Sociology II · Practice questions
Caste System
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ThemeAllCaste SystemPatriarchy and EntitlementsPoverty and InequalityModernisation of Indian TraditionSocial Classes in IndiaKinship, Family and Marriage in IndiaNation, Democracy and CitizenshipIndologyAgrarian Structure and Land ReformsStructural FunctionalismTribal CommunitiesConstitution, Law and Social Change
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Ethnicity and Identity MovementsParties, Pressure Groups and ElitesColonial Rule and NationalismUrbanisation and SlumsInformal Sector and Child LabourMarxist SociologyCommunalism and Ethnic ConflictAgeing, Sex Ratio and HealthReligious Communities and MinoritiesVillage and Village StudiesDalit and Backward Class MovementsDisplacement and SustainabilityRegionalism and DecentralisationSecularisationPopulation Size and GrowthSocial ReformRural DevelopmentRural Labour, Bondage and MigrationUntouchabilityEducation and Social Change in IndiaIndustrialisation and the Working ClassViolence Against WomenEnvironmental MovementsGreen Revolution and Agrarian ChangePeasant and Farmers' MovementsCaste ConflictsWomen's MovementDevelopment PlanningPopulation Policy and Family PlanningIlliteracy and Educational Disparities
Critically examine the factors responsible for continuation of "Caste Consciousness" in the Indian "collective conscience".
20 marks · Answered by 4 toppers · CSE 2015–2020
Caste SystemParties, Pressure Groups and Elites
The Indian caste system has both its 'merits' and 'demerits' for the individual and society. Discuss.
20 marks · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2014–2015
Caste SystemUntouchability
Critically examine Louis Dumont's concept of purity and pollution.
15 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2015
Caste SystemIndology