Sociology II · Practice questions
Caste, tribes, villages, movements, Indian society
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What do you understand by 'assimilationist communalism' and 'welfarist communalism'? Substantiate your answer with suitable examples from the Indian context.
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Communalism and Ethnic ConflictReligious Communities and Minorities
Caste system in India continues to exist despite multiple predictions of its demise; the latest by M.N. Srinivas in 1990s post-LPG era, when he wrote about 'Death of Caste'. Evaluate. (Also discuss: Structural functionalist perspective on caste, Dipankar Gupta's view on caste, Andre Beteille's view on caste, and Tribal unrest under British and Post-independence era).
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Caste SystemModernisation of Indian Tradition
Write a short note on each of the following in not more than 150 words. 10 x 5 = 50 (a) Briefly discuss the impact of Buddhism on Indian society.
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Social Reform
Provide a sociological analysis of "dimensions of inter-caste conflicts".
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Caste ConflictsCaste System
Buddhism originally began as a cult around the figure of lord Buddha. It was given a lot of importance since the various kings of Kashi and Magadha adopted its practices under the influence of Buddha. It then diffused gradually to various parts of the nation and world. It came to vogue largely because of its simplicity of rituals and no demand on members in comparison to Brahmanical Hinduism. It was also a great vehicle for cultural exchange for it spread to countries of South East and East Asia too, thus giving us cultural exchange. Modern Buddhism is largely absent in India apart from some pockets of Tantric Buddhism in Ladakh and NE India. Even Ambedkar released it new life by converting and starting NavBauddha movement for emancipation of Dalits through conversion. The neighbouring countries on East are largely Buddhist and thus form a good cultural backbone in Geo-Political International Relations. Thus, we see that Buddhism is as relevant today for social emancipation and cultural exchange as it was in ancient times. 1(c) Robert Redfield gave the theory of Little Tradition and Great Tradition in his study of Mexican village as a theory of cultural change in society. In India it was applied by Milton Singer and Mckim Marriott in their studies.
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IndologyModernisation of Indian Tradition
"Environmental movements in India are the resistances by the people for their livelihood and for their survival." Discuss.
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Environmental Movements
Pressure groups happen to be an indicator of level of political maturity and accommodation in a political system. In this context critically analyse role of pressure groups in the policy making process in India.
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Parties, Pressure Groups and ElitesNation, Democracy and Citizenship
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.
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Kinship, Family and Marriage in India
Grassroot politics has led to change in the very nature of Indian politics from politics of ideology to politics of representation. Discuss.
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Parties, Pressure Groups and ElitesRegionalism and Decentralisation