Self Preparation for UPSC IAS

  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 :  (a) Social-cultural Anthropology.  (b) Biological Anthropology.  (c) Archaeological Anthropology.  (d) Linguistic Anthropology.  1.4 Human Evolution and emergence of Man :  (a) Biological and Cultural factors in human evolution.  (b) Theories of Organic Evolution (Pre-Darwinian, Darwinian and Post- Darwinian).  (c) 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).  1.5 Characteristics of Primates; Evolutionary Trend and Primate Taxonomy;  Primate Adaptations; (Arboreal and Terrestrial) Primate Taxonomy; Primate  Behaviour; Tertiary and Quaternary fossil primates; Living Maj

 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 the tribal  cultures to Indian civilization.  1.2 Palaeo—Anthropological evidences 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.  2. Demographic profile of India—Ethnic and linguistic elements in the Indian  population and their distribution. Indian population—factors influencing its  structure and growth.  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

  General Studies-I: Indian Heritage and Culture, History and Geography of the World and Society. 1) Indian culture  will cover the salient aspects of Art Forms, Literature and Architecture from ancient to modern times. Indian Art Forms Indian Paintings Classical Dance Forms Folk Dance Forms Classical Music Puppetry Pottery Drama/Theatre Martial Arts Literature Ancient Indian Literature Classical Sanskrit Literature Literature in Pali and Prakrit Early Dravidian Literature Medieval Literature Women Poets of Bhakti Trends in Medieval Literature Modern Indian Literature Architecture Harappan Architecture Temple Architecture Cave Architecture Indo-Islamic Architecture Medieval Architecture Modern Architecture Contribution of Buddhism & Jainism to the Development of Indian Architecture Rock Cut Architecture Colonial Architecture & the Modern Period  General Studies-I: Indian Heritage and Culture, History and Geography of the World and Society. 1) Indian culture  will cover the sali