Demographic profile of India

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2. Demographic profile of India—Ethnic and linguistic elements in the Indian population and their distribution. Indian population—factors influencing its structure and growth.

2025

Section b · 1. · Paper Q3(b) · 2025 · 15 marks · Solution

Examine the environmental and biocultural factors influencing the health of tribals of India

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Section b · 2. · Paper Q4(b) · 2025 · 15 marks · Solution

Elucidate the role of demographic and social factors for population growth in India

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Section c · 3. · Paper Q8(c) · 2025 · 15 marks · Solution

What are the identifying criteria for PVTGs in India? Examine their current status, nomenclature and distribution

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2024

Section c · 4. · Paper Q4(c) · 2024 · 15 marks · Solution

What are the demographic challenges of India's changing population dynamics in the next 50 years?

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2022

Section d · 5. · Paper Q1(d) · 2022 · 10 marks · Solution

Safeguards for linguistic minorities in India

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2021

Section b · 6. · Paper Q2(b) · 2021 · 15 marks · Solution

Give the distribution and characteristic features of Upper Paleolithic culture in India

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Section b · 7. · Paper Q6(b) · 2021 · 15 marks · Solution

Examine the factors responsible for malnutrition in tribal India and suggest interventions required to overcome the problem

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Section c · 8. · Paper Q6(c) · 2021 · 15 marks · Solution

Delineate the factors influencing fertility in Indian population

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2016

Section b · 9. · Paper Q1(b) · 2016 · 10 marks · Solution

Linguistic elements in Indian population

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2015

Section b · 10. · Paper Q2(b) · 2015 · 15 marks · Solution

Briefly describe the classical models of ethnic and linguistic classification of Indian population. Discuss its relevance today

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2. Demographic Profile Of India

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2. Demographic profile of India
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Ethnicity is a process/relationship, not just a static category.
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linguistic elements in the Indian population
Example / case study

Haimendorf’s teacher training in tribal areas • First linguistic survey by G.A. Grierson (1898–1928)
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1. “Castes in India: Their Mechanism, Genesis and Development”
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factors influencing its structure and growth
Thinkers

Clifford Geertz – “Thick description” in Balinese Cockfight.: Quantitative Data.

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