MFC-004 Assignment Answer Links – IGNOU 2024-25

MFC-004: Tribes of India – Identity, Culture and Lore

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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?
2. What are the social structures and gender stereotypes that the tribes of India use for asserting their identity?
3. What are the political processes of the Indian constitution that define the relation between tribe, politics and development.
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.
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 Bengal

Course Code: MFC-004
Course Title: Tribes of India: Identity, Culture and Lore
Assignment Code: MFC-004/TMA-01/2024-25

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