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Sociology Optional PYQ Solutions · Model answer

“Science and Technology are major forces accelerating the process of social change.” Comment.

  • UPSC 2011
  • Science, Technology and Social Change

The statement makes a claim about rate, not about cause. It says science and technology compress the time in which social change occurs — and that is largely defensible. It becomes indefensible only if read as saying they also decide the direction of change, or that every part of society speeds up together.

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  • Why the claim holds: pace and scale
  • But acceleration is uneven: cultural lag
  • What technology alone cannot do
  • Conclusion

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