Social Change in Modern Society-Agents of Social Change [IAS (Admin.) Mains Sociology]: Questions 1 - 4 of 4

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Question 1

Appeared in Year: 2015

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Examine the dialectical relation between tradition and modernity in the study of social change. 1

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Dialectical Relation between Tradition and Modernity

  • Tradition, by which we mean value themes encompassing the entire social system of Indian society prior to the beginning of modernization, was organized on the principle of hierarchy, holism, continuity and transcendence. While modernity means a rational transformation of the psychological, social,…

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Question 2

Appeared in Year: 2019

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Social change is not a smooth, orderly progression that gradually unfolds in harmonious evolution. Critically Examine

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Social Change and Harmonious Evolution

  • Social change is an alteration in the social order of a society. Social change may include changes in nature, social institutions, social behaviours, or social relations. Social change may refer to the notion of social progress or sociocultural evolution, the philosophical idea that society moves forward by evo…

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Question 3

Appeared in Year: 2019

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Surrogacy is both a need and source of Income. Comment

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Surrogacy a Need and Source of Income

  • The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill 2016 seeks to ban commercial surrogacy and allow only infertile couples to bear a child using a surrogate mother. The bill aims to restrict surrogacy, and make it available only to limited number of people who satisfy certain criteria.
  • The bill has been criticized for the restricti…

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Question 4

Appeared in Year: 2020

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In the context of Globalization, has the scope of sociology been changing India? Comment.

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The origin of sociology and social anthropology in India can be traced to the days when the British officials realized the need to understand the native society and its culture in the interest of smooth administration.

However, it was only during twenties of the last century that steps were taken to introduce sociology and social anthropology as aca…

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