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IGNOU MANE-07 (July 2025 – January 2026) Assignment Questions
SECTION- A
1. Discuss the anthropological definitions of Tribes. Critically examine the debate on Tribe-Caste continuum.
2. Examine kinship, family and marriage among the Khasis and the Ao-Nagas of north-east India.
3. Write a note on customary laws and its relevance in the present era with suitable examples.
4. Critically examine various Tribal commissions and their recommendations.
5. Write short notes:
a. Particularly vulnerable tribal groups
b. Social differentiation and stratification
SECTION-B
6. Reflect on the land alienation and debt-bondage among the Tribes of India with suitable examples.
7. Examine the forest policies and the emergence of Forest Rights Act 2006
8. Discuss the life ways of the Kharia and the Gond tribes with suitable examples.
9. Discuss the contributions of anthropologists in the study of Tribes.
10. Write short notes
a. Shifting cultivation
b. PESA
IGNOU MANE-07 (July 2024 – January 2025) Assignment Questions
SECTION- A
1. Define Tribe. Examine the concept of Tribe as per the Indian Constitution.
2. Who are the particularly vulnerable tribal groups in India? Discuss the problems faced by these groups.
3. Write a note on rules of kinship, family and marriage in a matrilineal society with suitable examples.
4. Examine the tribal beliefs and practices among the Gaddi and Toda communities.
5. Write short notes:
a. Indigenous populations
b. De-notified communities
SECTION-B
6. Reflect on the recommendations made by the Bhuria Committee of 1994 and the Bhuria Commission of 2002.
7. Write a note on the epistemology and the alternate modes of knowledge creation among tribes.
8. Critically examine the Naga Secessionist Movement.
9. Discuss the impact of industrialisation and globalisation on tribes.
10. Write short notes
a. Non-Government Organisations and Tribes
b. Pastoral Nomads
