Model answers for these questions. 26 UPSC questions from Social Classes in India (1985–2026) are solved in Sociology Optional PYQ Solutions, with a full model answer for each. Use the View answer links in the table, or open the whole unit topic-wise, newest year first.
| Year | Question | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Explain the emergence of middle class in agrarian society in India. What have been the socio-structural implications of the emergence of this middle class? (20 marks) | View answer |
| 2026 | How does A. R. Desai argue that Indian social classes must be studied through the colonial mode of production? Elucidate. (10 marks) | View answer |
| 2025 | 'Agrarian class structure has been undergoing changes due to modern forces.' Critically examine. (20 marks) | View answer |
| 2025 | Describe the main features of the Indian new middle class. How is it different from the old middle class? (10 marks) | View answer |
| 2025 | "Industrial class structure is a function of social structure of Indian society." Do you agree with this statement? Analyze. (20 marks) | View answer |
| 2024 | What, according to Andre Beteille, are the bases of agrarian class structure in India?Analyse. | View answer |
| 2024 | Discuss the changes taking place in the industrial class structure in India. | View answer |
| 2023 | Explain the and the implication and the impact of globalization in situating thechanging agrarian class structure in India. | View answer |
| 2023 | Elaborate the salient features and the role of middle class in India's democracy anddevelopment. | View answer |
| 2021 | Discuss the salient features of “new middle class” in India. | View answer |
| 2020 | How does Andra Beteille Justify ‘middle class in India? | View answer |
| 2018 | Write a note on the changing roles of middle-class women in India. | View answer |
| 2018 | How has the New Economic Policy (1991) affected the lifestyle and life -chances of New middle class in India? | View answer |
| 2016 | What accounts for the growth and consolidation of middle classes in modern India. Elucidate. | View answer |
| 2014 | Discuss the status of women among the emerging urban middle class. | View answer |
| 2013 | Write short note with a sociological perspective : Classes in agrarian society in India.(150 words) | View answer |
| 2013 | Write short note with a sociological perspective : Other Backward Classes.(150 words) | View answer |
| 2013 | Discuss the salient features of Indian middle class. | View answer |
| 2011 | Bring out the relationship between social class and mortality. | View answer |
| 2009 | Write short note on Emergence of middle class in India. | View answer |
| 2005 | Describe the process of emergence of the middle class in India. What role has the middle class played in national development. | View answer |
| 1998 | Examine the causes and consequences of growing size of urban middle class. | View answer |
| 1997 | Write short note : Industrial class structure in India. | View answer |
| 1992 | Write short note : Urban social organization. | View answer |
| 1989 | The soil grows castes: the machines make classes’. Comment | View answer |
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