Sociology II · Practice questions
Caste, tribes, villages, movements, Indian society
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What is universalization of education? Discuss the role of National Education Policy 2020 in achieving the same.
20 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Education and Social Change in India
Indological and structuralist perspectives on caste in India. 5. (a) Social legislation as a tool for creating social change in India. (b) Anti-caste movements in colonial India. (c) Internal displacement and its impact on tribal communities. (d) Power elites in contemporary India. (e) 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao' scheme and its role in women's development.
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Caste SystemIndology
Discuss the evolution of capitalist mode of production in Indian agriculture.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Green Revolution and Agrarian ChangeAgrarian Structure and Land Reforms
How has industrialization changed the socio-demographic profile of India?
20 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Industrialisation and the Working ClassUrbanisation and Slums
The inherent unequal power relations in marriage and family due to domestication of wife has led to women exploitation - Maria Mies
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2023
Patriarchy and Entitlements
Who are the dominant castes? Analyse their impact on agrarian social structure and transformation.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Caste SystemAgrarian Structure and Land Reforms
Discuss the role of technology in agrarian change in India. (10m)
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Recently Supreme Court asked Government to decide whether or not to include Dalit christian & Muslims under the SC for availing benefits of Reservation. Discuss the reasons & challenges thereof.
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2023
Caste SystemReligious Communities and Minorities
Provide a sociological analysis of "dimensions of inter-caste conflicts".
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2021
Caste ConflictsCaste System
Write How has Indology helped in the study of Indian society?
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Indology
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
Explain the role of education as an agent of social change in India. (b) Explain the causes of child labour. How has COVID-19 pandemic increased child labour? (c) Discuss the change in the mode of production in Indian agriculture.
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2022
Education and Social Change in IndiaPoverty and Inequality
The socio-religious reform movements tried to achieve the objective of emancipation of women & extension of equal rights to them. Discuss
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2023
Social ReformModernisation of Indian Tradition
Distinguish between 'Sociology of India' and 'Sociology in India'.
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2022
IndologyStructural Functionalism
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
Discuss how the experiences and challenges of ageing are differentially shaped by class and gender in Indian society.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Ageing, Sex Ratio and HealthPoverty and Inequality
Discuss the reasons for, and the impact of, high population in India. How can India harness its demographic dividend? (b) Secularism and Religious Revivalism are two sides of the same coin in India. Comment. (c) What is the Indian idea of Nationalism? How is it transiting in recent times?
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2023
Population Size and GrowthAgeing, Sex Ratio and Health
"Tradition and modernity exist in contemporary Indian society". Discuss factors responsible for such continuity and change.
20 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2018
Modernisation of Indian TraditionCaste System
Evaluate the impact of Right to Information Act on transparency and accountability in Indian governance. What are its sociological implications?
20 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
The pluralist and multi religious character of the Indian society is facing constant challenges. Discuss the statement in context of the problem of religious minorities in India.
20 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2020
Religious Communities and MinoritiesCommunalism and Ethnic Conflict
Discuss the intersectional approach to the study of the problems of vulnerable sections in India. What are its limitations?
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2023
Poverty and InequalityCaste System
Analyze the impact of the Forest Rights Act, 2006 on tribal communities. Has it successfully addressed historical injustices?
20 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Tribal CommunitiesDisplacement and Sustainability
Analyze the role of socio-religious reform movements in fostering the social background for Indian nationalism.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Our Common Future report (e) Women's Reservation in Panchayats (b) Maternal and Infant Mortality
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2024
Displacement and SustainabilityEthnicity and Identity Movements