Arts (English Medium) इयत्ता १२ - CBSE Question Bank Solutions for Sociology

The positive impact of successes – such as the achievement of statehood for Jharkhand and Chattisgarh after a long struggle – is moderated by continuing problems. Many of the states of the North-East, for example, have been living for decades under special laws that limit the civil liberties of citizens. Thus, citizens of states like Manipur or Nagaland don’t have the same rights as other citizens of India because their states have been declared as disturbed areas.

Mark the statement as true or false. Tribals have to use their own resources illegally today.

The positive impact of successes – such as the achievement of statehood for Jharkhand and Chattisgarh after a long struggle – is moderated by continuing problems. Many of the states of the North-East, for example, have been living for decades under special laws that limit the civil liberties of citizens. Thus, citizens of states like Manipur or Nagaland don’t have the same rights as other citizens of India because their states have been declared as disturbed areas.

Which larger structures make the tribals powerless?

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.

Agricultural productivity increased sharply because of the new technology. India was able to become self-sufficient in food grain production for the first time in decades. It was primarily the medium and large farmers who were able to benefit from the new technology.

What is subsistence agriculture?

Often it is thought that imparting knowledge of 'scientific' farming methods will improve the condition of Indian farmers. Is this statement true? Give one reason for your answer.

What are the social consequences of the long working hours in the IT sector?

Agricultural productivity increased sharply because of the new technology. India was able to become self-sufficient in food grain production for the first time in decades. It was primarily the medium and large farmers who were able to benefit from the new technology.

Who were able to reap the most benefits from Green Revolution and commercialisation of agriculture?

The Right to Information campaign is an example of ______.

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.

The ______ family is often seen as symptomatic of India.

With the growth of the ______ movement in the 20th century, there was an attempt in several Indian languages to drop Sanskrit words and phrases.

‘Stand Up India Scheme’ and ‘Make in India’ are programs that will help realize the ______.

Using the example of Kumud Pawade, show how the process of sanskritisation is gendered.

Differentiate between old and new social movements.

Read the source and answer the question:

Mention the kind of Westernization being referred to in the given source.

"Sanskritisation seems to justify a model that rests on inequality and exclusion." Give two reasons to support this statement.

What are Redemptive or Transformatory social movements? Give one example.

What is meant by Reformist social movements? Give one example.

Job recruitment as a factory worker takes a different pattern. Explain this pattern.

______ social movements strive to change the existing social and political arrangements through gradual incremental steps.