20)
Q. No. 5. What are the major Contemporary Social Problems of Pakistan?
(20)
Q. No. 6. What is the Anthropological definition of Religion and its major functions? Also discuss how the primitive religion was evolved? (20)
Q. No. 7. Describe the theory of Social Evolution given by Lewis H. Morgan & E. B. Tylor. (20)
Q. No. 8. Write short notes on any FOUR of the following: (5 each)
(a) Acculturation & Enculturation
(b) Emic & Etic
(c) Endogamy & Exogamy
(d) Consanguine & Affine Relatives
(e) Ethnocentrism
(f) Neolithic Culture