Sociology II · Topic
Caste System
Perspectives on caste (Ghurye, Srinivas, Dumont, Beteille), the features of the caste system, and how caste is changing.
278 UPSC Mains Sociology II questions on Caste System that toppers answered in test series, CSE 2014–2025, most answered first. Open one to see how toppers opened, built and closed it.
Give a sociological analysis of Youth Unrest and Student Movement in recent times in India.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2022–2023
Ethnicity and Identity MovementsCaste System
Social institutions in India have undergone change owing to modernization but still has streaks of tradition embedded in them. Elaborate.
20 marks · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2020
Modernisation of Indian TraditionCaste 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
"Caste and class are ideological opposites". Critically analyze.
15 marks · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2017
Caste SystemSocial Classes in India
Land reforms not only led to agrarian transformation but renegotiation of caste-power structure. Discuss in relation to emergence of dominant caste.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2021–2024
Agrarian Structure and Land ReformsCaste System
Even though Untouchability seems to be eradicated in manifest forms, it still exists in a latent form. Examine.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2020–2021
UntouchabilityCaste System
Critically analyze the changing nexus between Caste and Tribe.
15 marks · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2017
Tribal CommunitiesCaste System
"The Varna scheme has 'distorted' the picture of caste". Comment.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2018–2023
Caste SystemIndology
A caste may be said to be dominant when it preponderates numerically over other castes and when it also wields preponderant economic and political power. Discuss.
20 marks · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2023–2024
Caste SystemStructural Functionalism
Write a short note on each of the following in not more than 150 words. 10 x 5 = 50 (a) Give an account of Rajni Kothari's study of the relationship of caste and politics.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2021–2024
Parties, Pressure Groups and ElitesCaste System
It is argued that the caste has lost its traditional elements of purity and pollution and became more of an identity group. Discuss.
20 marks · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2023–2025
Caste SystemModernisation of Indian Tradition
"The argument that has long held sway is that child labour, however unfortunate, is inevitable as long as households remained poor". Critically analyse the statement in context of Indian society.
20 marks · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2018–2019
Informal Sector and Child LabourPoverty and Inequality
Write a short note on each of the following in not more than 150 words. 10 x 5 = 50 (a) “India’s destiny is not caste in stone.” Comment.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2020–2021
Caste SystemConstitution, Law and Social Change
"Politicization of caste has given way to casteization of politics". Critically analyze
20 marks · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2016
Parties, Pressure Groups and ElitesCaste System
"Indian village is an 'idyllic' social reality, with 'Varna' system of caste hierarchy and complete functional integration between the different occupational groups." Comment
15 marks · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2016
Village and Village StudiesCaste System
What are the various dimensions of 'purity and pollution' in modern India? Critically examine.
20 marks · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2025
Caste SystemUntouchability
Analyze how Indian villages illustrate the structural-functional historic relationships among various communities, with reference to S.C. Dube's Shamirpet study.
20 marks · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2025
Village and Village StudiesStructural Functionalism
Does the concept of the 'creamy layer' undermine the principles of social justice and equity? Throw light on implications of recent Supreme Court judgment.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2025
Caste SystemDalit and Backward Class Movements
"How does Louis Dumont's perspective on the Caste System in India contribute to our understanding of its social and cultural dynamics?"
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2023–2024
Caste SystemIndology
Write a short note on each of the following in not more than 150 words. 10 x 5 = 50 (a) Discuss the significance of Backward Class movements for the Politico-Economic dominance of non-Brahmin intermediate castes in India.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2023–2025
Dalit and Backward Class MovementsCaste System
Compare and contrast G. S. Ghurye's and Louis Dumont's perspectives on the caste system in India.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2025
Caste SystemIndology
Critically assess whether rural development programs like MGNREGA have significantly altered traditional power structures in rural India.
20 marks · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2025
Rural DevelopmentAgrarian Structure and Land Reforms
Discuss Andre Beteille's account of the relationship between caste ,class and power as a change from symmetrical to asymmetrical one.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2018–2019
Caste SystemSocial Classes in India
How are caste and class related in rural social structure? Elaborate.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2021–2023
Caste SystemSocial Classes in India
Does hierarchy influence the 'disaster vulnerability' of social groups? Illustrate with examples.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2025
Displacement and SustainabilityPoverty and Inequality
The Indian caste system has both its 'merits' and 'demerits' for the individual and society. Discuss.
20 marks · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2014–2015
Caste SystemUntouchability
Caste politics in the sense of identity and vote politics constricts democracy, communal politics endangers it. Critically examine.
20 marks · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2021–2023
Nation, Democracy and CitizenshipCaste System
Tribes are generally seen to be society based on equality, but forms of social differentiation exists within tribes too. Examine.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2020–2021
Tribal CommunitiesCaste System
Mere upward mobility does not enhance social status nor does it end caste-based discrimination of the marginal identities. Describe the phenomenon of Retribalization in Indian society.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2023–2024
Ethnicity and Identity MovementsTribal Communities