Salient Features Of Indian Society, Diversity Of India

Previous Year Questions Asked In Mains From This Topic

  • Examine the uniqueness of tribal knowledge system when compared with mainstream knowledge and cultural systems. [2021]
  • How does Indian society maintain continuity in traditional social values? Enumerate the changes taking place in it. [2021]
  • Has caste lost its relevance in understanding the multi- cultural Indian Society? Elaborate your answer with illustrations. [2020]
  • Customs and traditions suppress reason leading to obscurantism. Do you agree? [2020]
  • What makes the Indian society unique in sustaining its culture ? Discuss. [2019]
  • Do we have cultural pockets of small India all over the nation ? Elaborate with examples. [2019]
  • The spirit of tolerance and love is not only an interesting feature of Indian society from very early times, but it is also playing an important part at the present. Elaborate. [2017]
  • Why are the tribals in India referred to as ‘the Scheduled Tribes’? Indicate the major provisions enshrined in the Constitution of India for their upliftment. [2016]
  • Describe any four cultural elements of diversity in India and rate their relative significance in building a national identity. [2015]
  • How do you explain the statistics that show that the sex ratio in Tribes in India is more favourable to women than the sex ratio among Scheduled Castes? [2015]
  • Discuss the changes in the trends of labour migration within and outside India in the last four decades. [2015]
  • How does patriarchy impact the position of a middle class working woman in India ? [2014]
  • The life cycle of a joint family depends on economic factors rather than social values. Discuss. [2014]