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The sociological importance of contract farming does not include which of the following?
Concept: Globalisation, Liberalisation, and Rural Society
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
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
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?
‘Stand Up India Scheme’ and ‘Make in India’ are programs that will help realize the ______.
Concept: How People Find Jobs
Assertion(A): In Modern Foods, 60% of the workers were forced to retire in the first five years.
Reason(R): This was due to complacency at work.
Concept: Industrialisation in India
“In places like Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Gurugram, where many IT firms or call centres are located, shops and restaurants have also changed their opening hours, and are open late.” Give reasons.
Concept: How is Work Carried Out?
Industrial Society is characterised by alienation. How?
Concept: Images of Industrial Society
“The more mechanised an industry gets, the fewer people are employed.” Explain with a suitable example.
Concept: How is Work Carried Out?
Mahatma Gandhi saw mechanisation as a danger to employees. Explain.
Concept: How is Work Carried Out?
Job recruitment as a factory worker takes a different pattern. Explain this pattern.
Concept: How People Find Jobs
Explain the 'Scientific Management' system. What shift from Scientific Management took place in the 1980s?
Concept: How is Work Carried Out?
What is the difference between a strike and the major manufacturing process carried out in a lockout? Discuss the famous strike of Bombay Textile Mills of 1982.
Concept: Strikes and Unions
Home-based work is an important part of the economy. Explain by giving an example.
Concept: Home-based Work
