Sociology II · Topic
Kinship, Family and Marriage in India
Lineage and descent, kinship systems, family and marriage, and household dimensions of the family in India.
105 UPSC Mains Sociology II questions on Kinship, Family and Marriage in India that toppers answered in test series, CSE 2015–2025, most answered first. Open one to see how toppers opened, built and closed it.
Examine the changing dynamics of joint family system in contemporary India. How do economic factors and urbanization influence family structures?
20 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Kinship, Family and Marriage in IndiaUrbanisation and Slums
Evaluate the impact of live-in relationships on Indian society.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Kinship, Family and Marriage in India
Elaborate on Irawati Karve's views on kinship systems and their regional variations. Are they still relevant?
20 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Kinship, Family and Marriage in India
"The nuclear family is more democratized & there is more co-operation between husband & wife based on equality ". Discuss the statement in the light of changes in family in India.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2023
Kinship, Family and Marriage in IndiaPatriarchy and Entitlements
Examine how legislations have changed the patterns of Inheritance in India.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Kinship, Family and Marriage in IndiaPatriarchy and Entitlements
Do traditional structure of caste and kinship play a functional role in urban settlements? Elaborate.
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Urbanisation and SlumsCaste System
Law on love jihad and denial for need for marital rape law, indicates the lack of agency, choice and consent to women with respect to marriage. Comment
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2020
Patriarchy and EntitlementsKinship, Family and Marriage in India
Write a note on rising de-sacralisation of marriages.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Kinship, Family and Marriage in IndiaModernisation of Indian Tradition
Limitations of Indological approach. 1(b) Caste mobility in India. 1(c) Functions and dysfunctions of family as an institution. 1(d) Analyze the changing nexus between caste and tribe.
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2022
IndologyCaste System
The urban migrant and 'ritual' tug of home.
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2022
Urbanisation and SlumsKinship, Family and Marriage in India
As individuals, families, communities, and societies increasingly become integrated into new complex globalized systems, their values, traditions, and relationships change. In this context discuss impact of globalization on family as a social institution. (b) GS Ghurye liberated the study of Indian society from the colonial biases and laid the true foundation of the discipline of sociology in India. Substantiate this statement.
20 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2022
IndologyKinship, Family and Marriage in India
Migration of people from one region to another like rural to rural, urban to rural, rural to urban, urban to urban can be due to many factors like education, employment have significant impact on kinship systems in India.
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Kinship, Family and Marriage in IndiaRural Labour, Bondage and Migration
Write a short note on each of the following in not more than 150 words. 10 x 5 = 50 (a) Objectives of Hindu and Muslim Marriage (b) Kinship system of north and south India (c) Status of cooperatives in India (d) Feminization of Informal Sector (e) Law as an instrument of social change.
50 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2016
Kinship, Family and Marriage in IndiaInformal Sector and Child Labour
Critically analyze if contemporary Indian society is dominated by the 'nuclear family' structure.
20 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2017
Kinship, Family and Marriage in India
Globalisation is a phenomenon of increased interconnectedness due to economic systems merging together. Impact of Globalisation on family structure in India: 6(b) Recently India has witnessed a trend of single party politics and decline of coalition politics. From 1989-2014 India's Union had coalition parties but not it is governed by single party for nearly 8 years. Discuss the causes and prospects of this trend. 6(c) Untouchability has been explicitly declared unconstitutional under Article 17 and also by Civil Disabilities Act. However it still persists in various forms in India. Comment.
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2021
Kinship, Family and Marriage in India