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UPSC MainsSociology (Optional)133 questions

Indian Society: UPSC Mains Sociology (Optional) questions

133 practice questions on Indian Society, each with a model answer, an approach note, key facts and links to the previous year questions on the same theme.

  1. 1A. R. Desai's Dialectical Perspective on Indian Society
  2. 2Agrarian and Industrial Class Structure in India
  3. 3Anomic vs Forced Division of Labour
  4. 4Authority and Legitimacy in Sociological Theory
  5. 5Bridging the Micro-Macro Divide in Sociological Theory
  6. 6Caste as a Status Group and Its Transformation
  7. 7Caste Transformation in Contemporary India
  8. 8Challenges Faced by Migrant Workers in India
  9. 9Changing Forms of Marriage in Modern Society
  10. 10Changing Marriage Trends Among Indian Tribes
  11. 11Changing Nature of Jajmani System
  12. 12Changing Phases of Marriage in Indian Society with Odisha Reference
  13. 13Changing Trends and Future of Marriage in India
  14. 14Comparing Sociology and Social Anthropology
  15. 15Concept of Mind, Self, and Society in Mead's Sociology
  16. 16Content Analysis in Studying Social Phenomena
  17. 17Critique of Positivism in Sociological Thought
  18. 18Critique of the Joint Family Institution
  19. 19Cultural Pluralism in Multi-Religious India
  20. 20Davis-Moore Theory of Stratification and Tumin's Critique
  21. 21Descent Systems Lineage and Property Inheritance
  22. 22Descriptive, Exploratory and Experimental Research Designs
  23. 23Different Types of Marriage Payments in India
  24. 24Dimensions and Challenges of Tribal Identity in India
  25. 25Dimensions of Power in Social Hierarchies
  26. 26Division of Labour, Productivity, and Emerging Inequalities
  27. 27Dual Role of Education in Social Change and Conflict
  28. 28Durkheim and Merton on Anomie
  29. 29Durkheim on Religion and Sacred-Profane Dichotomy
  30. 30Durkheim's Approach to the Study of Religion
  31. 31Durkheim's Conception of Society as Sui Generis
  32. 32Durkheim's Theory of Suicide and Modern Interplay
  33. 33Durkheim's Theory of Suicide as a Social Phenomenon
  34. 34Durkheim's View on Religion in Contemporary Society
  35. 35Education as Social Control and Social Change
  36. 36Educational Backwardness and Marginalisation in Religious Minorities
  37. 37Educational Disparities Across Religious Groups in India
  38. 38Elite Formation in India
  39. 39Elite Theories of Power in Sociology
  40. 40Ethnomethodology and the Illusion of Social Order
  41. 41Family Formation Independent of Institutional Marriage
  42. 42Features and Theories of Origin of Caste System
  43. 43Feminisation of Work in Developing Societies
  44. 44Formal vs Informal Social Control
  45. 45Gender as a Social Construct vs Biological Destiny
  46. 46Hierarchy Inequality and Social Stratification in Sociology
  47. 47Hypothesis and Its Importance in Sociological Research
  48. 48Impact of Globalization on Indian Kinship Patterns
  49. 49Impact of Globalization on Women
  50. 50Impact of LPG Reforms on Rural-Urban Divide
  51. 51In-Group and Out-Group Dynamics on Individual Identity
  52. 52Interaction of Little and Great Traditions
  53. 53Interdependence of Data and Theory in Sociological Inquiry
  54. 54Interpretivism versus Positivism in Analysing Social Reality
  55. 55Interrelation of Parsons Action Subsystems
  56. 56Interview Questionnaire and Schedule in Sociological Research
  57. 57Karl Marx Theory of Class Consciousness
  58. 58Karl Marx's Concept of Alienation
  59. 59Karl Marx's Concept of Historical Materialism
  60. 60Karl Marx's Four Levels of Alienation
  61. 61Karl Marx's Theory of Historical Materialism
  62. 62M.N. Srinivas' Structural-Functional Village Studies
  63. 63M.N. Srinivas's Concept of Westernization
  64. 64Maintenance of Social Equilibrium in Talcott Parsons
  65. 65Manifestations and Implications of the Authority Gap
  66. 66Market Economy and Social Stratification in India
  67. 67Marx's Conception of Class Struggle
  68. 68Marxian Class Struggle and Its Sociological Critiques
  69. 69Max Weber Concept of Social Action
  70. 70Max Weber's Theory of Class, Status, and Party
  71. 71Max Weber's Typology of Social Action
  72. 72Mead's Concept of Self and Generalized Other
  73. 73Measurement Issue in Social Science Attitudinal Scaling
  74. 74Merton's Concept of Anomie and Social Deviance
  75. 75Merton's Critique and Reformulation of Functionalism
  76. 76Merton's Critique of Universal Functionalism
  77. 77Merton's Reference Group Theory and Sanskritization
  78. 78Merton's Reformulation of Classical Functionalism
  79. 79Mertonian Functional Analysis of Corruption in India
  80. 80Methodological Pluralism in Social Research
  81. 81Methods of Data Collection in Sociological Research
  82. 82Modern Education, Tradition, and Scientific Rationality
  83. 83Modernity, Scope of Sociology, and Common Sense
  84. 84Monistic versus Pluralistic Religions and Social Tolerance
  85. 85Nature and Significance of Peasant Movements in India
  86. 86Objectivity and Value Neutrality in Sociological Research
  87. 87Objectivity in Interpretative Research
  88. 88Objectivity in Social Science Research
  89. 89Occupational Diversification in India and Industrialisation
  90. 90Open and Closed Models of Social Mobility in India
  91. 91Parsons on Social System and Pattern Variables
  92. 92Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups in India
  93. 93Patriarchy and Women's Entitlements in India
  94. 94Pattern Variables and Transition to Modernity
  95. 95Power versus Authority and Weberian Typology
  96. 96R.K. Merton's Functional Analysis and Bureaucracy
  97. 97Reference Groups in Complex Society
  98. 98Relationship Between Patriarchy and Social Development
  99. 99Relationship between Religion, Sect, and Cult
  100. 100Relationship Between Sociology and History
  101. 101Relevance of Marx's Alienation in Contemporary India
  102. 102Reliability and Variables in Social Research
  103. 103Religious Demography Trends and Regional Distribution
  104. 104Religious Reform Movements and Modern Indian Society
  105. 105Robert Merton on Manifest and Latent Functions
  106. 106Sacred and Profane in Religious Functions
  107. 107Sampling and Non-Probability Sampling Techniques
  108. 108Sampling Size, Reliability, and Validity in Research
  109. 109Sanskritisation and Its Impact on Caste Mobility
  110. 110Scientific Method in Sociology via Concepts, Theory, Facts, and Hypothesis
  111. 111Scientific Nature and Epistemology of Sociology
  112. 112Silver Economy and Elderly Population Challenges in India
  113. 113Social Embeddedness of Economic Life
  114. 114Social Facts in Durkheim's Methodology
  115. 115Social Mobility and Social Structure
  116. 116Social Mobility and Structural Social Change
  117. 117Social Production of Deviance and Merton's Strain Theory
  118. 118Socio-Cultural Dynamics in Indian Society across Historical Ages
  119. 119Socio-Cultural Factors Influencing Indian Voting Behaviour
  120. 120Sociological Imagination: Personal Troubles to Public Issues
  121. 121Sociological Perspectives and Contemporary Changes in Marriage
  122. 122Sociological Perspectives on the Institution of Marriage
  123. 123Sociological Role of Religion in Society
  124. 124Stages of Family Life Cycle and Developmental Tasks
  125. 125Symbolic Interactionism: Micro-Sociology and Human Agency
  126. 126Systems and Characteristics of Social Stratification
  127. 127Talcott Parsons AGIL Paradigm and Social Equilibrium
  128. 128Talcott Parsons on Society as a Social System
  129. 129Talcott Parsons' Concept of Social System
  130. 130Talcott Parsons' Social System and AGIL Framework
  131. 131Theories Explaining Social Dimensions of Social Movements
  132. 132Tribal Movements and Indian Social Structure
  133. 133Work Organisation in Feudal and Capitalist Societies