The Challenges of Cultural Diversity — Sociology STD 12 Humanities — Question

How new technologies speeded up various forms of communication?

In India it is difficult to make a clear distinction between the old and new social movements. Discuss.

Trace the growth of Television highlighting the impact of Globalisation on Television.

Read the passage given below and answer the associated questions.
We have a parliamentary and a legal system, a police and educational system built very much on the British model. We drive on the left side of the road like the British. We have "bread-omelette" and "cutlets" as menu offered in many roadside eateries and canteens. A very popular manufacturer of biscuits is actually named after Britain. Many school uniforms include neck-ties. We often admire the west and as often resent it. These are just some of the many and complex ways that British colonialism lives on in contemporary India.

1. What is colonialism?
2. In what way colonialism has effected our lives?

Write a note on the beginning of modern mass media. What were its effects?

In what ways does globalisation affect culture? What impact has it had on wornen?

Colonialism introduced a wide range of change in every sphere, be it legal or cultural or architectural. Justify the statement with examples.

How has liberalisation affected employment patterns in India?

Choose any occupation you see around you – and describe it along the
following lines:

1. Social composition of the work force – caste, gender, age, region;
2. Labour process – how the work takes place,
3. Wages and other benefits,
4. Working conditions – safety, rest times, working hours etc.

Discuss in detail the socio-economic consequences of Green Revolution.