NCERT Class 11 Sociology Understanding Social Institutions
EXERCISES 1. Note what are the marriage rules that are followed in your society. Compare your observations with that made by other students in the class. Discuss. 2. Find out how membership, residence pattern and even the mode of interaction changes in the family with broader…
NCERT Class 11 Sociology Terms Concepts And Use In Sociology
EXERCISES 1. Why do we need to use special terms and concepts in sociology? 2. As a member of society you must be interacting with and in different groups. How do you see these groups from a sociological perspective? 3. What have you observed about the stratification system…
NCERT Class 11 Sociology Sociology And Society
EXERCISES 1. Why is the study of the origin and growth of sociology important? 2. Discuss the different aspects of the term ‘society’. How is it different from your common sense understanding? 3. Discuss how there is greater give and take among disciplines today. 4. Identify…
NCERT Class 11 Sociology Social Structure Stratification and Social Processes in Society
EXERCISES 1. Discuss the different tasks that demand cooperation with reference to agricultural or industrial operations. 2. Is cooperation always voluntary or is it enforced? If enforced, is it sanctions or is the strength of norms that ensure cooperation? Discuss with…
NCERT Class 11 Sociology Social Change and Social Order in Rural and Urban Society
EXERCISES 1. Would you agree with the statement that rapid social change is a comparatively new phenomenon in human history? Give reasons for your answer. 2. How is social change to be distinguished from other kinds of change? 3. What do you understand by ‘structural change’?…
NCERT Class 11 Sociology Introducing Western Sociologists
EXERCISES 1. Why is the Enlightenment important for the development of sociology? 2. How was the Industrial Revolution responsible for giving rise to sociology? 3. What are the various components of a mode of production? 4. Why do classes come into conflict, according to Marx…
NCERT Class 11 Sociology Indian Sociologists
EXERCISES 1. How did Ananthakrishna Iyer and Sarat Chandra Roy come to practice social anthropology? 2. What were the main arguments on either side of the debate about how to relate to tribal communities? 3. Outline the positions of Herbert Risley and G.S. Ghurye on the…
NCERT Class 11 Sociology Environment and Society
EXERCISES 1. Describe in your own words what you understand by the term ‘ecology’. 2. Why is ecology not limited only to the forces of nature? 3. Describe the two-way process by which ‘social environments’ emerge. 4. Why and how does social organisation shape the relationship…
NCERT Class 11 Sociology Culture And Socialisation
EXERCISES 1. How does the understanding of culture in social science differ from the everyday use of the word ‘culture’? 2. How can we demonstrate that the different dimensions of culture comprise a whole? 3. Compare two cultures with which you are familiar. Is it difficult…
NCERT Class 11 Sociology Doing Sociology Research Methods
EXERCISES 1. Why is the question of a scientific method particularly important in sociology? 2. What are some of the reasons why ‘objectivity’ is more complicated in the social sciences, particularly disciplines like sociology? 3. How do sociologists try to deal with these…