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Worksheetsindian sociologists
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Who was the best known sociologist post independence era?
M.N. Srinivas
L.K. Ananthakrishna Iyer
Sarat Chandra Roy
G. S. Ghurye
A R Desai
where did M.N. Srinivas earn two doctoral degrees from?
one from Bombay University and one from Oxford
one from Bombay University and one from Stanford
one from Delhi University and one from Oxford
one from Delhi University and one from Harvard
The (a) as a site of research offered many advantages to Indian sociology
__________ offered a Marxist analysis of Indian nationalism where he gave prominence to economic processes and divisions of the specific conditions of British colonialism
Srinivas
Desai
Mukherjee
Ghurye
was another ‘accidental anthropologist’ and pioneer of the discipline in India
Ghurye
M.N Srinivas
Sarat Chandra Roy
Mukherjee
________ was probably the first self-taught anthropologist to receive national and international recognition as a scholar and an academician.
Ananthakrishna Iyer
M.N Srinivas
D.P Mukherjee
A.R Desai
Who founded the journal Man in India in 1922, the earliest journal of its kind in India that is still published.
Sarat Chandra Roy
A.R Desai
M.N Srinivas
D.P Mukherjee
Best known, perhaps, for his writings on caste and race, I also wrote on a broad range of other themes including tribes; kinship, family and culture, civilisation and the historic role of cities; religion; and the sociology of conflict and integration
Who am I ?
Desai
Mukherjee
Srinivas
Ghurye
What was Ghurye take on caste?
caste is an institution based on segmental division
Caste society is based on hierarchical division
The institution of caste necessarily involves restrictions on social interaction
Caste also involves differential rights and duties for different castes
Caste is interchangeable
caste give privileges and liberty
Caste restricts the choice of occupation
Caste involves strict restrictions on marriage
The institution of caste depends on your class
Caste is a free will of choice
who used the Marxist approach, he provided a detailed critique of the notion of welfare state and pointed out many of its shortcomings.
Ghurye
Desai
Srinivas
Louis Dumont
rinivas believed that the village was a relevant
social institution
Social geographic aspect
social entity
aspect to experiment on
Which of these dont describe a welfare state?
A welfare state is a positive state. This means that, unlike the ‘laissez faire’ of classical liberal political theory, the welfare state does not seek to do only the minimum necessary to maintain law and order.
The welfare state is a democratic state. Democracy was considered an essential condition for the emergence of the welfare state.
The welfare state is an autoocratic state.It is a mixed state which means it can be positive and negative which might not be able to abide the law and order everytime
A welfare state follows a ‘mixed economy’ means an economy where both private capitalist enterprises and state or publicly owned enterprises co-exist. A welfare state does not seek to eliminate the capitalist market, nor does it prevent public investment in industry and other fields
