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.
All 42 themesFewer themes
"For a multicultural, diverse and complex country like India, regional affiliations are but natural phenomena". Comment
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2018–2019
Regionalism and DecentralisationNation, Democracy and Citizenship
Limitations of dialectical approach to the study of Indian society
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2016
Marxist Sociology
Critically discuss the challenges faced by 'persons with disability' in accessing the Indian labor market.
15 marks · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2016
Informal Sector and Child LabourPoverty and Inequality
"The relationship between NGOs and the women’s movement in India has led to a loss of collective feminist politics based on autonomy." Comment in the context of the notion of ‘NGOization’.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2021
Women's Movement
Is the Indian bureaucracy an outdated colonial vestige? How has it affected social policy?
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2025
Colonial Rule and NationalismConstitution, Law and Social Change
Briefly discuss the impact of Buddhism on Indian society.
Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2020
Social ReformCaste System
Do you think secularism in India is a weak ideology? Comment on the challenges faced by Indian secularism.
20 marks · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2025
SecularisationCommunalism and Ethnic Conflict
"The emergence of middle classes in India follows a pattern different from Western societies." Discuss.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2025
Social Classes in IndiaColonial Rule and Nationalism
The practice of untouchability, though declining still persists in India. Discuss its manifestation and reasons responsible for persistence.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2022
UntouchabilityCaste System
"Panchayati raj institutions are simultaneously a remarkable success and a staggering failure." In the context of this statement, evaluate the social consequences of democratic decentralization in India.
20 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2019
Regionalism and DecentralisationCaste System
“Tribes lose their territorial significance to form caste”. Do you agree? Comment on the tribe-caste continuum with clear examples.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Tribal CommunitiesCaste System
Caste as a social capital is functional as well as dysfunctional to the society. Illustrate with examples and observations from Indian society.
20 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2018
Caste System
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
Discuss the social causes and consequences of malnutrition in India. 7(c). Critically examine the perspective of A.R. Desai on the Indian farmers' movements.
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2022
Poverty and InequalityAgeing, Sex Ratio and Health
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
Examine MN Srinivas's concept of Sanskritization. How useful is it in understanding caste mobility?
20 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Caste SystemStructural Functionalism
Comment on the influence of patriarchy on entitlements to women in India.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Patriarchy and Entitlements
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
Examine the impact of constitutional provisions for minority rights on India's secular fabric. How do these provisions balance individual and group rights?
20 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
SecularisationConstitution, Law and Social Change
Examine the changes to agrarian class structure, before and after Indian independence. It is argued that the caste has lost its traditional elements of purity and pollution and became more of an identity group. Discuss
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2024
Caste SystemAgrarian Structure and Land Reforms
Caste conflict is the result of cultural and power differential between upper and lower caste, also between two caste of same position within the hierarchy. Discuss. (c) The conceptual difference between caste and varna. (e) Louis Dumont's view on caste system.
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2022
Caste SystemCaste Conflicts
Discuss the role of technology in agrarian change in India.
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Green Revolution and Agrarian ChangeAgrarian Structure and Land Reforms
Write a short note on each of the following in not more than 150 words. 1. (a) Farmer suicides in India.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2016
Displacement and SustainabilityAgrarian Structure and Land Reforms
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.
20 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2024
Kinship, Family and Marriage in IndiaPatriarchy and Entitlements