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Kumudtai’s journey into Sanskrit began with great interest and eagerness with Gokhale Guruji, her teacher at school…At the University, the Head of the Department was a well-known scholar and he took great pleasure in taunting Kumudtai…Despite the adverse comments she successfully completed her Masters in Sanskrit…. Source: Kumud Pawade (1938)
Read the source and answer the following question.
Do you think sanskritisation is a gendered process? Give a reason for your answer.
Concept: Different Kinds of Social Change
Elucidate the phenomena of modernity.
Concept: How Do We Approach the Study of Sanskritisation, Modernisation, Secularisation and Westernisation
19th century reform initiated a period of questioning, reinterpretations and both intellectual and social growth. Using suitable examples, justify the given statement.
Concept: Social Reform Movements in the 19th and Early 20th Century
“Famines were also a major and recurring source of increased mortality.” Which of the following is not a cause of famines?
Concept: Size and Growth of India’s Population
Assertion(A): The Population Pyramid shows a bulge in the middle age groups, due to the opportunity provided by the demographic structure.
Reason(R): This is due to the high birth rate in the middle age groups.
Concept: Age Structure of the Indian Population
With the growth of the ______ movement in the 20th century, there was an attempt in several Indian languages to drop Sanskrit words and phrases.
Concept: Different Kinds of Social Change
The growth rate of India in the decade 1911-21, exhibited a diverse pattern. State two reasons.
Concept: Size and Growth of India’s Population
Using the example of Kumud Pawade, show how the process of sanskritisation is gendered.
Concept: Different Kinds of Social Change
What was unique about the social reform movements of the 19th century?
Concept: Social Reform Movements in the 19th and Early 20th Century
| Table 3: The Declining Sex-ratio in India, 1901-2011 | ||||
| Year |
Sex ratio (all age groups) |
Variation over the previous decade | Child Sex ratio (0-6 years) | Variation over the previous decade |
| 1901 | 972 | - | - | - |
| 1911 | 964 | -8 | - | - |
| 1921 | 955 | -9 | - | - |
| 1931 | 950 | -5 | - | - |
| 1941 | 945 | -5 | - | - |
| 1951 | 946 | +1 | - | - |
| 1961 | 941 | -5 | 976 | - |
| 1971 | 930 | -11 | 964 | -12 |
| 1981 | 934 | +4 | 962 | -2 |
| 1991 | 927 | -7 | 945 | -17 |
| 2001 | 933 | +6 | 927 | -18 |
| 2011 | 943 | +10 | 919 | -8 |
| Note: The sex ratio is defined as the number of females per 1000 males; Data on age-specific sex ratios are not available before 1961. |
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- Give reasons for the declining sex ratio.
- In your opinion, what steps should be taken to deal with this bias against the girl-child?
Concept: Some Theories and Concepts in Demography
Read the source and answer the question:
| Ways of thinking ........ John Stuart Mill's essay 'On Liberty' soon after its publication became a text in Indian colleges. Indians came to know about Magna Carta and the struggle for liberty and equality in Europe and America. |
Mention the kind of Westernization being referred to in the given source.
Concept: Different Kinds of Social Change
"Sanskritisation seems to justify a model that rests on inequality and exclusion." Give two reasons to support this statement.
Concept: Different Kinds of Social Change
The varied social reform movements did have common themes. Yet there were also significant differences. State any two differences.
Concept: Social Reform Movements in the 19th and Early 20th Century
The measure of comparing the portion of a population which is composed of dependents with the portion that is the working population is______.
Concept: Some Theories and Concepts in Demography
Explain the two types of Demography.
Concept: Introduction to the Demographic Structure of the Indian Society
Explain the phenomenon of Modernity as given by Rudolph and Rudolph.
Concept: Different Kinds of Social Change
Sanskritisation seems to justify a model that rests on inequality and exclusion. Explain this model.
Concept: Different Kinds of Social Change
Which of the following statements is true in the scenario of high fertility rate?
Concept: Some Theories and Concepts in Demography
The women's question arose in modem India as part of 19th century middle class social reform movements. These reformers used a mix of ideas. Explain these ideas.
Concept: Social Reform Movements in the 19th and Early 20th Century
Malthus's theory of population growth was a rather pessimistic one. It was challenged by theorists."Justify the statement.
Concept: Some Theories and Concepts in Demography
