Test Code: Socio 2208

SOCIOLOGY Test Series 2022

TEST 08

Time Allowed: Three Hours Maximum Marks: 250

Question Paper Specific Instructions:

➢ There are EIGHT questions in the question paper divided in two sections printed in
ENGLISH.
➢ Question 1 and 5 are compulsory. You can attempt any THREE out of the remaining,
Choosing at least ONE Question from each section.
➢ The number of marks carried by a question /part is indicated against it.
➢ Word limit in questions, wherever specified, should be adhered to.
➢ Content is more important than content length.

Section A

Q.1) Comment on the following in about 150 words each: 10x5=50

(a) Critically analyse the contributions of Structural-Functionalist approach to
Indian society.
(b) Is Indian nationalism a product of modernity? Discuss
(c) Indian Sociology developed as unintended consequence of Colonialism. Do
you agree?
(d) Purity-impurity is not a justification of rule, rather it is a rule itself. Describe
Indian society through this binary framework.
(e) What do you understand by ethnosociology?

Q.2) (a) Critically analyse the contributions of village studies method in the
development of Indian sociology. (20 marks)
(b) Impact of land reforms on the peasants of Indian society. (20 marks)
(c) Ghurye’s work is an amalgamation of Indology and diffusionism. Comment.
(10 marks)

Q.3) (a) How far the concern and issues related to Dalit women is articulated by Dalit
movement in contemporary India? (20 marks)
(b) The Marxian approach to the understanding of the agrarian class structure
has inherent limitations. Comment. (20 marks)
(c) Is caste system dead in modern Indian society? Describe. (10 marks)

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Q.4) (a) Do you agree that the state deals with the protests of dominant caste groups
differently than the protests by marginalised groups? Substantiate with
examples. (20 marks)
(b) What do you understand by the term communalism? Discuss the changes in
the nature and form of communal violence in pre-and post-globalised India?
(20 marks)
(c) Bring out significance of Atamanirhbar Bharat (Self-reliant India).
(10 marks)

Section B
Q5. Answer the following in about 150 words each: 10x5=50
(a) Write a short note on the uneven impact of Green Revolution on rural society
(b) What is the idea of the Indian Village? Explain.
(c) Differentiate between marriage as sacrament and marriage as contract.
(d) Discuss how social exclusion operates in the higher education system in
India?
(e) Write a short note on the changing nature of patriarchy and its impacts on
women.

Q.6) (a) Describe the impact of post 1970 feminist movement on Indian middle class.
(20 marks)
(b) Discuss Irawati Karve’s analysis of the kinship system of India. How the
kinship system of India shows the unity of India? (20 marks)
(c) What do you understand by Democratic Backsliding? Describe with
examples. (10 marks)

Q.7) (a) ‘The industrial class structure has changed its form from colonial to
contemporary times. Explain the statement. (20 marks)
(b) Covid19 Pandemic unleashed a new form of untouchability world over.
Describe the new form and how is it different from old form? (20 marks)
(c) How is the tribal question related with the issues of Integration and
autonomy in modern India? (10 marks)

Q.8) (a) Describe Non-Brahmin movements across different regions in India.

(20 marks)
(b) What could be the possible impact of Artificial reproductive technology on
Indian Family & Kinship structure? (20 marks)
(c) Despite women’s movement and international conventions, the violence
against women remains a perpetual issue. What could be the possible
reasons? (10 marks)

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