AIR 223 · CSE 2023 · Sociology II · 51 pages

Shubham: Sociology II answer copy

20 answers by Shubham, as written in the test. Each question opens a page with how other toppers answered it.

The questions

  1. Q1(a)Give a sociological account of the ideas of Sociology of India and sociology in India.
  2. Q01(b)Patriarchy is the least noticed yet the most significant structure of social inequality. Discuss.
  3. Q1(c)Child malnutrition is a chronic problem and a longstanding challenge for India. Analyse.
  4. Q1(d)The practice of untouchability, though declining still persists in India. Discuss its manifestation and reasons for persistence.
  5. Q1(e)Comment on the notion of social change from a cognitive historical viewpoint as postulated by Dumont.
  6. Q3"Tribal conflicts based on ethnic differences often camouflage a struggle for political and economic advantage". Substantiate with examples.
  7. Q3(a)India has completed 75 years since Independence, but modernisation of Indian tradition is still an unfinished task. Do you agree?
  8. Q3(b)A two-way relationship is observed between folk-society and the urban society which is coming in contact with each other and inheriting as well as losing some of their traits. Discuss w.r.t little tradition and Great tradition theory.
  9. Q04(a)India's educational landscape is extremely unequal and the inequalities manifests themselves in the form of differences based on caste, class and, in some cases, gender. Discuss.
  10. Q04(b)The dominant castes notion has been used to deny the validity of reservation for BCs and played a role in determining certain political strategies. In this context explain the decay of dominant caste today.
  11. Q4(c)Recently Supreme Court said that Sex work is a profession whose practitioners are entitled to dignity and equal protection under law. In this context, discuss exclusion and marginalisation faced by sex workers in India.
  12. Q5(a)Growth of modern industries has macro as well as micro implication on Indian society. Discuss.
  13. Q05(b)To what extent decentralization of power has been effective and equitable in case of India?
  14. Q05(c)Discuss the crisis of development and need for sustainable development in contemporary times.
  15. Q5(d)Give a sociological analysis of Youth Unrest and Student Movement in recent times in India.
  16. Q5(e). Gender equality is a threat to the institution of 'family'. Critically discuss the statement.
  17. Q7(a)In context of persistence of problem of defining Middle class, outline the characteristics of New Middle Class in India.
  18. Q7(b)Distinguish between social protest and social movements? Examine their sociological significance to explain social change.
  19. Q7(c)Gender equality and environmental justice should go hand in hand. Discuss Eco-feminism in this regard.
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The answers

Question 1(a) · 212 words written

Give a sociological account of the ideas of Sociology of India and sociology in India.

Opening · a definition

None written.

Body · continuous prose

→ Sociology of India refers to scientific study of Indian society with due emphasis to its peculiar social structures, such as caste, tribals, village institutions and various continuums such as caste-tribe, caste-class, folk-urban and so on.

Close · a summary

Sociology of India can use various perspectives such as Indology, structural functionalism, Marxist, feminist and so on.

According to G.S. Ghurye and Louis Dumont, both traditionalists, sociology of India consists of sociology + Indology, only then we can properly understand

various features, as ideology of Indian society consists collectivism, hierarchy and holism, instead of western individualism.

Sociology of India, also help in explaining social change by various perspectives like Marxist, Cultural etc.

On the other hand sociology in India refers to the development of sociology in Indian educational sphere and how it's scope and subject matter continued to expand with time.

Sociology in India started with a branch in Mumbai University with the work of Geddes, and it eventually spread to Lucknow, Delhi and other regions and have been taken forward by various Indians.

Also, with time sociology in India have expanded it's scope to study more about interactions, social change, power dynamics and so on.

So ideas of both sociology of India and sociology in India have helped to develop better understanding of Indian society.