Rural and Agrarian Social Structure

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2026Examine the challenges of applying micro-level village studies to macro-level village structure of Indian society. (20 marks)View answer
2026In what respect is M. N. Srinivas' study of Indian village society based on structural and functional perspective? Analyse. (10 marks)View answer
2026When land reform was a paradigm shift, then what type of land reforms would you recommend to make India a more equitable society? (10 marks)View answer
2025Who is said to be the pioneer of village studies in India? Illustratively describe contributions of some Indian sociologists on village studies. How their approaches are distinct from each other? (20 marks)View answer
2025'The transfer of land from cultivating to the non-cultivating owners is bringing about transformation in Indian society.' Justify your answer by giving suitable illustrations. (10 marks)View answer
2025Bring out various factors responsible for declining of village industries in India. (10 marks)View answer
2024Identify different forms of inequalities associated with agrarian social structure in India.View answer
2023Do you agree with the view of Andre Beteille that India's villages are representative ofIndian society's basic civilizational values? Present a sociological overview.View answer
2023Discuss the main features of Land Reforms in post-independence India.View answer
2023“The decade of 1950 was the golden period of village studies in Indian Sociology.” Explainthe statement.View answer
2022Do you agree that the agrarian class structure in India is changing? Justify your answer with illustrations.View answer
2022Discuss the challenges during village studies in India.View answer
2021Critically examine briefly the phrase “Little Republics” as used to denote India’s villages.View answer
2021Examine the factors responsible for the rural unrest in contemporary India.View answer
2021Discuss the role of Technology in agrarian change in India.View answer
2020Indian rural society is a faction-ridden society". Discuss.View answer
2019Examine the changing initiatives of the land tenure system in India.View answer
2019Critically examine Dube's contributions to the study of Indian villages.View answer
2018Give a critical analysis of Andre Beteille's study of Tanjore village.View answer
2016Write short notes with a sociological perspective: Significance of Village Studies in Indian Sociology.View answer
2016Analyse the major components of Land Reform Acts. Show their effectiveness in curbing rural inequality.View answer
2015Write short note with a sociological perspective: Jyotirao Phule as an agrarian radical.View answer
2014Describe the impact of land reforms on the peasants of Indian society.View answer
2014What is the idea of ‘Indian village’? Explain.View answer
2013Write short note with a sociological perspective: Andrd Beteille’s definition of class. (150 words)View answer
2011Bring out the relationship between fertility and social structure as viewed by Davis and Blake.View answer
2010With reference to their understanding of the Indian village, compare the perspectives of M. N. Srinivas and S. C. Dube.View answer
2009Changes that the agrarian social structure in India is undergoing. Comment.View answer
2008Write short note : Village studies in Indian Sociology.View answer
2007Write short note : Agrarian Unrest.View answer
2006Is Indian peasant society a nonmodernsociety ? Evaluate with suitable examples in support of your answer.View answer
2005Write short note : Characteristics of peasant societies.View answer
2004Write short note : Feudalism and Semi Feudalism.View answer
2002Write short note : Characteristics of Neo-Rich agrarian class.View answer
2001Write short note : Agrarian class structure in India.View answer
1999Write short note : Peasant Society.View answer
1995Write short note : Agrarian social structure.View answer
1994Write short note: Social consequences of land ceiling legislation.View answer
1992Probe the social consequences of the land ceiling legislation in any one of the Indian States and state the major difficulties in its implementation.View answer
1990Write short note: Market economy and Agrarian social structure.View answer
1988Analyse the traditional production relations in Indian villages in the framework of the Jajmani System.View answer
1988Analyse the limitations of working a democratic political system in a traditional society.View answer
1986Write short note: Class-conflict in the agrarian society.View answer
1985Write short note: Inequality in the agrarian structureView answer
1984Write short note: Dominant caste and the agrarian power structure.View answer
1984Write short note: The impact of democratisation on the village community.View answer

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