Change and Development in Rural Society — Sociology STD 12 Humanities — Question

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

How new technologies speeded up various forms of communication?

Read the given passage and answer the following questions: Speech by Ankush Kale, who was born in a Pardhi community, at a public meeting The Pardhis are very skillful hunters. Yet society recognises us only as criminals... Our community has to undergo police torture under the charge of theft. Wherever there is a theft in the village, it is we who got arrested. The police exploit our womenfolk and we have to witness their humiliation. Society tries to keep us at a distance because we are called thieves. But have people ever tried to give us a thought? Why do our people steal? It is this society that is responsible for turning us into thieves. They never employ us because we are Pardhis.Source: Sharmila Rege, Writing Caste/Writing Gender: Narrating Dalit women’s testimonies (Zubaan/Kali, New Delhi, 2006).

1. What kind of treatment are the Pardhis given by society? Why does the writer object to this?
2. Is it true that women of tribal communities are more vulnerable? Why do you think this is the case?
3. Discrimination and prejudice of the sort faced by the Pardhis can often result in the emergence of social movements. Discuss any example of such a social movement that you know about.

Trace the changes that have been occurring in the Newspaper Industry.

Discuss main features of social movements.

Enumerate different levels at which Sanskritisation as a concept has been criticised.

Explain the structural changes seen in the period of colonialism.

Are global interconnections new to India and the World? Give reasons.

In the account of brickmaking, bidi rolling, software engineers or mines that are described in the boxes, describe the social composition of the workers. What are the working conditions and facilities available? How do girls like Madhu feel about their work?

Explain contract farming and also highlight its advantages.