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2022 · Sociology · Indian Society/Sociology of India · Village Studies, Communalism and Secularism

Humanities & Social Sciences-Sociology (XH-C6) 2022

Who among the following highlighted the concept of ‘Swaraj’ in the reconstruction of traditional village life?

A

Jawaharlal Nehru

B

Mahatma Gandhi

C

R. Ambedkar

D

Ram Mohan Roy

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2022 · Sociology · Indian Society/Sociology of India · Village Studies, Communalism and Secularism

Humanities & Social Sciences-Sociology (XH-C6) 2022

Which of the following scholars described India’s villages as a ‘den of ignorance, narrow-mindedness and communalism’?

A

R. Ambedkar

B

M.K. Gandhi

C

Jawaharlal Nehru

D

S.S. Jodhka

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2022 · Sociology · Indian Society/Sociology of India · Village Studies, Communalism and Secularism

Humanities & Social Sciences-Sociology (XH-C6) 2022

Match the following:

A

III, B-II, C-V, D-I

B

III, B-IV, C-II, D-I

C

V, B-III, C-II, D-I

D

IV, B-III, C-II, D-V

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2022 · Sociology · Indian Society/Sociology of India · Village Studies, Communalism and Secularism

Humanities & Social Sciences-Sociology (XH-C6) 2022

While writing on the diversity of rural settlements, Bernard Cohn has identified which of the following village patterns?

A

Nucleated Village

B

Hamleted Village

C

Dispersed Village

D

Joint Village

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2023 · Sociology · Indian Society/Sociology of India · Village Studies, Communalism and Secularism

Humanities & Social Sciences-Sociology (XH-C6) 2023

Match the following approaches and village study as given in Column P with Sociologists as given in Column Q:

Column P	Column Q
A   Rampura village	I   Sharmila Rege
B   Indology	II   M.N. Srinivas
C   Marxist approach	III   A.R. Desai
D   Feminist perspective	IV   Irawati Karve

A

III, B-IV, C-I, D-II

B

II, B-IV, C-III D-I

C

II, B-IV, C-I, D-III

D

IV, B-III, C-II, D-I

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2023 · Sociology · Indian Society/Sociology of India · Village Studies, Communalism and Secularism

Humanities & Social Sciences-Sociology (XH-C6) 2023

According to David Pocock, the Indian Jajmani system reflects __________________.

A

Hierarchical collectivity

B

Regulated individuality

C

Egalitarian collectivity

D

Anarchic individuality

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2024 · Sociology · Indian Society/Sociology of India · Village Studies, Communalism and Secularism

Humanities & Social Sciences-Sociology (XH-C6) 2024

Which of the following statement(s) is / are correct?

A

‘Book view’ refers to an understanding of rural India through a study of texts.

B

‘Field view’ refers to a perspective of rural India obtained through Indologists and historians.

C

Indologists have described the village as ‘sink of localism’.

D

The term ‘village republic’ was used to describe the thriving, interconnected traditional rural economy with strong linkages with the city.

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2025 · Sociology · Indian Society/Sociology of India · Village Studies, Communalism and Secularism

Humanities & Social Sciences-Sociology (XH-C6) 2025

Match the following national leaders in Column I with their views on village in Column II.

Column I	Column II
National Leader	Views on Village
L   Jawaharlal Nehru	1   Villages are little republics, independent and yet interdependent.
M   B. R. Ambedkar	2   Village structure is not democratic, and marked by untouchability and exclusion.
N   M. K. Gandhi	3   In traditional village, the functions of each group or caste were related to functions of other castes [...] then society as a whole worked harmoniously. The ultimate weakness and failing of the caste system and the Indian social structure were that they degraded mass of human beings and gave them no opportunities [...]

A

L-2; M-3; N-1

B

L-3; M-2; N-1

C

L-1; M-2; N-3

D

L-1; M-3; N-2

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2026 · Sociology · Indian Society/Sociology of India · Village Studies, Communalism and Secularism

Humanities & Social Sciences - Sociology (XH-C6) 2026

Bernard Cohn classified rural settlements into which one of the following typology of villages?

A

Dispersed, Agnat ed, Hamleted

B

Nucleated, Dispersed, Hamleted

C

Agnated, Nucleated, Clustered

D

Hamleted, Agnat ed, Nucleated

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2026 · Sociology · Indian Society/Sociology of India · Village Studies, Communalism and Secularism

Humanities & Social Sciences - Sociology (XH-C6) 2026

In the 1950s, early postcolonial Indian sociologists focused primarily on which one of the following areas of inquiry?

A

The family

B

The village

C

Religion and communalism

D

Conflict and change

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2026 · Sociology · Indian Society/Sociology of India · Village Studies, Communalism and Secularism

Humanities & Social Sciences - Sociology (XH-C6) 2026

“These colonial reports did not simply present descriptive accounts of the small-sized rural settlements spread across the subcontinent. They also attributed significant value and character to them. For example, the villages in Munro’s and Metcalfe’s writings had been stable systems for centuries and ‘lasted when nothing else lasted.’” (Jodhka and Simpson eds., India’s Villages in the 21^st Century, 2019, p. 3)
The above paragraph points to the colonial view of India’s villages as being ________.

A

sovereign and autonomous

B

on the brink of capitalist integration

C

characterized by a deep sense of egalitarianism

D

characterized by localism, ignorance, and narrow-mindedness

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