Arts (English Medium) कक्षा ११ - CBSE Question Bank Solutions

Why is the question of a scientific method particularly important in sociology?

Describe in your own words what you understand by the term `ecology’.

Why is ecology not limited only to the forces of nature?

Describe the two-way process by which social environments emerge.

Why and how does social organisation shape the relationship between the environment and society?

Why is environmental management a complex and huge task for society?

Can you identify any ideas or theories which have led to the formation of social movements in India in recent times?

How did Ananthakrishna Iyer and Sarat Chandra Roy come to practice social anthropology?

What were the main arguments on either side of the debate about how to relate to tribal communities?

Outline the positions of Herbert Risley and G.S. Ghurye on the relationship between race and caste in India.

Summarise the social anthropological definition of caste.

What does D.P. Mukerji mean by a `living tradition’? Why did he insist that Indian sociologists be rooted in this tradition?

What are the specificities of Indian culture and society, and how do they affect the pattern of change?

What is a welfare state? Why is A.R. Desai critical of the claims made on its behalf?

What arguments were given for and against the village as a subject of sociological research by M.N. Srinivas and Louis Dumont?

What is the significance of village studies in the history of Indian sociology? What role did M.N. Srinivas play in promoting village studies?

As a member of society, you must be interacting with and in different groups. How do you see these groups from a sociological perspective?

Note what are the marriage rules that are followed in your society? Compare your observations with these made by other students in the class. Discuss.

Find out how membership, residence pattern, and even the mode of interaction changes in the family with broader economic, political, and cultural changes, for instance, migration.

How can we demonstrate that the different dimensions of culture comprise a whole?