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PYQ- Caste system in India

  1. Caste and social capital (10 marks, 2021)
  2. Relevance of tribe-caste continuum (10 marks, 2021)
  3. Concept of ‘Dominant’ caste (10 marks, 2020)
  4. Explain the reasons of caste violence in India with suitable examples (20 marks , 2020)
  5. Discuss the characteristics of caste system in India (20 marks , 2020)
  6. Debates on ‘Aryan’ invasion (10 marks , 2020)
  7. The Jajmani system and contemporary market economy.(10 marks, 2019)
  8. Give an account of the contributions of Iravati Karve and B. S. Guha to the analysis of race and caste in India.(20 marks, 2019)
  9. Explain the significance of tribe-caste continuum in the present context. (15 marks, 2018)
  10. Discuss the view that caste is not social stratification, but a system of hierarchy. (15 marks, 2018)
  11. Based on historical and contemporary evidences discuss the future of caste system in India. (15 marks, 2018)
  12. Discuss the impact of market economy on the Jajmani system. (20 marks, 2017)
  13. Examine the structural and cultural cultural theories of caste system in india.(20M , 2016)
  14. Relevance of caste in contemporary India.(2016)
  15. What do you understand by the dynamics of Caste mobility? How did the concept of Sanskritization contribute to its functionality? (20Marks 2015)
  16. Critically examine the concept of Tribe – Caste continuum and its relevance in contemporary India. (15Marks 2015)
  17. Define the concept ‘Dominant Caste’ and examine its relevance in the contemporary Indian village with suitable examples. (20Marks 2014) (15Marks – 2011) (S.N – 1999)
  18. Do you think caste persists in contemporary India? Critically discuss. (15Marks 2014)
  19. Tribe Caste continuum (10Marks 2014)
  20. Discuss how Louis Dumont explained caste system.(10Marks – 2013)
  21. What is Jajmani system? Examine the views on Jajmani system as an egalitarian as well as exploitative system. Give reasons for its decline.(25Marks – 2013)
  22. Examine the criticisms on the concept of dominant caste.(15Marks – 2013)
  23. Critically examine the prevalence of caste ideology among religious minorities in the Indian context. (30Marks – 2012)
  24. Gender and Customary Law. (10Marks – 2012)
  25. Gender and Caste. (10Marks – 2012)
  26. Critically examine the theories of Origin of Castes. (15Marks – 2011)
  27. Examine the role of the caste system in the present political context. (15 Marks — 2010)
  28. Is the present political System strengthening the caste system? Discuss. (15 Marks — 2010)
  29. Discuss the salient features of the prevalent hypotheses on the future of the caste system in India (30 Marks — 2009)
  30. Bring out the various features and the importance of the “Dominant Caste” Concept (20 Marks — 2009)
  31. Is Tribe-Caste Continuum a reality or myth? Discuss.(L.Q – 2008)
  32. Tribe Caste continuum. (S.N – 2004)
  33. Jajmani System (S.N – 2007) (S.N – 1998)
  34. Caste as a pattern of social stratification (S.N – 2003) (L.Q. 1989)
  35. Define the Jajmani system. Analyze the changes in the relationship between caste and occupation in contemporary Rural Society (LQ- 2000)
  36. Significance of Varna and Caste (S.N – 1997) * Distinguish between Varna and Caste (S.N 1995) Caste bound occupations Vis-a-Vis Urban professions (S.N – 1993)
  37. Concept of caste as a hierarchical system based on the opposition between “pure and impure”. (S.N – 1991)
  38. Discuss the essential features of the caste system in India. Critically examine its role in the changing social context in contemporary times. (L.Q – 1990)
  39. Concept of purity and caste system (S.N – 1989)
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