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UNIT III : Marriage, Family and Kinship Definition of Marriage, types of Marriage, Rules of Marriage, ways of Acquiring Mates, Marriage systemes in India. Marriage payments and functions; Family - Definition, classifications and fuctions of family; Hindu Joint family system; Definition of Kinship - Kinship terminology - Descent groups - Importance of Kinship in primitive societies.

UNIT IV : Economic and political Anthropology Salient features of Tribal, Economic organization - concept of property in tribal groups, primitive forms of Exchange - Nature of political organizations in tribal societies and forms of social control in tribal societies.

UNIT V : Religion and Magic Definition and function of Religion, Forms of religion in primitive groups, Theories of origin of Religion, Magic types, Magic, Religion and Science.

UNIT VI Indian peasant society Physical and Social structures of Indian villages, Indian caste system - origin and development and features, changing caste system, India's changing villages.

UNIT VII : Indian Urban Society Rural Urban differences, Culture of poverty, - slums - Industrilization Indians Urban Problems - gambling. Alcoholism prostitution, labour problems, pollution and health hazards.

UNIT VIII : Indian Tribal society Definition and characteristics of tribe; Geographical distribution - social economic religios features; Tribal problems - constitutional safe guards for tribes - tribals movements - Tribal development and welfare measures.

UNIT IX : Organic Evolution Theories of Evolution Lamarckiam, Darurnism, and Neo-Darurnism; Bio-Cultural factors in evolution; primates, classification, and salient features of Living primates; Man's position in Animal Kingdom, - Differences between apes and Man (Morphological and Anatomical) Fossil man - Stages of Human Evolution - and their characteristics Australopithocines, Homoerectus, Neanderthals, Cromagnon(Modern Man).

UNIT X : Human Variation Definition of Race - Criteria of Racial classification, Major Racial groups and characteristics of the world, Racial composition of Indian populations, Principles of Genetics, Mendalism and its application to human populations; Genetics and society.

UNIT XI : Indian Pre-History Palaeolithic Muselithic Neolithic Proto-historic (Indus civilization) stages of Indian culture.

UNIT XII : Applied Anthropology Meaning and scope of applied Anthropology - Anthropologist's Role in tribal development, colonial Administration, Rural and Urban Planning - Role of Applied Anthropology in Industry. Medicine and Human health.