Sociology II · Practice questions
Caste, tribes, villages, movements, Indian society
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Indian state shifted from socialist state to liberal state post 1991. Analyse the impact of market led approach to development in the last three decades.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2023–2025
Development PlanningPoverty and Inequality
The relationship between law and society is reciprocal in the context of societal transformation. Please provide your viewpoint on this interplay.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2023–2024
Constitution, Law and Social Change
Indian society, through its long historical process of growth, presents a picture of a vast mosaic of culture held together by religion, values and norms of Hinduism. Discuss this statement in the context of Indological perspective of Govind Sadashiv Ghurye.
20 marks · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2021–2023
IndologyCaste System
Critically examine Daniel Thorner's approach to study Indian agrarian society.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2023–2024
Social Classes in IndiaAgrarian Structure and Land Reforms
Patriarchy is the least noticed yet the most significant structure of social inequality. Discuss.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2022–2023
Patriarchy and Entitlements
"One clear picture of single dominant mode of production has not yet appeared in the map of Indian agrarian social structure." Examine the statement.
20 marks · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2023
Social Classes in IndiaGreen Revolution and Agrarian Change
Write a short note on each of the following in not more than 150 words. (a) "Differences in cultural norms affect fertility behaviour". Comment in the context of population dynamics in India.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2021–2023
Population Size and GrowthAgeing, Sex Ratio and Health
Ambedkar's engagement with untouchability, as a researcher, intellectual and activist, is much more nuanced and intimate as compared to his viewpoint on caste. Elaborate.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2023
UntouchabilityCaste System
Comment on the notion of social change from a cognitive historical viewpoint as postulated by Dumont.
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2023
IndologyModernisation of Indian Tradition
A recent report by Ministry of Statistics and Planning and Implementation found that youth with higher education don't aspire to get married early. Analyse the trends in marriage in India from sociological perspective.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2023
Kinship, Family and Marriage in India
"Urban slums are found at the intersection of poverty, deprivation and exclusion".
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2023
Urbanisation and SlumsPoverty and Inequality
Land Reforms are both the causes as well as the effects of a thorough-going change in the powerbalance. Explain.
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2023
Agrarian Structure and Land ReformsCaste System
AR Desai studied Indian society through the lens of contradictions. Elaborate.
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2023
Marxist Sociology
Discuss the role of indigenous communities and traditional knowledge systems in promoting environmental conservation and sustainable practices in India. 10 Pressure groups play a significant role in influencing policy agendas. Analyze the strategies and effectiveness of pressure groups in the Indian political landscape.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2023
Environmental MovementsParties, Pressure Groups and Elites
Western view of "WESTERNIZATION as SYMBOL of MODERNITY" vs GHURYE'S view of "CULTURE as Symbol & upholder of Modernity"
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2023
IndologyModernisation of Indian Tradition
"Physiological factors associated with women cannot be a rationale to deny them the right to worship." How patriarchy operates through religion, discuss in relation to Sabrimala judgement.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2023
Patriarchy and EntitlementsReligious Communities and Minorities
Explain the interplay of caste and democratic politics in India. (b) Distinguish between Indian morality and constitutional morality.
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2023
Nation, Democracy and CitizenshipCaste System
A two-way relationship is observed between folk-society and the urban society which is coming in contact with each other and inheriting as well as losing some of their traits. Discuss w.r.t little tradition and Great tradition theory.
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2023
Modernisation of Indian TraditionVillage and Village Studies
There are contestations related to the nature of caste & class in India, while some view caste & class as polar opposites, others view of nexus between caste & class. Discuss
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2023
Caste SystemSocial Classes in India
Discuss the significance of Arya samaj and Ramakrishna mission as reform mvts in India.
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2023
Social ReformModernisation of Indian Tradition
The rise of the problem of minorities is a logical consequence of the ascendancy of nationalism and these problems persist despite of various approaches adopted towards a solution of these problems of minority. Discuss.
20 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2023
Religious Communities and Minorities
Is India's rising middle class an engine of growth or a loose wheel? Discuss in the light of impact of COVID Pandemic on the middle class in India.
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2023
Social Classes in IndiaPoverty and Inequality
India's educational landscape is extremely unequal and the inequalities manifests themselves in the form of differences based on caste, class and, in some cases, gender. Discuss.
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2023
Illiteracy and Educational DisparitiesCaste System
Manual scavenging is defined as the act of lifting human excreta by humans. This is present in Indian society still, despite frameworks like Ban on Manual Scavenging
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2023
UntouchabilityCaste System