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BA (IV Semester) Examination
ANTHROPOLOGY
( Skill-based Course )
Paper : BSBC–404 (C)
Full Marks : 80
Pass Marks : 35%
Time : Three Hours
Section—A
Answer any five of the following questions : 2×5=10
1. Define ecosystem.
2. What do you mean by acclimatization?
3. Define biodiversity.
4. Define resource.
5. What do you mean by hydel project?
6. State Allen’s rule.
7. What are biotic and abiotic components of ecosystem?
Section—B
Answer any four of the following questions : 5×4=20
8. Discuss what you understand by cultural ecology.
9. Discuss how humans adapt to high altitude.
10. What is your opinion on jhoom cultivation and deforestation?
11. Discuss the importance of conserving biodiversity.
12. Discuss the demerits of shifting cultivation.
13. What are the causal factors for global warming?
14. What do you understand by food chain?
15. Describe how high altitude influences human variation.
Section—C
Answer any five of the following questions : 10×5=50
16. Discuss the aim and scope of human ecology.
17. Discuss the importance of biodiversity in human population.
18. Discuss the merits and demerits of wet cultivation.
19. Discuss some of the important ecological issues in North-East India.
20. Discuss how culture helps human in adapting to various extreme climatic conditions.
21. “North-East India is known as the powerhouse of India.” Discuss the impact of hydel projects in North-East India.
22. Discuss the impact of deforestation in North-East India.
23. Describe how skin colour and body size are influenced by climate.
24. Discuss how ecology influences diet, disease and cultural practices.
