W.B.C.S. (EXECUTIVE) EXAMINATION - 2015 Optional Paper
SOCIOLOGY : PAPER - II
Time Allowed: 3 Hours Full Marks : 200
if the questions attempted are in excess of the prescribed number, only the questions attempted first up to the prescribed number shall be valued and the remaining ones ignored.
Answer may be given either in English or in Bengali but all answers must be in one and the same language
GROUP - A
Answer any three questions
1. How do you account for the growing rise of violence against women in India ? What are some of the recent legal provisions to counter such violence ? Do you think they are adequate to remedy the present situation ?
2. What are the ways in which caste and class intersect in contemporary Indian society ? Do you think the nature of this intersection is responsible for the persistent social inequalities in Indian society ?
3. What are the changes that have been brought in family and marriage patterns due to industrialization and urbanization in contemporary Indian society ?
4. What do you understand by M.N. Srinivas's distinction between the 'book view' and 'field view' ? How do you think this difference has contributed to Srinivasas's understanding of caste in India ? What according to you is the contemporary relevance of this distinction ?
5. What do you understand by the concept of secularism and secularization ? Employing these two concepts, evaluate the role and significance in religion in contemporary Indian society.
GROUP - B
Answer any two questions.
6. Write a critical essay on nature and role of environmental in India.
7. Is the description of India as a 'Unity in diversity' a misleading one that veils persistent social segregation and structural inequalities ? Cite contemporary examples.
8. Critically evaluate debates around the Family planning polices in India.
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