Sociology II · Practice questions
Caste System
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While caste remains an important dimension of modern social life, its relevance is mostly limited in contemporary times. Critically discuss.
20 marks · Answered by 7 toppers · CSE 2022–2025
Caste SystemModernisation of Indian Tradition
Sanskritization involves 'positional change' in caste system without any 'structural' change. Analyse.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 7 toppers · CSE 2021–2024
Caste SystemStructural Functionalism
Secularization of caste is essentially a modern phenomenon. Discuss.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 6 toppers · CSE 2018–2022
Caste SystemModernisation of Indian Tradition
Explain the Interactional approach to study of caste in India.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 6 toppers · CSE 2022–2025
Caste SystemIndology
'Many caste conflicts are between castes which are close to each other on the hierarchical scale.' Give a sociological explanation for this phenomenon.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 5 toppers · CSE 2022–2024
Caste ConflictsCaste System
Discuss P N Mukherjee's thoughts on Indigenisation and Social Mobility.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 5 toppers · CSE 2022–2024
IndologyModernisation of Indian Tradition
Be it caste or communal violence, they stall the growth of the nation. Discuss in light of rising communal unrest in India.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 5 toppers · CSE 2022–2024
Communalism and Ethnic ConflictCaste Conflicts
Social Exclusion is maintained through the rules of purity and pollution which have deep roots in religion. Comment.
20 marks · Answered by 5 toppers · CSE 2022–2024
Caste SystemUntouchability
Write a note on the contributions of Gail Omvedt to Indian Sociology.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 5 toppers · CSE 2022–2024
Dalit and Backward Class MovementsMarxist Sociology
Give a sociological narrative of Dravidian Movement in India.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 5 toppers · CSE 2022–2024
Dalit and Backward Class MovementsEthnicity and Identity Movements
Is Caste census a necessity of the time or a divisive exercise? Substantiate with logical arguments.
20 marks · Answered by 4 toppers · CSE 2022–2024
Caste SystemDalit and Backward Class Movements
Explain how Gender, Caste and Class hierarchies plays a pre-dominant role in sexual exploitation in rural India.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 4 toppers · CSE 2022–2024
Patriarchy and EntitlementsViolence Against Women
Religious beliefs and practices vary and change, and this has to be examined in relation to variation and change in the structure of society. Discuss in context of Srinivas's views on religion and society.
20 marks · Answered by 3 toppers · CSE 2022
Structural FunctionalismCaste System
Critically analyse Louis Dumont's perspective on Caste System in India.
20 marks · Answered by 3 toppers · CSE 2022
Caste SystemIndology
"Each caste is demanding superiority to equals and equality to superiors". Comment.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 3 toppers · CSE 2022–2025
Caste SystemDalit and Backward Class Movements
Give a sociological analysis of Youth Unrest and Student Movement in recent times in India.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2022–2023
Ethnicity and Identity MovementsCaste System
Recently Pasmanda Muslim group demanded caste census for Muslims too. In this context, discuss the presence of caste among muslims.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2022
Caste SystemReligious Communities and Minorities
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
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
G.S Ghurye liberated the study of Indian society from the colonial biases and laid the true foundation of discipline of sociology in India. Substantiate this statement.
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2022
IndologyCaste System
Explain the interactional approach to study of caste in India. (1) (c) Discuss the regional variation in kinship in North and south India.
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2022
Kinship, Family and Marriage in IndiaCaste System
Bonded labour is a labour where there is :-
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2022
Rural Labour, Bondage and MigrationPoverty and Inequality
Religious tenets incentivise conversions on grounds that one who converts the most people, will attain salvation. Discuss the social significance of religious conversions.
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2022
Religious Communities and MinoritiesSocial Reform
Jainism and Buddhism grew as a reaction to Brahmanical orthodoxy. Comment.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2022
Social ReformCaste System