VAC 102: Understanding India - Ideology, Nationalism, and Modernization

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What was the main focus of the visual documentation of physical attributes and dress of native life in India?

To promote the Indian traditions and practices

To highlight the 'essential characteristics' of each community (correct)

To create a comprehensive database of Indian tribes

To showcase the cultural diversity of India

Who published the volume 'The People of India' in 1908?

J.H.Hutton

French Anthropologists

Herbert Risley (correct)

Indian Intelligentsia

What was the general tone of the Indian intelligentsia towards the documentation of Indian life by British ethnographers?

Neutral and objective

Appreciative and impressed

Indifferent and detached

Unimpressed and critical (correct)

What was the title of the last work by British ethnographers cum administrators, published in 1944?

Caste in India Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used to describe the vibrant amalgamation of varied cultural practices, races, ethnic groups, climate, religions, regions, and traditions in India?

Unity in Diversity Signup and view all the answers

What are the common areas of emphasis in the ethnographic image of India, shared by both Western and Indian anthropologists?

Unity in Diversity, Village India, Caste, Tribes, and Religion Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of the Census Commissioner for the 1901 Census of India?

Herbert Risley Signup and view all the answers

How has the ethnographic image of India been influenced?

By the contributions of different national traditions Signup and view all the answers

What is the phrase used to describe India's geographical and cultural diversity?

From Kashmir to Kanyakumari Signup and view all the answers

What is the common theme that India's society is said to exemplify?

Unity in Diversity Signup and view all the answers

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What was the main focus of the visual documentation of physical attributes and dress of native life in India?

Who published the volume 'The People of India' in 1908?

What was the general tone of the Indian intelligentsia towards the documentation of Indian life by British ethnographers?

What was the title of the last work by British ethnographers cum administrators, published in 1944?

What is the term used to describe the vibrant amalgamation of varied cultural practices, races, ethnic groups, climate, religions, regions, and traditions in India?

What are the common areas of emphasis in the ethnographic image of India, shared by both Western and Indian anthropologists?

What is the name of the Census Commissioner for the 1901 Census of India?

How has the ethnographic image of India been influenced?

What is the phrase used to describe India's geographical and cultural diversity?

What is the common theme that India's society is said to exemplify?

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