ESO-12 Solved Assignments

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July 2019 and January 2020

Section – I

Answer the following in about 500 words each.

  1. Explain the changing nature of the agrarian class structure.
  2. Discuss the changing facets of Caste System in India

Section-II

Answer the following questions in about 250 words each.

  1. Differentiate between lineage and kinship
  2. What are the major problems encountered by ‘Scheduled Castes’ in India?
  3. Describe the features of the kinship system of South India
  4. Discuss the changing forms of marriage in India Society.

Section- III

Answer the following questions in about 100 words each.

  1.  Explain the concept of “dominant caste”.
  2. What do you understand by “sanskritization”?

July 2018 and January 2019

Section – I

Answer the following in about 500 words each.

  1. Discuss the spatial pattern of urban development in contemporary India.
  2. Define marriage and its different forms

Section-II

Answer the following questions in about 250 words each.

  1. Explain the concept of the Jajmani System.
  2. What are the major problems encountered by ‘Scheduled Tribes’ in India?
  3. Describe the features of the kinship system of North India
  4. Discuss the changing facets of caste system in India Society.

Section- III

Answer the following questions in about 100 words each.

  1. Explain the notion of “growth with justice”.
  2. What do you understand by “parochialisation”?

July 2017 and January 2018

Section – I

Answer the following in about 500 words each.

  1. Discuss economic pursuits of tribes in India with suitable examples.
  2. Discuss the concept of family. Explain the changing forms of family in India.

Section-II

Answer the following questions in about 250 words each.

  1. Discuss the impact of the new economic policy on the rural economy.
  2. What are the major problems encountered by ‘Scheduled Castes’ in India?
  3. Discuss the relative deprivation approach to the understanding of poverty.
  4. Discuss the changing facets of caste system in Indian Society.

Section- III

Answer the following questions in about 100 words each.

  1. Explain the notion of “growth with justice”.
  2. What do you understand by “gender stereotype”?

July 2016 and January 2017

Section – I

Answer the following in about 500 words each.

  1. Discuss the diversity and unity in India.
  2. Do you think villages can be treated as ‘little republics’? Critically discuss.

Section-II

Answer the following questions in about 250 words each.

  1. Discuss the Relative Deprivation Approach to the understanding of poverty.
  2. Discuss the classificatory nature of kinship terminology.
  3. Answer the impact of industrialization on the tribal societies in India.
  4. Discuss various factors that give rise to social movements in India

Section- III

Answer the following questions in about 100 words each.

  1. Parochialisation.
  2. Role of forests in controlling floods.

July 2015 and January 2016

Section – I

Answer the following in about 500 words each.

  1. Discuss the nature of social structure in rural India.
  2. Discuss the role of socialization in gender role stereotyping in India.

Section – II

Answer the following questions in about 250 words each.

  1. Describe the main social classes in urban India.
  2. Discuss the different modes of tribal economy.
  3. Discuss two main kinship groups in South India.
  4. Explain the relevance of caste in Indian Politics.

Section – III

Answer the following questions in about 100 words each.

  1. Who constitutes a joint family?
  2. What is Sanskritization?

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