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Sociology Optional PYQ Solutions · Model answer

Impact of the democratic political system on the traditional social structure.

  • UPSC 1999
  • Politics and Society

India's traditional social structure rested on ascription and hierarchy: caste, patriarchal kinship, the land-controlling dominant caste in the village, and religious community. In 1950 the Constitution introduced universal adult franchise and equal citizenship on top of this. B. R. Ambedkar warned on 25 November 1949 that India was entering "a life of contradictions", with equality…

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  • 1. Caste: from ritual rank to political resource
  • 2. Village power and local democracy
  • 3. Gender and family
  • 4. Tribes and religion
  • Evaluation
  • Conclusion

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