Sociology: CUET Mock Test - 3 - Humanities/Arts MCQ

Globalisation has been uneven in its impact on states and societies. Globalisation has had a uniform impact on all states and societies. The impact of globalisation has been confined to the political sphere. Globalisation inevitably results in cultural homogeneity.

Globalisation refers to integration of an economy with the other countries based on interdependence. It is a multidimensional concept having political, economic, cultural manifestations. It is the process of exchange of ideas, capital commodities and people.

Colonialism is a practice or policy of control by one people or power over other people or areas, often by establishing colonies and generally with the aim of economic dominance. In the process of colonisation, colonisers may impose their religion, language, economics, and other cultural practices.

Jati is the word most commonly used to refer to the institution of caste in Indian languages. However, it is interesting to note that, increasingly, Indian language speakers are beginning to use the English word caste. The precise relationship between varna and jati has been the subject of much speculation and debate among scholars.

Caste groups are endogamous, i.e.marriage is restricted to members of the group.

Further, this societal whole or system is a hierarchical rather than egalitarian system. Each caste occupies a distinct place, and an ordered rank a particular position in a ladder-like arrangement going from highest to lowest. The hierarchical ordering of castes is based on the distinction between purity and pollution.

Some scholars argue that what we know today as caste is more a product of colonialism than of ancient Indian tradition.

Urbanization and the conditions of collective living in the cities made it difficult for the caste-segregated patterns of social interaction to survive.

The industrial areas of Jharkhand have suffered a dilution of the tribal share of the population. Similar pressure is being felt in Arunachal Pradesh. Today, this interactional process is formed rather than any primordial (Orginal, ancient) characteristics peculiar to tribes. Because the interaction with the mainstream has generally been on terms unfavorable to the tribal communities, many tribal identities today are centered on ideas of resistance and opposition to the overwhelming force of the non-tribal world—the positive impact of successes.

Louis Wirth defined a minority group as "a group of people who, because of their physical or cultural characteristics, are singled out from the others in the society in which they live for differential and unequal treatment, and who therefore regard themselves as objects of collective discrimination". So solidarity of group after experiencing a disadvantage in population.

Tarabai Shinde was a feminist activist who protested patriarchy and caste in 19th century India. She is known for her published work, Stri Purush Tulana, originally published in Marathi in 1882. The pamphlet is a critique of upper-caste patriarchy, and is often considered the first modern Indian feminist text.

India's child sex ratio decreasing since1961, when it first count ,from 976 to 919 .unlike the total sex ratio which fluctuating .it was 941 in 1961 census and now 943 in 2011 census.
This child sex ratio will effect the total sex ratio in coming years.following are the reason for such drastic decrease and low child sex ratio .

1. historically boys born greater than girl child born ,but in past boys child mortality was greater than girl child because of girl child strong immune system .but with development in health sector mortality decline .
2. foeticide and girl child killing -because of son preference ,on the religious basis ,advance ultrasonic tech made it more easy to know sex of foetus .
3. global warming -male sex chromosome able more chance to survive in high temp.
4. urbanisation and increase middle class -where small families consider good and son preference.

Its clear its a matter of grave concern. We need strict laws but with that need to implement them .We have to try to change the social value of society by educating the people .
 

Socialisation process involving our significant others, is important in developing a sense of community identity.

The fertility rate at a given age is the number of children born alive to women of that age during the year as a proportion of the average annual population of women of the same age.

Migration of non tribals in state of Tripura has lead to tribal population share to decrease over the time period as there are many developmental works going on the state which require cutting of forest land so labour out of the state has led to in migration.

Daughters have the liberty to live in their ancestral home or move out, except for the youngest daughter (called khadduh), who is the custodian of the property.

In this regard religion is holy, sacred, absolute, spiritual, divine, or worthy of especial reverence. It is also commonly regarded as consisting of the way people deal with ultimate concerns about their lives and their fate after death.

"According to the functionalism, social institution is a complex set of social norms, beliefs, customs, values and role relationships that arise in response to the needs of society".

Before industrial revolution in 18th century almost all societies were agricultural societies.

It is the loosening of government controls. Although sometimes associated with the relaxation of laws relating to social matters such as abortion and divorce, liberalization is most often used as an economic term. In particular, it refers to reductions in restrictions on international trade and capital.

The worldwide interconnectedness implies to interlink the world through free flow of goods and services, technology, ideas and people across the globe to extend globalisation.

Technology is the vital force in the modern form of business globalization. Technology has revolutionized the global economy and has become critical competitive strategy. It has globalized the world, which drive all the countries to more ethical standards.

Like any Indian, you already know that caste is the name of an ancient social institution that has been part of Indian history and culture for thousands of years. But like any Indian living in the twenty-first century, you also know that something called caste is definitely a part of Indian society today.

These divisions were not very elaborate or very rigid, and only four major divisions were not determined by birth.

Castes also involve sub-divisions within themselves, i.e., castes almost always have sub-castes, and sometimes sub-castes may also have sub-castes.

In 1950 India became a republic.

Colonialism brought about major changes in the institution of caste. Perhaps it would be more accurate to say that the institution of caste underwent fundamental changes during the colonial period.

Perhaps the most common of these are Sanskritisation and dominant caste, both contributed by M N Srinivas but discussed extensively and criticized by other scholars. Sanskritisation refers to a process whereby members of a (usually middle or lower) caste attempt to raise their own social status by adopting the ritual, domestic and social practices of a caste (or castes) of higher status.

The capitalist economy’s drive to exploit forest resources and minerals and to recruit cheap labor brought tribal societies in contact with the mainstream society a long time ago. However, the colonial era’s early anthropological work had described tribes as isolated cohesive communities. Colonialism had already brought irrevocable changes in their world.