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July 2024 and January 2025
Section – I
Answer the following in about 500 words each.
- Describe the factors of unity and diversity in Indian society.
- Define the concept of caste and class and discuss the nature of social mobility in India.
Section-II
Answer the following questions in about 250 words each.
- Discuss the relation between caste structure and power with an examples.
- What are the factors which help in social integration in India.
- Discuss the role of women in the freedom struggle movement in India.
- What was the impact of colonial rule in India? Discuss.
Section- III
Answer the following questions in about 100 words each.
- What is an ‘Ideal Type’ given by Max Weber?
- Discuss the concept of alienation.
July 2019 and January 2020
Section – I
Answer the following in about 500 words each.
- Explain the changing nature of the agrarian class structure.
- Discuss the changing facets of Caste System in India
Section-II
Answer the following questions in about 250 words each.
- Differentiate between lineage and kinship
- What are the major problems encountered by ‘Scheduled Castes’ in India?
- Describe the features of the kinship system of South India
- Discuss the changing forms of marriage in India Society.
Section- III
Answer the following questions in about 100 words each.
- Explain the concept of “dominant caste”.
- What do you understand by “sanskritization”?
July 2018 and January 2019
Section – I
Answer the following in about 500 words each.
- Discuss the spatial pattern of urban development in contemporary India.
- Define marriage and its different forms
Section-II
Answer the following questions in about 250 words each.
- Explain the concept of the Jajmani System.
- What are the major problems encountered by ‘Scheduled Tribes’ in India?
- Describe the features of the kinship system of North India
- Discuss the changing facets of caste system in India Society.
Section- III
Answer the following questions in about 100 words each.
- Explain the notion of “growth with justice”.
- What do you understand by “parochialisation”?
July 2017 and January 2018
Section – I
Answer the following in about 500 words each.
- Discuss economic pursuits of tribes in India with suitable examples.
- Discuss the concept of family. Explain the changing forms of family in India.
Section-II
Answer the following questions in about 250 words each.
- Discuss the impact of the new economic policy on the rural economy.
- What are the major problems encountered by ‘Scheduled Castes’ in India?
- Discuss the relative deprivation approach to the understanding of poverty.
- Discuss the changing facets of caste system in Indian Society.
Section- III
Answer the following questions in about 100 words each.
- Explain the notion of “growth with justice”.
- What do you understand by “gender stereotype”?
July 2016 and January 2017
Section – I
Answer the following in about 500 words each.
- Discuss the diversity and unity in India.
- Do you think villages can be treated as ‘little republics’? Critically discuss.
Section-II
Answer the following questions in about 250 words each.
- Discuss the Relative Deprivation Approach to the understanding of poverty.
- Discuss the classificatory nature of kinship terminology.
- Answer the impact of industrialization on the tribal societies in India.
- Discuss various factors that give rise to social movements in India
Section- III
Answer the following questions in about 100 words each.
July 2015 and January 2016
Section – I
Answer the following in about 500 words each.
- Discuss the nature of social structure in rural India.
- Discuss the role of socialization in gender role stereotyping in India.
Section – II
Answer the following questions in about 250 words each.
- Describe the main social classes in urban India.
- Discuss the different modes of tribal economy.
- Discuss two main kinship groups in South India.
- Explain the relevance of caste in Indian Politics.
Section – III
Answer the following questions in about 100 words each.
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