AIR 28 · CSE 2023 · Sociology II · 50 pages

Pawan Kumar Goel: Sociology II answer copy

21 answers by Pawan Kumar Goel, as written in the test. Each question opens a page with how other toppers answered it.

The questions

  1. Q1(a)Family is not a static institution but rather goes through developmental cycle. Discuss?
  2. Q1(b)It has been a difficult exercise to produce a universally acceptable or applicable definition of tribals in India. In this context, discuss the diverse & similar features of tribes across India.
  3. Q1(c)The socio-religious reform movements tried to achieve the objective of emancipation of women & extension of equal rights to them. Discuss
  4. Q1(d)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
  5. Q1(e)What impact does government policies & programs have on the socio-economic status of religious minorities in India.
  6. Q3(a)Land Reforms are both the causes as well as the effects of a thorough-going change in the powerbalance. Explain.
  7. Q3(b)Beteille's work on Caste, class & Power: changing Patterns of stratification in a Tanjore Village which departs significantly from the writings which equate caste with stratification. Discuss
  8. Q3(c)A recent report by MoSPI found youth with higher education don't aspire to get married early- Analyse the trends in marriage in India from sociological perspective.
  9. Q5(a)Marriage is not merely concerned with the couple, it affects the whole society & future generations. Discuss.
  10. Q5(b)Recently Supreme Court asked Government to decide whether or not to include Dalit christian & Muslims under the SC for availing benefits of Reservation. Discuss the reasons & challenges thereof.
  11. Q5(c)Examine the changes to agrarian class structure, before & after Indian Independence?
  12. Q5(d)"The village & its hamlets represented India in microcosm". In the light of this statement, explain significance of village studies.
  13. Q5(e)Explain the position taken by different social scientists regarding the issue of Integration & autonomy of tribals in Indian society.
  14. Q6Caste system based on 4 Varnas (Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya, Shudra) also exists in Bali. Difference between these system from the caste system practiced in India.
  15. Q6(c)"Working people need the protection of a union now more than ever." Do you agree with this statement? Give arguments supporting your view.
  16. Q7(a)To what extent does modernisation lead to the breakdown of traditional social structure & values? Give reasons to support your answers.
  17. Q7(b)In what ways has the caste system been present in other societies around the world, and how have these systems been similar to or different from the caste system in India?
  18. Q8(a)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.
  19. Q8(b)It is argued that the caste has lost its traditional elements of purity & pollution & become more of an Identity group. Discuss.
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  21. Q9(c)"The basics of family is kinship relation; the basis of a household is residence". Elaborate.

The answers

Question 1(a) · 176 words written

Family is not a static institution but rather goes through developmental cycle. Discuss?

Opening · a definition

Family is defined as a social group characterised by common residence, economic cooperation & reproduction [GP Murdock].

Body · continuous prose

Family traditionally consists of three or more than [generations] and was called joint family. Eg) Grandparent, parent, child.

However, with Industrialisation & modernity, joint family got converted into Isolated Nuclear family [Parsons].

Further family got formed more & more out of love marriages and less out of arranged marriages on the basis of caste, religion & ethnicity.

Further, in today's day and age as per IP Desai, families are not structurally joint but functionally joint.

This was also seen by Arnold M Rose in his study of family of Bengaluru, where he found that for before taking important discussions family discusses amongst themselves.

Now this concept of family is getting replaced by concept of Household. AM Shah says that joint family exists but not joint households & Pauline Kolinda stated that household undergo progression & regression.

Close

Further today sex same families, no child families & joint families [grandparents taking care of children as both parent working] are making appearance.