MY TRYST WITH ANTHROPOLOGY
My Book List
Paper-1
l Braintree Material
l P .Nath’s ‘Physical Anthropology’
l Rahul Venkat Notes
l Munirathnam Reddy Notes
l D.K.Bhattacharya (Pre-history related)
l E-PG Pathshala(Very useful for case studies)
l Internet
n especially Youtube for Pre-History
n for terms and concepts in Evolutionary Biology
l Indian Anthropology (by Nadeem hasnain) for Diagrams in Pre-history section
l Diagrams by Kirti Chekuri mam
l University of Alabama website(Chapter 6)
l Gaya and Pandey’s History of Anthropological Theories for Chapter 6
Paper-2
l Braintree Material
l Rahul Venkat Notes
l Munirathnam Reddy Notes
l D.K.Bhattacharya (Pre-history related)
l E-PG Pathshala(Very useful for case studies)
l Indian Anthropology - Nadeem Hasnain
l Tribal India - Nadeem Hasnain
l Xaxa Committee report
l Draft National Tribal Policy
l Ministry of Tribal Affairs - Annual Report
l ‘Main Bhi Bharat’- Rajya Sabha TV series on Indian Tribes
l Applied Anthropology in India - by L P Vidyarthi
Some Important Tips
1. Generally , it is advisable to attempt more questions from Physical Anthropology. But your answers should not be purely biology based. it should have even socio-cultural dimensions.
2.Provide more examples . While writing case studies, be specific by mentioning the Anthropologist and also the book/source.
3.Schematic representation and diagrams carry more marks.
4. Ability to cross link topics fetch more marks.
5.Use concepts of Paper-1 in Paper-2 and vice-versa.
MISTAKES To be Avoided
2.Provide more examples . While writing case studies, be specific by mentioning the Anthropologist and also the book/source.
3.Schematic representation and diagrams carry more marks.
4. Ability to cross link topics fetch more marks.
5.Use concepts of Paper-1 in Paper-2 and vice-versa.
MISTAKES To be Avoided
Having studied Anthropology for 4 years, I expected to get 300+ score this year. But I didn’t. I believe the following are the reasons for below 300 score .
1. Doing Too much R & D : having developed interest in the subject, I would read from many sources and do R & D in Internet. Though it gave me a certain degree of satisfaction, it didn’t convert into scores. I’d advice aspirants to draw a line with respect to source material and not research a lot.
2. Bad Presentation : Though I made diagrams, I didn’t make flow charts, schematic representations. I concentrated more on textual content than on diagrams which led me to get average scores.
3. Non-Consolidated Notes : I kept on doing value addition without having a single book containing all the material. Though I could do revisions, I would recommend aspirants to consolidate their material.
4. Not Joining Test Series: In previous attempts, I had joined test series but had a lackadaisical approach . In the successful attempt , I didn’t even join test series which cost me with some marks.
All the Best
Thank you sir for writing , surely I will keep above tips in mind. Thank you & All the best for phase1..
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ReplyDeleteThank you so much sir for providing such valuable information .
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