Chapter 6 The Challenges of Cultural Diversity 1.What is meant by cultural diversity? Why is India considered to be a very diverse country? Ans. • The term diversity implies differences rather than inequalities. •When we say that India is a nation of great...
Chapter 5 Patterns of Social Inequality and Exclusion 1. How is social inequality different from the inequality of individual? Ans. Individual inequality refers to destructiveness and variations among individuals in their psychological and physical...
Chapter 4 The Market as a Social Institution 1.What is meant by the phrase ‘invisible hand’? Ans. According to Adam Smith, every person looks for his own self-interest and in pursuit of this in-tum works for the self-interest of all . In this sense, there seems...
Chapter 3 Social Institutions: Continuity and Change 1. What is the role of the ideas of separation and hierarchy in the caste system? Ans. The caste system can be understood as the combination of two sets of principles, one based...
Chapter 2 The Demographic Structure of the Indian Society 1.Explain the basic argument of the theory of the demographic transition. Why is the transition period associated with a ‘population explosion’? Ans. Theory of demographic transition suggests that...
