Perspectives on the study of Indian society

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Perspectives on the study of Indian society: Indology (G.S. Ghurye); Structural functionalism (M.N. Srinivas); Marxist sociology (A.R. Desai).

2025

Section b · 1. · Paper Q1(b) · 2025 · 10 marks · Solution

Justify that the Indian traditions are modernizing. Also discuss its contributing factors.

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Section e · 2. · Paper Q1(e) · 2025 · 10 marks · Solution

How would you appropriate to characterise G. S. Ghurye as a practitioner of 'theoretical pluralism'?

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Section a · 3. · Paper Q3(a) · 2025 · 20 marks · Solution

What do you mean by nation building? What is the role of religion in nation building? Elaborate your answer

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Section c · 4. · Paper Q4(c) · 2025 · 10 marks · Solution

What is kinship? Briefly explain G. P. Murdock's contribution to the study of the kinship system

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Section a · 5. · Paper Q5(a) · 2025 · 10 marks · Solution

'The transfer of land from cultivating to the non-cultivating owners is bringing about transformation in Indian society.' Justify your answer by giving suitable illustrations.

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Section b · 6. · Paper Q5(b) · 2025 · 10 marks · Solution

Bring out various factors responsible for declining of village Industries in India.

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Section a · 7. · Paper Q7(a) · 2025 · 20 marks · Solution

What are the Private and Public network and support systems operative in Indian society for the aged? Suggest measures to curb down the challenges before care givers of the aged

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Section b · 8. · Paper Q7(b) · 2025 · 20 marks · Solution

"Educational development is the only Panacea for country's all ills and evils." Critically examine the above statement with reference to NEP-2020

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2024

Section c · 9. · Paper Q1(c) · 2024 · 10 marks · Solution

Is patriarchy a key to understanding different forms of inequalities in Indian society? Elaborate.

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Section a · 10. · Paper Q2(a) · 2024 · 20 marks · Solution

Differentiate between 'Western' and 'Indological' perspectives on the study of Indian society. Bring out the major aspects of G. S. Ghurye's contribution to 'Indological' approach

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Section a · 11. · Paper Q3(a) · 2024 · 20 marks · Solution

Why is the study of marriage important in Sociology? Analyse the implications of changing marriage patterns for Indian society

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Section b · 12. · Paper Q3(b) · 2024 · 20 marks · Solution

Do you think that the constitutional provisions for women have led to their uplift? Give reasons for your answer

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2023

Section a · 13. · Paper Q1(a) · 2023 · 10 marks · Solution

Highlight the significant features of A.R. Desai's 'Dialectical Perspective' to study Indian Society

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Section d · 14. · Paper Q1(d) · 2023 · 10 marks · Solution

Are Tradition and Modernity antithetical to each other? Comment

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Section c · 15. · Paper Q3(c) · 2023 · 10 marks · Solution

Critically examine the concept of Sanskritization with suitable illustrations

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Section a · 16. · Paper Q4(a) · 2023 · 20 marks · Solution

Analyse the perspectives of Isolation, Assimilation and Integration in understanding the trajectories of Indian Tribal Development

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Section b · 17. · Paper Q5(b) · 2023 · 10 marks · Solution

Examine the concept of 'Cultural Pluralism' in the context of India's Unity in Diversity

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Section c · 18. · Paper Q5(c) · 2023 · 10 marks · Solution

Highlight the salient features of the New Education Policy (NEP) 2020

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Section e · 19. · Paper Q5(e) · 2023 · 10 marks · Solution

Discuss the nature of regional variations in sex ratio in India, stating reasons thereof

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Section b · 20. · Paper Q6(b) · 2023 · 20 marks · Solution

In the face of rising global climatic concerns, how do you contextualize the relevance of Chipko Movement and its Gandhian tone? Answer analytically

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Section c · 21. · Paper Q7(c) · 2023 · 10 marks · Solution

Discuss the phenomenon of rural-urban continuum with suitable examples

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2022

Section a · 22. · Paper Q1(a) · 2022 · 10 marks · Solution

Elaborate on M.N. Srinivas's structural functionalist approach to the study of Indian society.

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Section e · 23. · Paper Q1(e) · 2022 · 10 marks · Solution

Explain Leela Dube's concept of "Seed and Earth"

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Section a · 24. · Paper Q2(a) · 2022 · 20 marks · Solution

Critically examine GS Ghurye's Indological approach to the understanding of Indian society.

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Section b · 25. · Paper Q3(b) · 2022 · 15 marks · Solution

Discuss the material basis of patriarchy as an ideological system.

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Section a · 26. · Paper Q5(a) · 2022 · 10 marks · Solution

Discuss Law as an important instrument for women's empowerment.

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Section c · 27. · Paper Q6(c) · 2022 · 15 marks · Solution

Discuss the changing nature of structure of political elites.

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Section b · 28. · Paper Q7(b) · 2022 · 15 marks · Solution

Discuss recent trends in the structure of migration .

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Section b · 29. · Paper Q8(b) · 2022 · 15 marks · Solution

Critically examine the dialectics between 'development and environment'.

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2021

Section b · 30. · Paper Q1(b) · 2021 · 10 marks · Solution

What does Dr. B. R. Ambedkar mean by the concept of "Annihilation of caste" ?

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Section d · 31. · Paper Q1(d) · 2021 · 10 marks · Solution

Critically examine briefly the phrase "Little 'Republics" as used to denote India's villages

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Section b · 32. · Paper Q2(b) · 2021 · 20 marks · Solution

Is Indian society moving from "Hierarchy" towards "differentiation" ? Illustrate your answer with suitable examples

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Section a · 33. · Paper Q3(a) · 2021 · 20 marks · Solution

Discuss in detail the major contribution of Prof. Yogendra Singh in theorizing India's modernization

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Section c · 34. · Paper Q6(c) · 2021 · 10 marks · Solution

Underline the socio-cultural factors) responsible for India's skewed sex-ratio

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Section b · 35. · Paper Q7(b) · 2021 · 20 marks · Solution

Rising 'ethnocentricism' is leading to conflict in our society. Assess this statement with appropriate reasons

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Section a · 36. · Paper Q8(a) · 2021 · 20 marks · Solution

Discuss the role of social media in communal polarisation. Suggest ways to combat it

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2020

Section a · 37. · Paper Q1(a) · 2020 · 10 marks · Solution

Elaborate A. R. Desai's perspective to the study of Indian society.

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Section c · 38. · Paper Q1(c) · 2020 · 10 marks · Solution

How do you justify Dumont's deliberate stress on ideology that produce intellectualized account of Indian society?

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Section e · 39. · Paper Q1(e) · 2020 · 10 marks · Solution

"Secularism was an outcome of 20th century humanistic radicalism." Comment on this statement.

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Section a · 40. · Paper Q2(a) · 2020 · 20 marks · Solution

"Indian caste system is unique and has been unhealthy for the growth of sociology of India." How far do you agree with this view?

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Section b · 41. · Paper Q2(b) · 2020 · 15 marks · Solution

Discuss Whitehead's contention that caste has potential to displace class and colonial contradiction.

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Section c · 42. · Paper Q2(c) · 2020 · 15 marks · Solution

"Indian rural society is a faction-ridden society." Discuss.

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Section c · 43. · Paper Q5(c) · 2020 · 10 marks · Solution

Give an account of the consequences and remedies of chronic malnutrition in India.

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2019

Section a · 44. · Paper Q2(a) · 2019 · 20 marks · Solution

Critically examine Dube's contributions to the study of Indian villages

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Section b · 45. · Paper Q2(b) · 2019 · 20 marks · Solution

What is caste politics? Substantiate your answer with examples of how identities are defined by caste dynamics

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Section c · 46. · Paper Q3(c) · 2019 · 10 marks · Solution

Give an account of Ranajit Guha's approach in studying 'subaltern class'

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Section c · 47. · Paper Q4(c) · 2019 · 10 marks · Solution

What do you understand by LGBTQ ? Comment on the issues concerning their marriage rights

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Section c · 48. · Paper Q5(c) · 2019 · 10 marks · Solution

Elaborate urbanism as a way of life in India

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Section c · 49. · Paper Q6(c) · 2019 · 10 marks · Solution

Has reduction of green cover affected ecological degradation leading to global warming? Elaborate your answer with illustration

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Section b · 50. · Paper Q7(b) · 2019 · 20 marks · Solution

Discuss the implications of 'Swachha Bharat Abhiyaan'. Do you think that civil society has a role to play here ? Substantiate your answer with an example

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Section a · 51. · Paper Q8(a) · 2019 · 20 marks · Solution

Why has 'Active aging' become a glocal goal? Do you agree that the role of elderly care-giving is disproportionately gendered in developing countries? Why?

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2018

Section a · 52. · Paper Q1(a) · 2018 · 10 marks · Solution

Write a note on G.S.Ghurye's Indological perspective of understanding Indian society.

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Section c · 53. · Paper Q1(c) · 2018 · 10 marks · Solution

Media is the fourth pillar of democracy. Discuss.

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Section a · 54. · Paper Q2(a) · 2018 · 20 marks · Solution

Analyse A.R. Desai's views on India's path of development.

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Section c · 55. · Paper Q2(c) · 2018 · 15 marks · Solution

How do the recommendations of Swaminathan Commissions (2004-2006) ensure food and nutrition security for the Indian masses?

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Section a · 56. · Paper Q3(a) · 2018 · 20 marks · Solution

What do you understand by discrete castes and muddled hierarchies? Substantiate your answer with suitable illustrations.

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Section c · 57. · Paper Q4(c) · 2018 · 15 marks · Solution

Discuss the issues relating to the entitlement of transgender in Indian society.

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Section a · 58. · Paper Q5(a) · 2018 · 10 marks · Solution

Elaborate the concept of constitutional morality as given by B.R.Ambedkar.

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Section d · 59. · Paper Q5(d) · 2018 · 10 marks · Solution

Assess the role of the State in promoting education of girl child.

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Section c · 60. · Paper Q7(c) · 2018 · 15 marks · Solution

With increase in education and economic development is Indian society becoming more secular.

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2017

Section a · 61. · Paper Q1(a) · 2017 · 10 marks · Solution

Write a critique of the structural and functional perspective used by M.N. Srinivas in the understanding of Indian society

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Section b · 62. · Paper Q1(b) · 2017 · 10 marks · Solution

Which is more significant, the principle of 'hierarchy' or the principal of difference; in inter caste relations in the present day ?

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Section c · 63. · Paper Q1(c) · 2017 · 10 marks · Solution

What are the distinct features of islam as practised in India, and how have they changed over time ?

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Section a · 64. · Paper Q3(a) · 2017 · 20 marks · Solution

Indebtedness is one of the serious issues leading to farmers suicides Discuss reasons and suggest solutions

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Section a · 65. · Paper Q4(a) · 2017 · 20 marks · Solution

Explain the concepts of dominant caste' and ' vote ' bank giving examples from specific regions

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Section c · 66. · Paper Q5(c) · 2017 · 10 marks · Solution

Give an account of the problems relating to the "creamy layer".

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Section a · 67. · Paper Q6(a) · 2017 · 20 marks · Solution

Discuss some of the striking issues of development induced imbalances that need urgent attention

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Section c · 68. · Paper Q6(c) · 2017 · 10 marks · Solution

What are the causes and solutions for the low female sex-ratio in the DEMARU States of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal, and Gujarat ?

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Section b · 69. · Paper Q7(b) · 2017 · 20 marks · Solution

To what extent does nation building depends on strengthening of pluralities in Indian society?

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Section c · 70. · Paper Q7(c) · 2017 · 10 marks · Solution

Explain the issue relating to ethnicity and sub-ethnicity

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Section a · 71. · Paper Q8(a) · 2017 · 20 marks · Solution

What is cultural Revivalism ? Give some examples from performing arts , language dissemination and arts crafts in recent times

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Section c · 72. · Paper Q8(c) · 2017 · 10 marks · Solution

Why have we started using another category of tribes called the Particularly Vulnerable Groups (PVTGs) Why are they so called ?

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2016

Section a · 73. · Paper Q1(a) · 2016 · 10 marks · Solution

Salient features of A.R. Desai's Marxist Sociology

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Section e · 74. · Paper Q1(e) · 2016 · 10 marks · Solution

Patriarchy as a form of dominance.

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Section b · 75. · Paper Q3(b) · 2016 · 15 marks · Solution

Elucidate the concepts of 'majoritarianism' and 'minoritarianism' in accentuating communal tensions in India.

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Section c · 76. · Paper Q3(c) · 2016 · 15 marks · Solution

Comment on the increasing significance of caste in politics.

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Section c · 77. · Paper Q4(c) · 2016 · 10 marks · Solution

Different forms of Dalit assertion

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Section d · 78. · Paper Q4(d) · 2016 · 10 marks · Solution

Empowerment through 'Right to Education'

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Section e · 79. · Paper Q4(e) · 2016 · 10 marks · Solution

Differential sex-ratio and its implications.

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Section a · 80. · Paper Q7(a) · 2016 · 20 marks · Solution

Bring out the impact of the declining significance of the agrarian economy.

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Section c · 81. · Paper Q7(c) · 2016 · 15 marks · Solution

How is ageing becoming an emerging issue in Indian society ?

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2015

Section a · 82. · Paper Q1(a) · 2015 · 10 marks · Solution

Verrier Elwin's views on freedom for the tribals

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Section b · 83. · Paper Q1(b) · 2015 · 10 marks · Solution

Jyotirao Phule as an agrarian radical

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Section d · 84. · Paper Q1(d) · 2015 · 10 marks · Solution

How far Gandhiji was trusted by the untouchables

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Section e · 85. · Paper Q1(e) · 2015 · 10 marks · Solution

Feminization of poverty.

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Section a · 86. · Paper Q4(a) · 2015 · 20 marks · Solution

Discuss Marxist approach to the analysis of Indian nationalism.

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Section b · 87. · Paper Q4(b) · 2015 · 15 marks · Solution

What are the basic tenets of Hindu religion? Is Hinduism based on monotheism or polytheism?

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Section c · 88. · Paper Q4(c) · 2015 · 15 marks · Solution

Why is it necessary to implement PCPNDT Act in India?

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Section b · 89. · Paper Q5(b) · 2015 · 10 marks · Solution

Main objective of Tribal sub plan (TSP)

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Section a · 90. · Paper Q7(a) · 2015 · 20 marks · Solution

Discuss B.R. Ambedkar as a wise democrat.

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Section c · 91. · Paper Q7(c) · 2015 · 15 marks · Solution

To what extent the Muslim Personal Law Board is in agreement with Islamic feminist agenda?

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Section a · 92. · Paper Q8(a) · 2015 · 20 marks · Solution

Analyze Gandhi as a moralist, ascetic and man of action through his Hind Swaraj.

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Section b · 93. · Paper Q8(b) · 2015 · 15 marks · Solution

Human development approach affirms that education and health -care growth are more important than economic growth. Discuss this issue in the light of post-liberalized Indian society.

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Section c · 94. · Paper Q8(c) · 2015 · 15 marks · Solution

Write a brief note on the Freedom of the Press.

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