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IGNOU MANI-01 (July 2025 – January 2026) Assignment Questions
SECTION A
1. Define anthropology. Briefly discuss its scope and relevance.
2. What is fieldwork? Discuss major fieldwork methods with examples.
3. Outline the growth of applied anthropology and its uses today.
4. Explain genealogy and pedigree. How are they used in kinship studies?
5. Attempt any two of the following:
a. Ethnographic writing
b. Grounded theory
c. Interview Schedule
SECTION B
6. What is an interview? Discuss its types with examples.
7. What are the main types of research design in anthropology?
8. Why is statistical data important in research?
9. What is the difference between primary and secondary data? Explain with examples.
10. Attempt any two of the following:
a. Serology
b. Life History
c. ANOVA
IGNOU MANI-01 (July 2024 – January 2025) Assignment Questions
SECTION A
1. Define anthropology and discuss human diversity and variation within its subject matter.
2. What is fieldwork? Discuss major fieldwork tradition in Anthropology.
3. Discuss the growth of applied anthropology.
4. Discuss the applications of genealogy and pedigree in anthropological studies.
5. Attempt any two of the following:
a. Ethnography
b. Hypothesis
c. Observation
SECTION B
6. Discuss interview and its types.
7. What are the different types of research design.
8. Discuss the relevance of statistical data in research.
9. Discuss primary and secondary data.
10. Attempt any two of the following:
a. Serology
b. Case Study
c. SPSS






