Sociology II · Topic
Tribal Communities
Definitional problems, geographical spread, colonial policies, and integration and autonomy of tribes.
88 UPSC Mains Sociology II questions on Tribal Communities that toppers answered in test series, CSE 2014–2025, most answered first. Open one to see how toppers opened, built and closed it.
Ghurye's analysis of tribes was based on tribe caste continuum. Discuss.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 6 toppers · CSE 2021–2025
Tribal CommunitiesIndology
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 6 toppers · CSE 2018–2024
IndologyCaste System
“Are Tribal protests and movements an indication of limitation of the policy of integration in the independent India”. Comment
20 marks · Answered by 4 toppers · CSE 2016–2017
Tribal CommunitiesDisplacement and Sustainability
What is tribe caste continuum? What are Elwin's views on the same?
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 4 toppers · CSE 2025
Tribal CommunitiesCaste System
What evidence would you offer against the view that 'tribes are primitive communities living isolated lives untouched by civilization'?
15 marks · Answered by 4 toppers · CSE 2016–2017
Tribal Communities
What is meant by the term ‘tribal assertion’? Examine its influence on the Indian freedom movement?
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 4 toppers · CSE 2025
Tribal CommunitiesColonial Rule and Nationalism
Give a sociological analysis of the emerging trends in the role of ethnicity in social movements in India.
20 marks · Answered by 4 toppers · CSE 2025
Ethnicity and Identity MovementsTribal Communities
Discuss various sociological perspectives on tribal integration and autonomy in India.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 3 toppers · CSE 2022–2024
Tribal CommunitiesIndology
Are definitional issues an obstacle in tribal development? Discuss.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 3 toppers · CSE 2023–2024
Tribal Communities
Discuss the Sub-Altern perspective of David Hardiman in studying Indian Society.
20 marks · Answered by 3 toppers · CSE 2022–2023
IndologyColonial Rule and Nationalism
Analyze the changing nexus between caste and tribe.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 3 toppers · CSE 2020–2021
Tribal CommunitiesCaste System
Discuss polyandrous customs in Himalayan tribes and their persistence and transformation in the context of modernization and legal frameworks.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 3 toppers · CSE 2025
Kinship, Family and Marriage in IndiaTribal Communities
Explain the position taken by different social scientists regarding the issue of integration and autonomy of tribals in Indian society.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 3 toppers · CSE 2023–2025
Tribal Communities
It has been a difficult exercise to produce a universally acceptable or applicable definition of tribals in India. In this context, discuss the diverse and similar features of tribes across India.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 3 toppers · CSE 2023–2025
Tribal Communities
Evaluate the limitations of an Indological approach in understanding marginalised communities in India.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 3 toppers · CSE 2025
IndologyCaste System
Government accountability for the consequences of state-imposed displacement has been virtually absent. Discuss social and cultural implications of displacement for the displaced communities in India?
20 marks · Answered by 3 toppers · CSE 2023–2025
Displacement and SustainabilityTribal Communities
Why is defining ‘tribe’ a persistent problem in Indian sociology? How do these definitional dilemmas affect state policy?
20 marks · Answered by 3 toppers · CSE 2025
Tribal Communities
"The transformation of the tribes into castes in India is conceived to occur through certain methods that have been diversely conceptualized." Elaborate.
20 marks · Answered by 3 toppers · CSE 2021–2024
Tribal CommunitiesCaste System
Ethnicity and integration in the context of tribes
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 3 toppers · CSE 2016
Tribal CommunitiesEthnicity and Identity Movements
Analyse the changing nexus between caste and tribe.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2018–2023
Tribal CommunitiesCaste System
What, according to you, are the factors responsible for detribalization in India?
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2025
Tribal Communities
Critically analyse the issue of 'Isolation-Integration-Autonomy' of the tribal communities in India.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2018
Tribal Communities
Give a brief overview of "tribal movements" in post-independence India.
15 marks · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2016
Ethnicity and Identity MovementsDisplacement and Sustainability
Critically analyze the changing nexus between Caste and Tribe.
15 marks · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2017
Tribal CommunitiesCaste System
Write short answers to the following questions in about 150 words each, with a sociological perspective: (10 x 5 = 50) (a) What, according to you, are the factors responsible for detribalization in India?
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2025
Tribal CommunitiesModernisation of Indian Tradition
Illustrate the significance of the tribal movements in colonial India.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2025
Colonial Rule and NationalismTribal Communities
The lopsided, iniquitous, and environmentally destructive processes of development has given rise to environmental movements in India. Examine.
20 marks · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2020–2022
Environmental MovementsDisplacement and Sustainability
Tribal are the worst affected by the various developmental related displacements. In this context, critically examine the objectives of Forest Right Act, 2006.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2018
Tribal CommunitiesDisplacement and Sustainability
Write a short note on G.S Ghurye's understanding of "Indian Tribes".
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2016
Tribal CommunitiesIndology
What have been the social and policy outcomes of environmental movements in India, considering both successes and limitations?
20 marks · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2025
Environmental MovementsDisplacement and Sustainability