Sociology II · Practice questions
Caste, tribes, villages, movements, Indian society
1,154 questions, with how toppers answered each. Years are the CSE year of the toppers who answered.
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"State intervention is needed to make farming economically and ecologically viable". Comment with special reference to the problems faced by small and marginal farmers in contemporary India.
20 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2021
Rural DevelopmentAgrarian Structure and Land Reforms
India has completed 75 years since Independence, but modernisation of Indian tradition is still an unfinished task. Do you agree?
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2023
Modernisation of Indian Tradition
How has the manufacturing industry in India evolved?
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Industrialisation and the Working Class
Restrictions on surrogacy : discrimination to married women on
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2023
Patriarchy and Entitlements
Analyse the threats and challenges faced by marriage institution in India.
20 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Kinship, Family and Marriage in India
Write a short note on each of the following in not more than 150 words. (a) Growth of modern industries has macro as well as micro implications on Indian society. Discuss.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2022
Industrialisation and the Working ClassStructural Functionalism
Critically examine Louis Dumont's concept of purity and pollution.
15 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2015
Caste SystemIndology
Write a short note on each of the following in not more than 150 words. (a) Critically examine the efficacy of 'Law as an Instrument of Social Change'.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2021
Constitution, Law and Social Change
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
Displacement and SustainabilityPoverty and Inequality
Answer 2(a) Yogendra Singh in his seminal work 'Modernization of Indian Tradition, 1973' talked about the law and social change relationship. Discuss. Answer 1(b) Does providing menstrual leave reinforce or challenge existing gender stereotypes? Examine.
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2024
Constitution, Law and Social ChangeModernisation of Indian Tradition
Discuss the challenges during village studies in India. (20m)
20 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Explain the dynamics of religious change within tribal societies. Support your argument with examples from both colonial period and the post-independence era.
20 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2024
Tribal CommunitiesColonial Rule and Nationalism
Problematize the achievement of rural development programmes in transforming the quality of life in rural India.
20 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Discuss the efficacy of using incentives and disincentives as a tool/strategy to control population. Elaborate in the context of recently proposed two- child policy pushed by the Uttar Pradesh government.
20 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2021
Population Policy and Family PlanningPopulation Size and Growth
Not only law has acted as agent of social change but new laws have been formed in view of social change. Discuss.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2020
Constitution, Law and Social Change
To what extent decentralisation of power has been effective and equitable in case of India?
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2022
Regionalism and DecentralisationNation, Democracy and Citizenship
Distinctly identify the elements of Marxist village studies in India.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Marxist SociologyVillage and Village Studies
Explain how the history of dairy cooperatives in India showcases a model for realisation of the goal of 'Atmanirbhar Bharat' (Self-reliant India).
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2021
Rural DevelopmentDevelopment Planning
"Indian society is confronting a series of dilemmas and paradoxes". Throw some light on this statement by means of examples from socio-cultural life.
20 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2015
India social system is organised around caste structure, therefore, caste and politics can never be separated. Critically analyse the statement.
20 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2018
Parties, Pressure Groups and ElitesCaste System
Write a short note on each of the following in not more than 150 words. 10 x 5 = 50 (a) Comment on the influence of social and cultural factors on family planning in India.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2023
Population Policy and Family PlanningPatriarchy and Entitlements
What are the challenges of integrating tribal communities into mainstream society while preserving their ethnic identities and cultural heritage?
20 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2024
Tribal CommunitiesEthnicity and Identity Movements
Discuss the nature of communalism and secularism in India.
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2021
SecularisationCommunalism and Ethnic Conflict
Is caste census necessary for promoting equitable social development in India? Argue.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2024
Caste SystemPoverty and Inequality