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June, 2019
SECTION I
Answer any two of the following questions in about 500 words each.
- Are Indian villages ‘little republic’ ? Discuss critically.
- Explain the role of socialisation in gender role stereotyping in India.
- Discuss the nature of social mobility among the scheduled castes in the PostIndependent India.
- Explain the relationship of caste with power in India.
SECTION II
Answer any four of the following questions in about 250 words each.
- Explain the ‘relative deprivation’ approach to the study of poverty.
- Discuss the economic dimension of urbanization in India.
- Distinguish between state, nation and society.
- Discuss the problems faced by ‘other backward classes’ in India.
- Explain the impact of industrialisation on tribals in India.
- Discuss the role of leadership and ideology in social movements.
- What are the major determinants of women’s work ?
SECTION III
Answer all the following questions in about 100 words each.
- Write short notes on any two of the following in about 100 words each :
(a) Urbanization
(b) Parochialisation
(c) Dominant caste
December, 2018
SECTION I
Answer any two of the following questions in about 500 words each.
- Discuss the bonds of unity in India.
- Examine the changes in the caste system.
- Explain the changing nature of the agrarian class structure.
- Discuss the factors for disintegration of joint family in India.
SECTION II
Answer any four of the following questions in about 250 words each.
- . Differentiate between lineage and kinship.
- Examine the impact of urbanisation on villages in India.
- Discuss the defining characteristics of a town.
- Describe the matrilineal system of the Khasi tribe.
- Examine the impact of economic liberalisation on rural economy in India.
- Discuss the factors affecting women’s work in India.
SECTION III
Answer all the following questions in about 100 words each.
- What is ‘mixed economy’ ?
- What is Sati ?
- Differentiate between Polygyny and Polyandry.
June, 2018
SECTION I
Answer any two of the following questions in about 500 words each.
- Explain the forms of diversity in India.
- Discuss the features of rural social structure.
- Examine the main features of urban life.
- Discuss the challenges of national integration in India.
SECTION II
Answer any four of the following questions in about 250 words each.
- Discuss the features of Jajmani system.
- Differentiate between Universalisation and Parochialisation with examples.
- Explain marriage rules in the Dravidian kinship system.
- Discuss the impact of Green Revolution in India.
- Discuss the approaches to tribal development in India.
- Discuss the belief system of Sikhism.
SECTION III
Answer all the following questions in about 100 words each.
- What is the Guild System ?
- What is Ethnicity ?
- Define the concept of gender.
December, 2017
SECTION I
Answer any two of the following questions in about 500 words each.
- Does India have bonds of unity ? Discuss.
- Describe the essential characteristics and the changes in Indian villages with suitable examples.
- Discuss the spatial pattern of urban development in contemporary India.
- Define marriage and its different forms.
SECTION II
Answer any four of the following questions in about 250 words each.
- Elucidate the features of the Hindu joint family system.
- Explain the concept of the Jajmani’ system.
- Discuss the relationship between Christianity and Hinduism in Kerala.
- Describe the main features of Backward Classes in India.
- Examine the role of women in the Indian Freedom Movement.
- Discuss the major issues associated with tribal movements in India.
- Describe the features of the kinship system of North India.
- Discuss the dynamics of agrarian class structure in India.
SECTION III
Answer all the following questions in about 100 words each.
- Exogamy
- Socialisation
- Ethnicity
- Parochialisation
December, 2016
SECTION I
Answer any two of the following questions in about 500 words each.
- Explain the nature of rural social structure in contemporary India.
- What do you understand by the concept of urban ? Discuss the major features of urban life.
- Explain the role of ideology and leadership in social movements.
- Discuss the various approaches to study ecology.
SECTION II
Answer any four of the following questions in about 250 words each.
- Discuss the various factors of change in joint family system in India.
- Delineate the differences and similarities between the North and South Indian kinship.
- Analyse the impact of green revolution on rural disparity in India.
- Explain the various factors leading to urban poverty in India.
- Elucidate the relation between state, nation and society.
- Discuss the significance of Caste Councils and Caste Associations in India.
- Elaborate the major features of tribal societies in India.
- Write a note on the changing status of women in contemporary India.
SECTION III
Answer all the following questions in about 100 words each.
- (a) Relevance of Sanskritization in Studying Social Mobility in Contemporary India
(b) Features of Unorganized Sector in the Indian Economy
June, 2016
SECTION I
Answer any two of the following questions in about 500 words each.
- Explain agrarian social structure in India focusing on the changes it is undergoing in recent years.
- Elaborate the emerging patterns of urbanisation in contemporary India.
- Explain the changing features of caste system in urban India.
- Define social movement and discuss its important features.
SECTION II
Answer any four of the following questions in about 250 words each.
- Discuss broad features of Kinship organisations among the Garo in North-East India.
- Explain the key features of rural economy in contemporary India.
- Explain the impact of industrialisation on urban class structure.
- Discuss various approaches to study poverty in India.
- Analyse various challenges to nation-building in India.
- Explain social divisions among Muslims in India with suitable examples.
- Discuss the major features of caste system in India.
- Elaborate the major economic pursuits of tribes in India.
SECTION III
Answer all the following questions in about 100 words each.
- (a) Gender role stereotyping
(b) Causes of declining female sex ratio
December, 2015
SECTION I
Answer any two of the following questions in about 500 words each.
- Explain the concept of ‘family’. Discuss the developmental cycle approach to the understanding of family in India.
- “Villages are characterized by vertical interdependence of castes.” Discuss.
- Explain the descent approach to the understanding of kinship.
- Explain the descriptive nature of North-Indian kinship terms.
SECTION II
Answer any four of the following questions in about 250 words each.
- What are the main features of urban economy ?
- What are the main challenges to nation-building efforts in India ?
- Discuss the role of Parsi Panchayat in their society.
- Do you agree that urban social issues are an extension of rural social issues in India ? Discuss.
- Outline the main features of caste system.
- In what way does industrialization influence the lives of tribal communities ?
SECTION III
Answer all the following questions in about 100 words each.
- List the main issues raised by the Brahmo Samaj.
- What are the key structured factors that influence women’s education in India ?
- What are the main objectives of tribal associations ?