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Differentiate between the Zamindari system and the Raiyatwari system with regard to the consequence on agricultural prosperity.
Concept: The Impact of Land Reforms
How did the Land Ceiling Act prove to be toothless in most of the states?
Concept: The Impact of Land Reforms
"There is a vital difference between the empire building of pre-capitalist times and that of capitalist times." What is this difference?
Concept: Sociological Perspectives on Markets and the Economy
How did the commercialisation of agriculture lead to the circulation of labour?
Concept: Circulation of Labour
Mention the positive and negative aspects of the 'contract farming' system.
Concept: Globalisation, Liberalisation, and Rural Society
What is not true for globalisation and liberalisation in the rural society?
Concept: Globalisation, Liberalisation, and Rural Society
The sociological importance of contract farming does not include which of the following?
Concept: Globalisation, Liberalisation, and Rural Society
How has liberalisation impacted the employment patterns in India? Mention any two ways.
Concept: Globalisation – Interlinking of Local, Regional, National and International Markets
Write the meaning of the term 'circulation', in the concept of circulation of labour.
Concept: Circulation of Labour
In the first phase of the Green Revolution in the 1960s and 1970s, the introduction of new technology seemed to be increasing inequalities in rural society. Mention two ways by which inequalities increased.
Concept: The Green Revolution and Its Social Consequences
Discuss the impact of land reforms during the colonial period.
Concept: The Impact of Land Reforms
The agrarian structure becomes more unequal with high agricultural productivity. Explain with a suitable example.
Concept: Agrarian Structure: Caste and Class in Rural India
“Green Revolution of the 1960s and 1970s brought about significant changes in the areas where it took place. The Green Revolution, as you know, was a government programme of agricultural modernisation. It was largely funded by international agencies that was based on providing high-yielding variety(HYV) or hybrid seeds along with pesticides, fertilisers, and other inputs, to farmers.”
Was Green Revolution always accompanied by positive social effects? Give reasons for your answer.
Concept: The Green Revolution and Its Social Consequences
What are the major issues of concern to Adivasis today?
Concept: Caste and Tribe – Systems Justifying and Perpetuating Inequality
Compare the experience of industrialization in the West with that of the Indian experience.
Concept: Industrialisation in India
Identify and discuss the plight of the various stakeholders in the Bombay Textile strike of 1982.
Concept: Strikes and Unions
The person who is refused a job because of his/her caste may be told that he/she was less qualified than others and the selection was done purely on merit. This is an example of ______.
Concept: What is Social About Social Inequality and Exclusion?
A person from a well-off family can afford expensive higher education. Someone with influential relatives and friends may through access to good advice, recommendations, or information management get a well-paid job. Which of the following is true in the given context?
- There are multiple forms of capital.
- Different forms of capital cannot be converted into the other.
- The forms of capital overlap.
Concept: What is Social About Social Inequality and Exclusion?
In outsourcing, work is allocated by ______ countries to ______ countries.
Concept: Industrialisation in India
Assertion(A): Earlier architects and engineers had to be skilled draughtsmen, now the computer does a lot of the work for them.
Reason(R): The use of machinery deskills workers.
Concept: How is Work Carried Out?
