UPSC Anthropology Optional Previous Year Question Papers (2014–2026)
Every question of Anthropology Paper I and Anthropology Paper II from 2014–2026: 728 parts, year-wise and chapter-wise, in English and Hindi, with marks, a suggested time and 728 model answers. Write an answer first, then compare it with the model answer, or send it to answer-writing practice for evaluation.
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Anthropology 2026
56 questions · Anthropology I: 28 · Anthropology II: 28
56 model answers
Anthropology 2025
56 questions · Anthropology I: 28 · Anthropology II: 28
56 model answers
Anthropology 2024
56 questions · Anthropology I: 28 · Anthropology II: 28
56 model answers
Anthropology 2023
56 questions · Anthropology I: 28 · Anthropology II: 28
56 model answers
Anthropology 2022
56 questions · Anthropology I: 28 · Anthropology II: 28
56 model answers
Anthropology 2021
56 questions · Anthropology I: 28 · Anthropology II: 28
56 model answers
Anthropology 2020
56 questions · Anthropology I: 28 · Anthropology II: 28
56 model answers
Anthropology 2019
56 questions · Anthropology I: 28 · Anthropology II: 28
56 model answers
Anthropology 2018
56 questions · Anthropology I: 28 · Anthropology II: 28
56 model answers
Anthropology 2017
56 questions · Anthropology I: 28 · Anthropology II: 28
56 model answers
Anthropology 2016
56 questions · Anthropology I: 28 · Anthropology II: 28
56 model answers
Anthropology 2015
56 questions · Anthropology I: 28 · Anthropology II: 28
56 model answers
Anthropology 2014
56 questions · Anthropology I: 28 · Anthropology II: 28
56 model answers
Anthropology Paper I: chapter-wise questions
- Foundations of Anthropology13 questions since 2014Notes
- Human Evolution: Theories and Concepts10 questions since 2014Notes
- Primates12 questions since 2014Notes
- Fossil Hominids15 questions since 2014Notes
- The Biological Basis of Life2 questions since 2014Notes
- Prehistoric Archaeology39 questions since 2014Notes
- Culture and Society16 questions since 2014Notes
- Marriage8 questions since 2014Notes
- Family7 questions since 2014Notes
- Kinship12 questions since 2014Notes
- Economic Organisation13 questions since 2014Notes
- Political Organisation and Social Control10 questions since 2014Notes
- Religion15 questions since 2014Notes
- Anthropological Theories33 questions since 2014Notes
- Culture, Communication and Research Methods31 questions since 2014Notes
- Human Genetics: Methods, Inheritance and Chromosomes26 questions since 2014Notes
- Population Genetics, Race and Human Variation23 questions since 2014Notes
- Ecological Anthropology, Epidemiology and Human Growth41 questions since 2014Notes
- Reproductive Biology, Demography and Applied Anthropology38 questions since 2014Notes
Anthropology Paper II: chapter-wise questions
- Evolution of Indian Culture and Civilization59 questions since 2014Notes
- Demographic Profile and the Traditional Indian Social System30 questions since 2014Notes
- Caste System and Religions in Indian Society43 questions since 2014Notes
- Anthropology in India21 questions since 2014Notes
- Indian Village, Minorities and Social Change47 questions since 2014Notes
- Tribal Situation and Problems in India50 questions since 2014Notes
- Weaker Sections, Ethnicity and Tribal Change43 questions since 2014Notes
- Religion and Tribes; Tribe and Nation State21 questions since 2014Notes
- Tribal Administration and Applied Anthropology50 questions since 2014Notes