Sociology II · Topic
Social Classes in India
Agrarian and industrial class structures and the middle classes in India.
120 UPSC Mains Sociology II questions on Social Classes in India that toppers answered in test series, CSE 2014–2025, most answered first. Open one to see how toppers opened, built and closed it.
Educational inequality feeds into a larger cycle of inequality.
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2021
Illiteracy and Educational DisparitiesPoverty and Inequality
) How has the automation impacted the industrial class structure in India?
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Social Classes in IndiaIndustrialisation and the Working Class
Political mobilization due to New social Movements cannot be ignored; even Old social Movements such as demand for Telangana state were fueled by Middle Class.
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2021
Ethnicity and Identity MovementsParties, Pressure Groups and Elites
The last few decades of economic development and democratic governance have also transformed the structures of social stratification in India. In the context discuss the evolution of middle class in India.
20 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2022
Social Classes in IndiaModernisation of Indian Tradition
How have village studies altered the perception about Indian villages? Illustrate with relevant works and examples.
20 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Village and Village StudiesCaste System
Discuss the relevance of Desai's Marxist approach to studying Indian society in contemporary socio-political contexts.
20 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Marxist SociologySocial Classes in India
Analyze the impact of economic liberalization on class formation and class consciousness in contemporary India.
20 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Social Classes in IndiaIndustrialisation and the Working Class
Evaluate Andre Beteille's perspective on the interplay between caste, class, and power in shaping social stratification in India. How does this framework explain persistent inequalities in urban India?
20 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Caste SystemSocial Classes in India
Write about the classification of informal sector workers as given by Jan Breman along with suitable examples.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2023
Informal Sector and Child LabourSocial Classes in India
Discuss the societal implication of the service sector revolution on the gender-based division of labour.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Patriarchy and EntitlementsIndustrialisation and the Working Class
"Globalization has created new forms of class inequalities while reinforcing traditional hierarchies." Discuss.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Poverty and InequalitySocial Classes in India
Examine the role of social media influencers in shaping culture of consumerism as a new value as against traditional values of minimalistic lifestyle in contemporary Indian society.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2024
Urbanisation and SlumsSocial Classes in India
Discuss the role of social media influencers in perpetuating the culture of consumerism in society.
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2023
Urbanisation and SlumsSocial Classes in India
Assess Andre Beteille's study of Tanjore village regarding its reflection of fundamental Indian societal values beyond being merely a residential space.
20 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2024
Village and Village StudiesCaste System
Identify the characteristics of the Industrial class in post-Independence Indian Society
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2024
Social Classes in IndiaIndustrialisation and the Working Class
Critically analyse the changing caste-class nexus in the agrarian social structure.
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2016
Agrarian Structure and Land ReformsCaste System
Write a short note on each of the following in not more than 150 words. (a) Discuss Andre Béteille's conception of natural and social inequality.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2022
Caste SystemSocial Classes in India
Beteille's work on Caste, Class and Power: Changing Patterns of Stratification in a Tanjore Village (1966) departs significantly from the writings which equate caste with stratification. Discuss.
20 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Caste SystemSocial Classes in India
Beteille's work on Caste, class & Power: changing Patterns of stratification in a Tanjore Village which departs significantly from the writings which equate caste with stratification. Discuss
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2023
Caste SystemSocial Classes in India
Explain the evolution of land tenure system and its impact on the agrarian structure. Urbanization of pandemics has only exposed the already haphazard and lopsided urbanization process. Analyse. "A toxic social environment leads to vulnerability and impairs resilience." Discuss the statement in context of growing suicide among youth in India.
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2020
Agrarian Structure and Land ReformsSocial Classes in India
The Indian middle class: a force for social change? 2(b) Discuss the factors responsible for the mobilisation of the industrial working class in India. (c) Secularisation and modernisation in India: A process of 'incomplete modernisation'?
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2016
Social Classes in IndiaModernisation of Indian Tradition
"The women's movement in India has been fragmented along lines of class, caste, and region." Critically evaluate the diversity within Indian feminism.
20 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Women's MovementCaste System
Examine the changes to agrarian class structure, before & after Indian Independence?
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2023
Social Classes in IndiaAgrarian Structure and Land Reforms
With the growth of modern industries, the factory workers gradually shaped themselves into a distinct category. Discuss how working-class structure is changing in India.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2023
Industrialisation and the Working ClassSocial Classes in India
Elaborate on Daniel Thorner's conception of natural division of agrarian population in India into different class categories.
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2022
Social Classes in IndiaAgrarian Structure and Land Reforms
Critically analyze the relevance of the Marxist perspective in understanding the changing nature of class relations in contemporary Indian society. Illustrate your answer with suitable examples.
20 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2024
Marxist SociologySocial Classes in India
The problems related to disability vary across 'class' and 'gender'. Discuss.
15 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2015
Poverty and InequalityPatriarchy and Entitlements
Do you agree with the view of Andre Beteille that villages are representative of Indian society's basic civilizational values? Present a sociological overview.
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Village and Village StudiesCaste System
Critically evaluate the role of the state in restructuring Indian Society since Independence. Also explain the factors which have affected the state's effectiveness in restructuring Indian Society.
25 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2016
Development PlanningConstitution, Law and Social Change
Indian Middle Class is actually a Privileged Class', Discuss the statement within the evolving landscape of social relations in contemporary India.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Social Classes in India