Social Change in Modern Society-Science, Technology and Social Change [IAS (Admin.) Mains Sociology]: Questions 1 - 8 of 16

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Question 1

Appeared in Year: 2013

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Illustrate the conflict and tensions experienced by societies undergoing social change.

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Conflict and Tensions Experienced by Societies Undergoing Social Change

  • Social change refers to alterations that occur in the social structure and social relations. It is a value-free or neutral concept. It is a value-neutral term, in the sense that the sociologists do not study social change in terms of “good or bad” , desirable or undesirable. Soc…

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Question 2

Appeared in Year: 2013

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Critically examine science and technology as agents of social studies. (Paper-1)

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Science and Technology as Agents of Social Studies

  • Social change is the alteration in patterns of social structure, social institutions, and social behaviour over time. No society can successfully resist change, not even those that try to do so, although some societies are more resistant to change than others. But the rate, nature and direction of c…

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Question 3

Appeared in Year: 2017

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Critically analyse the role of science and technology in bringing about social change.

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Role of Science and Technology in Social Change

  • Social change is the alteration in patterns of social structure, social institutions, and social behaviour over time. No society can successfully resist change, not even those that try to do so, although some societies are more resistant to change than others. But the rate, nature and direction of chan…

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Question 4

Appeared in Year: 2017

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Assess the role of mass media as an agent of social change.

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Role of Mass Media as an Agent of Social Change

  • There are four influential theoretical approaches to the study of the mass media: functionalism, conflict theory, symbolic interactionism and recent postmodern media theory.
  • As we will see, there are widely divergent views on the role and functions of the media within societies and our fourfold categori…

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Question 5

Appeared in Year: 2013

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Examine science and technology as agents of social change. (Paper-1)

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Science and Technology as Agents of Social Change

  • Social change is the alteration in patterns of social structure, social institutions, and social behaviour over time.
  • No society can successfully resist change, not even those that try to do so, although some societies are more resistant to change than others. But the rate, nature and direction of cha…

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Question 6

Appeared in Year: 2018

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Distinguish between social change and development. Discuss the linear theories of social change.

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Social Change and Development

  • Social change refers to alterations that occur in the social structure and social relations. It is a value-free or neutral concept. It is a value-neutral term, in the sense that the sociologists do not study social change in terms of good or bad, desirable or undesirable. Social change broadly refers to all the historic…

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Question 7

Appeared in Year: 2014

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How is the increasing use of technology changing the status of women in Indian society? (Paper-1)

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Increasing Use of Technology and the Status of Women in Indian Society

  • Science and technology is an important secular medium which transcends local boundaries and touches lives of everyone.
  • Science and technology are essential ingredients of modern life.
  • Evolution of mankind can be seen in terms of technological evolution as well. Invention of fire an…

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Question 8

Appeared in Year: 2019

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Can digitalization of Indian Society be considered as an agent of social change? In what manner can it establish a new social order in India?

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Digitization of Indian Society and New Social Order in India

  • There is no dispute over the fact that technology brings far reaching and fundamental changes in our social set up. Our modern society is the outcome and product of modern technology. Its influence on social life is effective in bringing many more changes. Technology including latest digit…

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