- What are pressure groups? Discuss their role in decision-making in democracy.
(2024) - What do you understand by decentralisation of power? What is its role in strengthening the
roots of democracy in India? Elaborate. (2024) - Discuss the changing nature of political elites in India. (2024)
- How do you account for the increasing significance of religion in public and personal
spheres in the context of secularization thesis in India? Explain. (2023) - Analyse the sociological interconnections between Social Media and Mass Mobilization in
India. (2023) - Examine different understandings of secularisation in India. (2022)
- Bring out the various issues involved in Dalit movements in India. (2022)
- Does regionalism essentially lead to decentralization of power? Substantiate your answer with relevant examples. (2021)
- Is social democracy a precondition for political democracy? Comment. (2021)
- ‘Secularism was an outcome of 20th century humanistic radicalism.’ Comment on this statement. (2020)
- Analyze the issues related to the citizenship in contemporary India. Give suitable illustrations. (2020)
- What do you understand by democratic federalism? How does it promote decentralization of power in India? (2020)
- Comment on the changing democratic profile of India. (2019)
- Discuss the implications of ‘Swachha Bharat Abhiyan’. Do you think that civil society has a role to play here? Substantiate your answer with examples. (2019)
- Media is the fourth pillar of democracy. Discuss, (2018)
- Elaborate various forms of Dalit assertions in contemporary India? What are its implications on the Indian political system? (2018)
- With increase in education and economic development is Indian society becoming more secular? (2018)
- Explain the concepts of ‘dominant caste’ and ‘vote bank’, giving examples from specific regions. (2017)
- Give an account of the problems relating to the “creamy layer”. (2017)
- To what extent does nation building depend on strengthening of pluralities in Indian society. (2017)
- Comment on the increasing significance of caste in politics. (2016)
- Write short notes with a sociological perspective on the following in about 150 words : Gandhi’s efforts on communal harmony. (2014)
- Who are the elites ? Discuss their roles in bringing social transformation. (2014)
- Write short note with a sociological perspective on the following : Regional political elites and the democratic process. (2012)
- Critically examine the concepts of nation and citizenship in the context of globalization. (2012)
- “Protective discrimination not only protects but also discriminates.” Comment. (2011)
- Distinguish between ‘secularism’ and ‘secularisation’. Analyse the nature and extent of secularisation in contemporary India. (2011)
- Write short note on Factors responsible for increasing demands for the formation of separate states. (2010)
- Identify the reasons for the resilience of democratic system in India. (2010)
- Write short note on New rural elite and leadership. (2009)
- Write short note : Regionalism. (2007)
- Discuss the social base of political parties in India. What has been its impact on Indian democracy ? (2005)
- Write short note : Pluralism and national unity. (2005)
- “The 73rd and the 74th constitutional amendments have motivated social mobilisation in rural India.” – Discuss. (2004)
- Differentiate between pressure groups and interest groups. Describe the role of some prominent pressure groups in contemporary Indian politics. (2003)
- Write short note : Regionalism. (2003)
- Write short note : Reservation and Panchayat Raj institutions. (2002)
- Elaborate the concept of political elite. Explain how social structural origins of political elites influence their political orientations. (2001)
- What is meant by democratic decentralization? Assess the working of Panchayati Raj in India. (2001)
- What have been the functions of democracy in India ? Has democracy been successful in eliminating some of the traditional social inequalities ? (2000)
- Discuss 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments with reference to decentralization of power. (1999)
- Write short note : National Unity. (1999)
- Write short note : Implications of emergence of regional political parties. (1998)
- Describe the socio-cultural background of the political elites of contemporary India. What has been the influence of the background on their political orientations? (1997)
- Write short note : Pluralism and national unity. (1997)
- Describe the traditional power structure in rural India. Discuss the factors that have contributed to its changing pattern in recent years. (1996)
- Write short note : Role of pressure groups in Indian politics. (1996)
- Write short note : Changing social origins of political elites in India. (1995)
- It is often alleged that the social situation in India is not conducive to the efficient functioning of a democratic polity. Comment. (1995)
- Evaluate the role of state in social and economic reconstruction of Indian Society since independence. (1994)
- Write short note : Decentralisation of power and local development. (1994)
- Write short note : Panchayati Raj and rural leadership. (1993)
- Write short note : Pressure groups in Indian politics. (1993)
- Discuss the executive measures and peoples’ participation in implementing various development programmes at the village level in India. (1993)
- Explain how emerging rural-urban nexuses are reshaping the character of Indian political elite and functioning of political institutions. (1992)
- Is legitimacy of key political institutions declining in India ? Discuss this issue in the context of the process of nation-building. (1991)
- Write short note : Social responsibility of political elites. (1991)
- Write short note : Electoral Reform in India. (1989)
- Write short note : Democratic Decentralisation. (1988)
- Discuss the role of the State in restructuring Indian Society since Independence. Examine the effectiveness of such interventions. (1988)
- Write short note : The emerging pattern of rural leadership. (1986)
- Write short note : Protective discrimination : its sociology and politics. (1985)
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