MFC-4 2024-25 SOLVED ASS

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MFC-004 TRIBES OF INDIA: IDENTITY, CULTURE AND LORE
TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT
Course Code : MFC-004
Course Title : Tribes of India : Identity, Culture and Lore
Assignment Code : MFC-004/TMA-01/2024-25
Coverage : All Blocks
Maximum Marks 100
Attempt all questions. All questions carry equal marks.
1. Write a brief overview on tribes of India on the basis of types of activity —
migrant, hunting-gathering and cultivating. What are the historical themes in
the etiological tales of the tribes?
(20)
2. What are the social structures and gender stereotypes that the tribes of India
use for asserting their identity?
(20)
3. What are the political processes of the Indian constitution that define the
relation between tribe, politics and development.
(20)
4. Distinguish the following:
(A) Migrant laborers and tribal laborers.
(B) Groups and sub-groups of Indian tribes.
(C) Etiological tales and written traditions.
(D) Hunting and Gathering tribes and Nomadic tribes.

(4×5)
5. Write short notes on the following:
(A) Mongoloids
(B) Seasonal migration as a strategy of survival.
(C) Tribes and the ‘others’
(D) Mendicant nomads of West Benga