Demographic Profile of India

Factors Influencing Population Growth & Fertility

1. Elucidate the role of demographic and social factors for population growth in India. (2025)
2. What are the demographic challenges of India’s changing population dynamics in the next 50 years? (2024)
3. Delineate the factors influencing fertility in Indian population. (2021)
4. What are the various factors influencing population growth in India? Discuss. (2018)
5. Critically examine the factors responsible for the high population growth in India and suggest suitable measures for population control. (2010)
6. Bring out the interrelationship between population growth and development in the Indian context. (2004)
7. Write in brief on Population Growth in India indicating causes and measures of its control. (2006)

Ethnic Elements & Racial Classifications

1. Delineate the major features of S. S. Sarkar’s classification of Indian populations. Was his classification better than Risley? Explain. (2025)
2. Risley’s methods for classifying Indian populations and criticisms of his classification. (2022)
3. Write a note on Negrito elements in India. (2000)
4. Is Risley’s Racial Classification of Indian Population valid? (2008)
5. Write a note on Mediterranean Element in Indian Population. (2008)
6. Describe ethnic elements in the Indian population focussing either on Risley’s or Guha’s classification. (2007)
7. Discuss the relevance of Guha’s racial classification in the context of India’s ethnic groups. (2010)
8. Write a note on Racial elements among the Scheduled Tribes of India. (1988)
9. Write a note on Critical approach of Guha’s classification of ethnic elements in Indian population. (1991)
10. Write a note on Guha’s classification on the ethnic composition of the people of India is not adequate. Comment. (1989)
11. Discuss some of the important attempts to classify the racial elements in Indian population. (1982)
12. Write a note on Controversy over the existence of Negrito racial strain in Indian population. (1992, 1981)
13. Write a note on Mongoloid racial element in Indian population. (1985)

Linguistic Elements & Distribution

1. Write short note on the Dravidian languages in about 150 words. (2020)
2. Write a note in 150 words on Distribution of Tibeto-Burman group of languages in India. (2019)
3. Write a note in 150 words on Endangered languages. (2018)
4. Write a note in 150 words on Austro-Asiatic linguistic groups in India. (2017)
5. Write a note in 150 words on Linguistic elements in Indian population. (2016)
6. Write a note in 150 words on Major linguistic divisions of India. (2014)
7. Outline the distribution of Dravidian languages in India and describe their cultural significance. (2014)
8. Describe the linguistic elements in Indian population. (2011)
9. Write a note on Linguistic distribution of Indian population. (2006)
10. Write a note on The distribution of Indo-Aryan Languages. (2008)
11. Write a note on Distribution of Austric family of languages in India. (1989)
12. Write a note on Distribution of Dravidian family of languages in India. (1990)
13. Write a note in 200 words on Linguistic diversity in India. (1984)
14. Write a note on Distribution of Dravidian linguistic elements among Indian people. (1981)
15. What are the major linguistic families in India? Identify such families, showing geographical distribution. (1993)
16. Discuss the major linguistic divisions in the Indian population. Also point out the role of language in ethno-political movements. (1996)
17. Briefly describe the classical models of ethnic and linguistic classification of Indian population. Discuss its relevance today. (2015)

Mortality, Fertility & Demographic Transition

1. Give your assessment of the reasons for the imbalance in the sex-ratio in India. (2017)
2. Age-specific and sex-specific mortality rates and dependent factors. (2002)
3. Write a note on Demographic transition in India. (2004)
4. Write a note on Social implication of sex-ratio in Indian population. (1995)
5. Child mortality in rural India. (1996)

Family System & Social Structure

1. Point out the salient features of traditional joint family system in India. Trace causes for its disintegration in recent decades. (1999)
2. Write a note on Joint family system in India. (1992)
3. Write a note on Structure and function of Joint family. (1989)
4. Write a note on Joint family in modern India. (1986)
5. Write a note on Nayar Tharavad and universality of the family. (1987)
6. Write a note in 200 words on Economic aspects of joint family. (1983)
7. Write a note in 200 words on Polyandrous family. (1983)
8. Distribution of polyandry in India. (1981)
9. Write a note in 200 words on Matrilineal cultures in India. (1982)

Social Demography & Other Themes

1. Briefly comment on linkage between: (i) Gender and Customary Law (ii) Gender and Caste. (2012)
2. Caste bound occupations vis-à-vis urban populations. (1993)
3. Write a note on Social elements in Indian population. (1987)