UPSC Sociology Optional Paper 2 2025 PYQ

Section a · Q1(a) · UPSC 2025 · Sociology GS 2 · 10 marks · Solution

'Textual perspective is important in understanding of Indian Social System.' Discuss.

Rural and Agrarian Social Structure

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Section b · Q1(b) · UPSC 2025 · Sociology GS 2 · 10 marks · Solution

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

Perspectives on the study of Indian society

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Section c · Q1(c) · UPSC 2025 · Sociology GS 2 · 10 marks · Solution

According to you, which social reform movement has played the most effective role in uplifting the status of women? Explain.

Social Movements in Modern India

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Section d · Q1(d) · UPSC 2025 · Sociology GS 2 · 10 marks · Solution

How did Colonial Policies for the tribes affected their socio-economic conditions in India? Discuss.

Tribal communities in India

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Section e · Q1(e) · UPSC 2025 · Sociology GS 2 · 10 marks · Solution

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

Perspectives on the study of Indian society

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Section a · Q2(a) · UPSC 2025 · Sociology GS 2 · 20 marks · Solution

Do you think that in a society like India orthogenetic changes take place through differentiation? Do you observe continuities in the orthogenetic process ? Elaborate your answer with suitable examples

Politics and Society

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Section b · Q2(b) · UPSC 2025 · Sociology GS 2 · 20 marks · Solution

'Agrarian class structure has been undergoing changes due to modern forces.' Critically examine

Industrialization and Urbanisation in India

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Section c · Q2(c) · UPSC 2025 · Sociology GS 2 · 10 marks · Solution

How same sex marriages are responsible for population dynamics in India? Discuss

Population Dynamics

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Section a · Q3(a) · UPSC 2025 · Sociology GS 2 · 20 marks · Solution

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

Perspectives on the study of Indian society

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Section b · Q3(b) · UPSC 2025 · Sociology GS 2 · 20 marks · Solution

Do you think that new economic reforms of British rule have disrupted the old economic system of India? Substantiate your answer with suitable examples

Rural and Agrarian Social Structure

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Section c · Q3(c) · UPSC 2025 · Sociology GS 2 · 10 marks · Solution

Describe the main features of Indian new middle class. How is it different from the old middle class?

Social Classes in India

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Section a · Q4(a) · UPSC 2025 · Sociology GS 2 · 20 marks · Solution

Who is said to be the pioneer of village studies in India? Illustratively describe contributions of some Indian sociologists on village studies. How their approaches are distinct from each other?

Rural and Agrarian Social Structure

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Section b · Q4(b) · UPSC 2025 · Sociology GS 2 · 20 marks · Solution

"Industrial class structure is a function of social structure of Indian society." Do you agree with this statement? Analyze

Social Classes in India

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Section c · Q4(c) · UPSC 2025 · Sociology GS 2 · 10 marks · Solution

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

Perspectives on the study of Indian society

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Section a · Q5(a) · UPSC 2025 · Sociology GS 2 · 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.

Perspectives on the study of Indian society

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Section b · Q5(b) · UPSC 2025 · Sociology GS 2 · 10 marks · Solution

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

Perspectives on the study of Indian society

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Section c · Q5(c) · UPSC 2025 · Sociology GS 2 · 10 marks · Solution

Discuss the social bases of political mobilization in Independent India. Has some change occurred in these during the last 60-70 years?

Visions of Social Change in India

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Section d · Q5(d) · UPSC 2025 · Sociology GS 2 · 10 marks · Solution

What are the major problems faced by the labour migrants while working in informal sectors of Indian States? Discuss.

Rural and Agrarian transformation in India

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Section e · Q5(e) · UPSC 2025 · Sociology GS 2 · 10 marks · Solution

Do you think that law has been able to abolish child labour in India? Comment.

Industrialization and Urbanisation in India

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Section a · Q6(a) · UPSC 2025 · Sociology GS 2 · 20 marks · Solution

In what respects have the constitutional provisions changed the socio-economic and political conditions of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in India? Critically examine

Tribal communities in India

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Section b · Q6(b) · UPSC 2025 · Sociology GS 2 · 20 marks · Solution

Discuss the trend of urbanization in India. Do you think that Industrialization is the only precondition of urbanization? Give you arguments

Industrialization and Urbanisation in India

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Section c · Q6(c) · UPSC 2025 · Sociology GS 2 · 10 marks · Solution

Which measures would you suggest for preventing caste conflicts in India ? Justify your argument

Challenges of Social Transformation

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Section a · Q7(a) · UPSC 2025 · Sociology GS 2 · 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

Perspectives on the study of Indian society

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Section b · Q7(b) · UPSC 2025 · Sociology GS 2 · 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

Perspectives on the study of Indian society

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Section c · Q7(c) · UPSC 2025 · Sociology GS 2 · 10 marks · Solution

How Dalit movements in India have facilitated their Identity formation? Analyze

Social Movements in Modern India

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Section a · Q8(a) · UPSC 2025 · Sociology GS 2 · 20 marks · Solution

Is it possible to have sustainable development in India? Cite major environmental issues and suggest a few measures to achieve the sustainability

Challenges of Social Transformation

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Section b · Q8(b) · UPSC 2025 · Sociology GS 2 · 20 marks · Solution

Do you think that forced displacement of labourers has caused their deprivation and resultant inequalities during the recent past years? Elaborate

Challenges of Social Transformation

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Section c · Q8(c) · UPSC 2025 · Sociology GS 2 · 10 marks · Solution

What are the Indian government's schemes launched for poverty alleviation after the United Nation's Declaration of 'Sustainable Development Goals - 2015' ? Briefly describe

Rural and Agrarian transformation in India

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