UPSC Sociology Optional 2013 Paper II Previous Year Questions
This is the full UPSC CSE Sociology Optional 2013 Paper II previous year question set, arranged like the original exam booklet (Section A / Section B, question-wise sequence).
It includes 26 questions across 2 syllabus chapters. Click any question to open its dedicated page with model answer support.
खण्ड—A / SECTION—A
निम्नलिखित प्रश्नों में से प्रत्येक का उत्तर लगभग 150 शब्दों में दीजिए :
Answer the following questions in about 150 words each :
Write short note with a sociological perspective: André Béteille's definition of class.
Write short note with a sociological perspective Satya Sodhak movement of Mahatma Jyotiba Phule.
Write short note with a sociological perspective: Classes in agrarian society in India.
Write short note with a sociological perspective: Other Backward Classes.
What are the features that distinguish tribes from the rest of the population?
Write a note on ethnicity and integration in the context of tribes.
How does the new Forest Act affect tribals?
What are the main features of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar's views on annihilation of caste?
Critically evaluate Louis Dumont's Homo Hierarchicus.
What are the features of M.N. Srinivas' concept of dominant caste? How effective is it in understanding today's reality?
Distinguish between formal and informal sectors in India.
Examine the influence of industrialization on caste.
Discuss the salient features of Indian middle class.
खण्ड—B / SECTION—B
निम्नलिखित प्रश्नों में से प्रत्येक का उत्तर लगभग 150 शब्दों में दीजिए :
Answer the following questions in about 150 words each :
Write Short note with a sociological Perspective: Five Year Plans.
Write short note with a sociological perspective Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme.
Write short note with a sociological perspective: Green Revolution
Write short note with a sociological perspective Child Labour.
Write short note with a sociological perspective: sex Ratio.
Bring out the main features of farmers' movements in Modern India.
Discuss the sociological aspects of movements for separate States.
Explain the inter-linkages between poverty, deprivation and inequality.
Write an analytical note on slums in cities.
Discuss the problems of working women in India.
What are the main causes of female mortality in India?
What is the Dalit Movement? Examine the issues highlighted by it.
Discuss the salient features of right to education.
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