Sociology II · Topic
Caste Conflicts
Caste conflicts and caste violence.
21 UPSC Mains Sociology II questions on Caste Conflicts that toppers answered in test series, CSE 2016–2025, most answered first. Open one to see how toppers opened, built and closed it.
'Many caste conflicts are between castes which are close to each other on the hierarchical scale.' Give a sociological explanation for this phenomenon.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 5 toppers · CSE 2022–2024
Caste ConflictsCaste System
Be it caste or communal violence, they stall the growth of the nation. Discuss in light of rising communal unrest in India.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 5 toppers · CSE 2022–2024
Communalism and Ethnic ConflictCaste Conflicts
Briefly discuss the various dimensions of inter-caste conflict in India.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 5 toppers · CSE 2021–2024
Caste ConflictsCaste System
Caste as a social capital is functional as well as dysfunctional to the Indian society. Discuss.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 5 toppers · CSE 2021–2024
Caste SystemCaste Conflicts
Describe the changing dynamics of rural conflicts in India. Substantiate with suitable examples.
20 marks · Answered by 4 toppers · CSE 2025
Agrarian Structure and Land ReformsPeasant and Farmers' Movements
Is Caste census a necessity of the time or a divisive exercise? Substantiate with logical arguments.
20 marks · Answered by 4 toppers · CSE 2022–2024
Caste SystemDalit and Backward Class Movements
Explain how Gender, Caste and Class hierarchies plays a pre-dominant role in sexual exploitation in rural India.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 4 toppers · CSE 2022–2024
Patriarchy and EntitlementsViolence Against Women
"While a caste struggled for a higher position for itself in the local hierarchy, it resented the efforts of others, in particular the lower castes to move up". Examine the nature of inter-caste struggle for mobility in the context of this statement.
20 marks · Answered by 3 toppers · CSE 2023–2024
Caste SystemCaste Conflicts
To what extent Reservation policy in India has been able to restructure the social fabric of Indian society. Discuss
15 marks · Answered by 3 toppers · CSE 2016
Constitution, Law and Social ChangeCaste System
Critically analyze the merits and de-merits of the caste system
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2017
Caste SystemUntouchability
Critique the dynamics of caste conflicts with regard to 'honour killing' in India.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2025
Caste ConflictsCaste System
Examine the factors responsible for the rural unrest in contemporary India.
20 marks · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2025
Peasant and Farmers' MovementsRural Development
"Contemporary forms of marriages challenge traditional social norms in Indian society." Discuss. Also, examine the social implications and conflicts surrounding such marriages.
20 marks · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2023
Kinship, Family and Marriage in IndiaPatriarchy and Entitlements
Analyze the significance of Gandhian principles such as non-violence, satyagraha, and sarvodaya in addressing today's issues of social inequality and conflict in India.
20 marks · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2024–2025
Poverty and InequalityCaste Conflicts
Caste conflict is the result of cultural and power differential between upper and lower caste, also between two caste of same position within the hierarchy. Discuss. (c) The conceptual difference between caste and varna. (e) Louis Dumont's view on caste system.
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2022
Caste SystemCaste Conflicts
Reinventions of untouchability, an antiquated model of cruelty exemplified by centuries of decadent slavery in the name of caste is now slowly emerging from within this society. Comment.
20 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
UntouchabilityCaste System
'Caste is getting consolidated as more it disintegrates.' Inter caste conflicts are a recent phenomenon of colonial times and arose largely because of opportunity structures to attain social mobility in secular hierarchy.
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2021
Caste ConflictsCaste System
Examine the issue of honour killing in the light of Modernization of Indian tradition theory of Yogendra Singh.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2024
Modernisation of Indian TraditionCaste Conflicts
"Physiological factors associated with women cannot be a rationale to deny them the right to worship." How patriarchy operates through religion, discuss in relation to Sabarimala judgement.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2021
Patriarchy and EntitlementsConstitution, Law and Social Change
Give reasons for widespread incidences of atrocities against Dalit despite legal provision.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2021
Caste SystemUntouchability
Provide a sociological analysis of "dimensions of inter-caste conflicts".
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2021
Caste ConflictsCaste System