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  • Social Change in India UPSC Sociology Optional

SOCIAL CHANGE IN INDIA

1. SOCIAL CHANGE IN INDIA

A. Development & Planning

  1. Critically examine the relevance of development planning in India. (2024)
  2. Analyse the idea of development planning in India. (2021)
  3. Discuss in detail the main issues of development planning in mixed economy like India. (2020)
  4. Examine the importance of Development Planning in Indian Mixed Economy and analyze its problems and prospects. (2019)
  5. Write short note with a sociological perspective: Five Year Plans. (2013)

B. Education & Social Change

  1. Education is a key to social development. Elucidate. (2024)
  2. Highlight the salient features of the New Education Policy (NEP) 2020. (2023)
  3. “Instead of promoting equality in society, the present system of education itself has contributed to increased socio-economic disparities.” Comment. (2022)
  4. Explain the sociological significance of the New Education Policy and its thrust on vocationalisation and skill development. (2021)
  5. How can skill development programme induce social change? Illustrate. (2020)
  6. Write a brief note on the Freedom of Press. (2015)
  7. Write short note with a sociological perspective on the following: Constitution as a living document of social change. (2012)
  8. Write short note on Law and social change. (2009)
  9. Write short note: Disparities in education. (2008)
  10. Discuss in detail impact of mass media and education on Indian Society. (2004)
  11. Write short note: Mass media and education. (1992)

C. Women, Constitution & Social Justice

  1. Do you think the constitutional provisions for women have led to their uplift? Give reasons for your answer. (2024)
  2. Elaborate the concept of constitutional morality as given by B.R. Ambedkar. (2018)
  3. Discuss the basic problems of the Scheduled Castes. Bring out the impact of conversion on their social status. (1989)

D. Tradition, Modernization & Continuity

  1. Justify that the Indian traditions are modernizing. Also discuss its contributing factors. (10 marks) (2025)
  2. “Tradition and modernity are misplaced polarities in the study of social change in India.” Elucidate. (2011)
  3. Write short note: Continuity and change in Indian society. (2006)
  4. Describe the process of modernization in India. Discuss the factors that have impeded this process. (2003)
  5. Examine the impact of mass media on Indian society. Whether western consumerism and materialistic culture, creeping in through mass media, are adversely affecting the traditional Indian culture? (2002)
  6. How is modernisation an agent of change? Social Movements Discuss its positive and negative aspects. (1999)
  7. Write short note: Indicators of modernisation in Indian society. (1996)
  8. Explain continuity and change of traditional social institutions in urban community in India. How are they adopting to the process of urban development? (1994)
  9. Explain the paradox of social change in the modern Indian society and describe the factors responsible for it. (1993)
  10. How has the process of social and cultural change been examined by Indian sociologists? Discuss their approaches. (1992)
  11. Distinguish between Westernization and Modernization. How do tradition and modernity co-exist in India? (1988)
  12. How far is tradition a barrier to modernisation? Does modernisation not take the form of traditionalisation in India? (1984)

E. Sanskritization, Westernization & Social Mobility

  1. Write short note: Sanskritization. (2007)
  2. Write short note: Sanskritization. (1999)
  3. Write short note: Sanskritization. (1996)
  4. Write short note: Sanskritization. (1992)
  5. Discuss the process of social mobility in the caste system commonly described as Sanskritisation and Westernisation. Have they effected any structural change in the system? (1985)

F. Paradox, Obstacles & Globalisation

  1. 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. (20 marks)
  2. Discuss the paradoxical nature of change in contemporary Indian society. Describe the factors responsible for it. (2005)
  3. Write short note: Obstacles to change in Indian society. (2005)
  4. Write short note: Social Consequences of Globalisation. (2004)
  5. Write short note: Orthogenetic and heterogenetic factors of social change in India. (1989)
  6. Write short note: Role of mass media in modernisation. (1989)
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