5.1 Indian Village:

Significance of village study in India; Indian village as a social -system; Traditional and changing patterns of settlement and inter-caste patterns of settlement and inter-caste relations; Agrarian relations in Indian villages; Impact of globalization on Indian villages.

Write a note on (200 words) : Cultural parochialization in village India (1982)
Write a note on (200 words) : Distinctive features of peasant society. (1982)
Write a note on (200 words) : Impact of industrialization on simple societies. (1982)
Write a note on Form of labour bondage in Indian agriculture. (1991)
Write a note on Problem of shifting cultivation in Indian tribes (1991)
‘Village studies are crucial in the understanding of Indian life and culture.’ Who were the pioneer anthropologists undertake such studies ? Give a comprehensive picture of any one of them. (1998)
Evaluate various changes in social organization of India’s villages due to impinging pressures of the market economy on them. (2001)
What do you understand by Green Revolution ? What are its economic and ecological dimensions ? (2002)
Write a note on village studies in India. (2002)
Write a note on Globalisation and Indian peasantry (2004)
Analyse how the village studies contributed in understanding the Indian Social System. (2004)
Describe the significant contributions of village studies in Indian in the understanding of social transformations. (2009)
Discuss the contributions of S.C. Dube towards the understanding of the Indian village.(2010)
How has globalisation impact agrarian relations in the last two decades ?(2012)
Indian farmers are not slow to react to economic opportunities. – Discuss this statement. (250 words) (2013)
Discuss the impact of globalization on village economy in India. (2015)
Examine the contribution of village studies towards the understanding of Indian social system. (2015)
Describe the traditional patterns of settlement of Indian villages. (2016)
Explain Indian village as a social system with suitable examples.(2016)
Give a critical evaluation of any one anthropological village study in India. . (2017)
Discuss the impact of market economy on rural villages (2018)
Write a note in 150 words on Agrarian social structure(2018)
Discuss the impact of media on the social life of Indian villages. (2019)
Identify the theoretical concepts that have emerged out of village studies in India . (2019)
Describe the impact of industrialization on the economic and social aspects of India’s villages.(2019)
Write short note on the ‘Khap’ Panchayat in about 150 words.(2020)
Discuss the impact of Globalization on Indian villages. (2020)
Describe the different settlement patterns in rural India.(2020)
Examine how structural transformation in economy is affecting traditional social relationships in agrarian society. (2021)
Assess the contributions of S. C. Dube in Indian village studies. (2022)
“Globalisation, on one hand, has provided opportunities and on the other hand thrown challenges to Indian villages.” Elucidate. (2022)
Write notes on: Village as little republic. (2023)
Write notes on: Digitisation of rural economy. (2024)
Compare and contrast the approaches of M. N. Srinivas and L. P. Vidyarthi to social change in village India. (2024)
“The village was not merely a place where people lived; it had a design in which were reflected the basic values of Indian civilization.” Who said this? Elaborate. (2025)

5.2 Linguistic and religious minorities and their social/political and economic status.

Write a note on ‘the state should protect the personal laws of religious minorities. Discuss with reference to the problems of national integration’.(1991)
Write a note on Special provisions for minorities (1993)
Distinguish between the characteristics and problems of linguistic and religious minorities in India. Give examples of conflicts generated by such considerations and steps to resolve them. (2000)
Discuss the socio-economic status of religious minorities in India. Identify their role in politics. (2003)
Linguistic and religious minorities are particularly vulnerable to political manipulations. Comment.(2005)
What are the issues and socio-economic problems arising out of being a religious minority ? Discuss. (2007)
Write a note in 150 words on Factors contributing to communalism (2011)
Critically examine the prevalence of caste ideology among religious minorities in the Indian context.(2012)
Critically examine the ‘book view’ and the ‘field view’ of social reality. (2012)
Discuss the significance of study of religious centers to the understanding of Indian civilization. (250 words)(2013)
Discuss the problems faced by religious minorities in India. (2015)
Critically examine the concept of communalism and its relevance for multi-religious and multiethnic polity of India (2015)
Discuss the social, political and economic status of Muslims in India (2017)
Write a note in 150 words on OBCs among non-Hindu communities.(2018)
Write short note on the Linguistic minorities in India in about 150 words (2020)
What are the Social and Political problems of religious minorities in India ? (2020)
Delineate the constitutional safeguard for religious minorities in India. (2021)
Write notes on: Safeguards for linguistic minorities in India. (2022)
How are Other Backward Classes identified? Enumerating the important features, elucidate the recent changes in their social and economic life. (2023)
Write notes on: Constitutional Safeguards for Backward Classes. (2024)
Define minority. Elaborate the patterns of linguistic and religious minorities in India. (2025)
Trace the history and describe the methods of formulating the lists of OBCs, both at the State and National levels. (2025)

5.3 Indigenous and exogenous processes of socio-cultural change in Indian society:

Sanskritization, Westernization, Modernization; Inter-play of little and great traditions; Panchayati raj and social change; Media and social change.

Explain with the help of suitable examples how great and little traditions interact with each other in Indian society. (1981)
Describe the different forms and proces of sanskritization and assess the overal impact of this phenomenon on caste structure in India (1981)
Write a note in 200 words : Little traditions and their significance.(1983)
Write a note in 200 words : Sanskritization as a mode of social change. (1983)
Assess the nature of social change in India since Independence, specially pertaining to the main institutions of the society. (1983)
Discuss in what way the study of Great tradition and Little tradition is essential for understanding the cultural processes of Indian civilization. (1984)
Write a note on Universalization. (1985)
Write a note on Little tradition. (1986)
Discuss how the concepts of Sanskritization and Westernization. Explain the processes of change in Indian society and culture. (1986)
“Tradition is a single unbroken chain.” Discuss this statement throwing light I on the relevance of the use of the term Great Tradition and Little Tradition in India in the fields of (a) religion, (b)kinship and (c) agriculture. (1987)
Write a note on : Are the socio cultural factors which justify calling an area underdeveloped? Elaborate.(1989)
Write a note on : The study of Great tradition and Little tradition is essential for understanding Indian Civilization. Discuss. (1989)
Make a distinction between sociocultural change and technological change. Indicate how technological development bring about changes in other aspects of culture (1989)
Write a note on Sanskritization as a factor of social change among the scheduled castes in India. (1990)
Write a note on Relationship between Sanskritization and Westernization as processes of sociocultural change.(1991)
Write a note on Sanskritization as a mode of social change (1992)
Discuss in what way the study of Great tradition and Little tradition is essential for understanding the cultural processes of Indian civilization. (1992)
Write a note on Cultural change-enforced and induced (1994)
Do you think that the process of Sanskritization leads to any structural changes in the society ? Discuss with reference to the modern Indian society (1994)
Write a note on Little and Great traditions.(1996)
Discuss the impact of modernization of the tribal and rural people in India. (1998)
Write a note on Great Traditions. (1999)
Distinguish between sanskritization and desanskritization. Critically examine impact of sanskritization on social mobility in India. (1999)
Write a note on Sanskritisation and Westernisation. (2002)
Write a note on Panchayati Raj (2005)
Critically examine the concepts of Little and Great Traditions for understanding the Indian Villages.(2008)
Write a note on Sanskritization (2009)
What are the various exogenous processes of socio-cultural changes in Indian Society ?(2009)
Write a note in 150 words on Universalization and Parochialization (2010)
Write a note in 150 words on Panchayati Raj and the tribes. (2010)
Write a note in 150 words on Critique of the concept of Great and Little Tradition(2011)
“Modernity has entered Indian character and society, but it has done so through assimilation not replacement.” Discuss. (2011)
Write a note in 150 words on Role of Gramsabha under PESA. (2013)
Write a note in 150 words on Great tradition and Little tradition (2014)
Write a note in 150 words on Panchayati Raj Institutions and Social Change (2015)
Examine the social implication of media and communication technology.(2015)
Examine the nature of interplay of little and great traditions in the context of globalization.(2016)
Discuss the impact of media as an instrument of social change. (2017)
Discuss the impact of Panchayati Raj institution on the empowerment of rural women in India. (2017)
Write a note in 150 words on Modernization (2018)
Write a note in 150 words on The impact of Panchayati Raj Institutions in rural areas. (2018)
Write a note in 150 words on Panchayati Raj as a facilitator of social inclusion in rural society (2019)
Discuss how the elements of Little and Great Traditions combine in the emergence of social/political/religious movements, giving any one example to illustrate the issue. (2019)
Write short note on the Concept of Sanskritization in about 150 words (2020)
Discuss the role of Panchayati Raj Institutions in transforming traditional power hierarchy in rural India.(2021)
Write short notes on “Ethnic media and social awareness” in about 150 words (2021)
Write notes on: Westernisation and Modernisation. (2022)
“Sanskritization is a culture-bound concept.” Critically comment to assess the strength and limitation of this concept in developing a theoretical framework to study social change. (2023)
Write notes on: Characteristics and communication between Little and Great Traditions. (2025)