Unlock Elite Access: Level Up Your Preparation with Exclusive Content

Sociology Optional PYQ Solutions · Model answer

Discuss the paradigm of modernization of Indian tradition in analyzing social change in India.

  • UPSC 2015
  • Impact of Colonial Rule on Indian Society

A paradigm is not a conclusion but a set of admissible questions, units of analysis and kinds of evidence. Yogendra Singh's Modernization of Indian Tradition (1973) is best judged in that light — as a competing research programme for explaining Indian social change, set against the Sanskritisation model, village functionalism, Marxist political economy and structuralism.

You are reading the opening of the model answer. The full answer is part of Sociology Optional PYQ Solutions.

What the full answer covers

  • What the paradigm proposes
  • Set against rival paradigms
  • What only this paradigm can handle
  • What it cannot explain
  • Conclusion

Unlock this answer and 1,500+ more

  • 1,500+ solved UPSC Sociology PYQs from 1985 to 2026, Paper-1 and Paper-2
  • Topic-wise across all 25 syllabus units, newest exam year first
  • A full model answer for every question, shaped to 10 or 20 marks, with thinkers and Indian examples
  • Read online on lotusarise.com, plus PDF download

₹1,499₹2,50040% off

Get Sociology Optional PYQ Solutions @ ₹1,499 →

One-time payment · 12 months of access · Instant access · UPI, cards, RuPay

See every Impact of Colonial Rule on Indian Society question (23 solved) →Already enrolled? Log in