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BANC 114 2025 2026 - English

BANC 114: Anthropology of India

TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT (TMA)

Course Code: BANC 114

Assignment Code: BANC 114/ASST/TMA/July 2025 and January 2026

Total Marks: 100

There are three Sections in the Assignment. You have to answer all questions in all the Sections.

Assignment-1

Answer the following in about 500 words each.

. Define Indian society and discuss main structural features that distinguish it. a

b. Examine the concept of civilisation within the Indian context and its implications for cultural identity.

Assignment-II

Answer the following in about 250 words each. (Write Short Notes)

a. Tribal societies and their interface with development initiatives.

b. Major contributions of MN. Srinivas to Indian Anthropology.

Answer the following questions in about 75 words each.

a. Gotra and lineage systems

b. Cross-cousin marriage in India

c. Sanskritisation as a social proce

d.Affinal kin structures

c. Kinship terminology

Assignment-III

a. Using your smartphone or camera, document 5 images depicting daily household rituals in your house (eg, mealtime customs, festive décor, clothing practices etc.). For each visual item, write a brief note explaining what it shows and why is it significant and show how visuals enhance understanding of social life.

b. List out 10 critical observations you would make when conducting participant observation focusing on a family event (eg. puja, annaprashan ceremony etc.). 

BANC 114 (July 2026 - January 2027) - ENGLISH

BANC 114: Anthropology of India
TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT (TMA)
Course Code: BANC 114
Assignment Code: BANC 114/ASST/TMA/July 2026 and January 2027
Total Marks: 100
There are three Sections in the Assignment. You have to answer all questions in all the Sections.
Assignment - I
Answer the following in about 500 words each. 20X2=40
a. Discuss the anthropological approach to the study of Indian villages.
b. Describe the problems of land alienation and indebtedness among tribes in India.
Assignment – II
Answer the following in about 250 words each (Write Short Notes). 10X2=20
a. Diversity of Indian population.
b. Constitutional safeguards for Scheduled Tribes.
Answer the following questions in about 75 words each. 2X5=10
a. Purushartha
b. Nature-Man-Spirit Complex
c. Dalit women
d. Urban anthropology
e. B. S. Guha’s racial classification
Assignment – III
a. Explain the meaning and purpose of fieldwork in anthropology. 20
b. Write about the things to be kept in mind while conducting ethnographic research. 10

BANC 114 (July 2026 - January 2027) - HINDI

BANC 114: भारत का मानवविज्ञान
(अनुशिक्षक चिंहित सत्रीय—कार्य)
(TMA)
कोर्स कोड: बीएनसी 114
असाइनमेंट कोड: BANC 114/ASST/TMA/ जुलाई 2026 और जनवरी 2027
कुल अंक: 100
सत्रीय कार्य में तीन अनुभाग हैं। सभी प्रश्न अनिवार्य हैं।
सत्रीय कार्य – I
निम्नलिखित में से प्रत्येक का लगभग 500 शब्दों में उत्तर दीजिए। 
क. भारतीय गाँवों के अध्ययन के प्रति मानवविज्ञानी उपागम की चर्चा कीजिए।
ख. भारत की जनजातियों में भूमि से बेदखली तथा ऋणग्रस्तता की समस्याओं का वर्णन कीजिए।
सत्रीय कार्य – II
निम्नलिखित में से प्रत्येक का उत्तर लगभग 250 शब्दों में दीजिए। (लघु टिप्पणियाँ लिखें) 
क. भारतीय जनसंख्या की विविधता
ख. अनुसूचित जनजातियों के लिए संवैधानिक संरक्षण
निम्नलिखित प्रत्येक प्रश्न का उत्तर लगभग 75 शब्दों में दीजिए। 
क. पुरुषार्थ
ख. प्रकृति—मानव—आत्मा संकुल (Nature—Man—Spirit Complex)
ग. दलित महिलाएँ
घ. नगरीय मानवविज्ञान

ई. बी. एस. गुहा का प्रजातीय वर्गीकरण
सत्रीय कार्य — III
क. मानवविज्ञान में क्षेत्रकार्य का अर्थ एवं उद्देश्य स्पष्ट कीजिए। 
ख. नृवंशविज्ञानी अनुसंधान करते समय ध्यान में रखने योग्य बातों का वर्णन कीजिए। 

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