PERSONALITY TEST – INTERVIEW 2020: SUPER 100 SOCIOLOGY RELATED PRACTICE QUESTIONS

EXPECTED QUESTIONS FROM SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL ISSUES FOR UPSC-CSE INTERVIEW-2020

QUESTIONS

1. What do you study in Sociology as discipline?

(ANSWER: The discipline of sociology speaks about 3 main things.

• The interaction and influence of institutions on each other. e.g. how the institution of religion affects the institution of politics.
• The interaction of individuals with each other and
• The interactions of institutions with each other.)

2. Can you think of any prominent Indian sociologists?
3. Can you explain some predominant theory of N.Srinivas?
4. Do you think the concept of Sanskritization holds much importance in the contemporary world?
5. What do you understand by gender bias? Is it female specific?
6. What role does culture play in gender bias?
7. Tell us the Difference between sex and gender?
8. Who is called Father of Indian Sociology and why?
9. Generally Sociology and Anthropology are considered as twin sisters. What is your opinion?
10. Do you think that Durkheim’s understanding of Social fact is an obstacle to human rights concerns?
11. Tell us the factors that changed the role of women in today’s society?
12. Do you think Functionalist theory is still relevant?
13. How relevant is the theory of Deviance by Robert Merton in explaining Naxalism?
14. What do you understand by formalism?
15. How women related crimes are influencing the society?
16. Being an IAS officer how Sociology will help you address the social issue on Ground level?
17. Do you think Political Parties are contributing in consolidation of caste system in society?
18. How social exclusion is influences different dimensions in the society?
19. Women still experience a number of inequalities in the labour market, what are the different measures in your opinion should be taken to upgrade their level?
20. How a social movement is different from revolution ?
21. How Pressure groups can contribute to government effectiveness?
22. What is the
23. Basic difference you find between Karl Marx and Max Weber analysis of social stratification?
24. What do you understand by the formal categorization of informal or unorganized labour force?
25. Tell us how vertical mobility and horizontal mobility influences our society?
26. Do you think that innovations in work has affected stratified social positions in Indian society?

27. What does conflict theory says about the inequality in the society?
28. What do you think is the most influencing factor in preference of nuclear family over joint family?
29. How do you see the social aspect of Religion?
30. What according to you is the most important factor in democratization of society?
31. How Digitization has established a new social order in the Indian Society?
32. Are we a secular society?
33. Give some references of secularism in Indian context.
34. Do you think that religion play similar role in the various aspects of social life in pluralistic societies like India and USA?
35. Freedom in selection of partner for marriage is still restricted in most of the societies. Do you think that this is an influencing factor for increasing cases of Divorce and unhealthy family atmosphere?
36. How Religion and Science go hand in hand in Indian Society?
37. What is your views on “ live-in-relationship” ?
38. What is the relevancy of “ development and dependency” theory in modern world?
39. Tell us something about religious revivalism.
40. Tell us what do you understand by politicization of caste system?
41. What would have been the scenario if there was NO policy of Isolation for PVGTs?
42. Tell us about the modern/ new form of untouchability in modern Indian society?
43. Modernization if Indian tradition has led to what kind of social change?
44. What all changes/transformation that Indian Villages are going through?
45. How relevant is the Louis Dumont’s idea of Homo Hierarchies in modern society?
46. Tell us five points on the functionalist perspective on Caste system In India?
47. What are the issues faced in developmental Planning?
48. How do you find the role of state as an agent of social change in the Indian Society?
49. What are the different factors responsible for upgrading the status of women in the society?
50. How do you think that problems of Hindu Minority in North Eastern states of India can be dealt with?
51. What do you think the reason for casteism still persists in modern Indian Society?
52. What, according to you, are the institutional causes of illiteracy and disparities in education? Are they changing?
53. What according to you are the factors not allowing functioning of democracy to become successful in in the Indian Society?
54. What is your opinion on the impact of new reservation policy for EWS on the Social Fabric of Indian Society?
55. Do you think that ASER report is important and why it is important?

56. How ASER report can be used to improve the education system in India
57. How reservation in the Jobs can be supplemented?
58. Is there any necessity for the reservation in the promotion?
59. How the Digital India is bridging the gap between India and Bharat ?
60. How do you see the Relevance of Kumbh?
61. What do you think about the need of Population Control in India?
62. In recent news, there has been several cases of Mob Lynching. Being and IAS officer how would you take initiative to address this issue?
63. Tell us the basic difference between Socialism and Communalism?
64. Tell us the basic difference between Ambedkar and Gandhian Perspective on Untouchability?
65. How Yogendra singh’s thesis on Modernization of Indian Tradition is relevant in present day society?
66. Do you think that R. Desai’s perspective to the study of Indian society is relevant?

67. CURRENT ISSUES: The Supreme Court advocated some important steps to avoid gender stereotypes while setting aside the Madhya Pradesh High Court order. Now it is time for us to work towards its implementation. The Court mentioned that aWoman ‘cannot be herself’ in an ‘exclusively masculine society, with laws framed by men’. What is your view on this?
68. Do you think that Addressing Women’s challenges in an economy is more important than incentivising women’s domestic care work?
69. Do you think that Lack of gender sensitivity by the judiciary is one of the fundamental reasons for the worsening security of Women in India?
70. The Medical Termination of Pregnancy Bill 2020 Continues to ignore Pregnant person’s rights. What is your view on this?
71. What are the challenges faced by women while expressing their vulnerable conditions? Being a Man/women how do you look at this? What changes would you bring in to deal?
72. Why the legislature enacted the POCSO Act?
73. What are the social benefits of schemes like Pradhanmantri Matru Vandan Yojana?
74. Do you agree that The Early Child Development [ECD] is important for the future healthy minds and workforce in the country?
75. What is Hackman Equation?

(Heckman’s equation says that ” A society will get a higher rate of returns if it invests in the early years of children’s lives”.  It works by the following formula: Invest + Develop + Sustain = Gain)

76. Recently, Kamal Haasan’s political party, Makkal Needhi Maiam, proposed a due recognition to homemakers. The Political party included payment for homemaker’s domestic work as a part of their election manifesto.  Payment to domestic care work was first demanded by the Third National Women’s Liberation Conference, in England in 1972. Is it a new concept to India?
77. What is your say on Paying women for domestic and care work will not reduce or redistribute their burden. It will only lead to mere recognition of their efforts?
78. How Faultyunderstanding of the triple talaqlaw i.e., Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act of 2019, as well as the Islamic law on divorce is leading to misuse of the act?
79. Uttar Pradesh recently passed an ordinance which criminalizes inter­faith marriages, which is against the exercise of the free will of individual citizens in India. How it is going to impact on social front?
80. What are the issues related to these new laws?
81. How the issues related to caste, class, and gender promotes sexual violence in rural India?
82. The Maharashtra Shakti Bill, 2020,and the Special Court and Machinery for Implementation of Maharashtra Shakti Criminal Law, 2020 have been criticized by prominent women’s rights advocates for being “draconian. What are the concerns related to new laws?
83. What is the term ‘Love Jihad’ or ‘Romeo Jihad’? Do you think it really it exists? And can be dealt with Anti-conversion law at central level?
84. How do you see the impact of lockdown on the females?
85. What are the impacts of early marriage on Individual and society?
86. Why the Indian judicial system is alleged gender insensitive?
87. Infrastructure development and capacity building of the anganwadi remains the key to improving the programme, the standards of all its services need to be up-scaled. In what areas the ICDS programme lagging?
88. What are government initiatives for improving nutrition in India? What are the loopholes in government policies?
89. What is the importance of land rights for women?
90. Can you quote some DISTINCT social problems of your district? How do you plan to solve them?
91. Which Sociologist do you think is most relevant in contemporary times?
92. What are the influences of daily serials on family relations & social structure?
93. Can you make a sociological analysis of “sabka saath sabka vikas”?
94. Do you think working women are really empowered?
95. Do you think that international women’s day celebrations have got degraded to mere tokenism?
96. According to you what are the important components of a social policy to ensure the inclusion of transgender in the mainstream society?
97. Do you agree with the concept of poverty in India is a social product rather than a natural phenomenon?
98. Recently, there has been lot of criticism and panic regarding migration due to pandemic in India, what do you think was the factor that created such panic scenario in the country?
99. What is cultural Revivalism?
100. Are we a Cultural Relative society?

 

(To be Continued….)