Sociology II · Practice questions
Structural Functionalism
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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
The idea of the Indian village as represented in the earlier writings of the colonial administrators has been critiqued by many scholars. Discuss.
20 marks · Answered by 5 toppers · CSE 2018–2022
Village and Village StudiesStructural Functionalism
"The Varna scheme has 'distorted' the picture of caste". Comment.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2018–2023
Caste SystemIndology
Critically examine the limitations of the structuralist-functionalist perspective in the analysis of the Indian society.
20 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2018
Structural FunctionalismIndology