WEST BENGAL CIVIL SERVICE
EXAMINATION—1996
SOCIOLOGY—Paper II
Time Allowed—3' Hours Full marks—100
Answer any three questions from Group A and any two from Group B.
All Questions carry equal marks.
Group A
Answer any three questions.
1. Discuss, with examples, the nature of the Dialectical approach to the study of Indian society.
2. Do you think that joint family structure is being definitely replaced in India ? Discuss with examples.
3. Write a note on the changing pattern of agrarian stratification in India.
4. Analyse the socio-economic factors that continue to depress the position of Indian women today.
5. Examine the paradox of social change in the modern Indian society and discuss the factors responsible for it.
Group B
Answer any two questions.
6. How is Caste interacting with politics in modern Indian situation ? What are its results ?
7. What is secularism ? What is the nature of the controversy relating to the concept of secularism in modern Indian society ?
8. Write a note on the problem of child labour in India.
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