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Class 11 Sociology Chapter 5 NCERT Textbook Questions Solved Question 1. How did Ananthakrishna Iyer and Sarat Chandra Roy come to practise social anthropology? Answer: The pioneer of social anthropology in India was L.K. Ananthakrishna Iyer (1861-1937). L.K. Ananthakrishna Iyer was asked by the Dewan of Cochin to assist with an ethnographic survey of the [...]
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Class 11 Sociology Chapter 4 NCERT Textbook Questions Solved Question 1. Why is the Enlightenment important for the development of sociology? Answer: During the late 17th and 18th centuries, Western Europe saw the emergence of radically new ways of thinking about the world. It is referred to ‘The Enlightenment’. The ability to think rationally and [...]
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Class 11 Sociology Chapter 3 NCERT Textbook Questions Solved Question 1. Describe in your own words what you understand by the term ‘ecology’. Answer: All societies have an ecological basis. The term ‘ecology’ denotes the web of physical and biological systems and processes of which humans are one element. Mountains and rivers, plains and oceans, [...]
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Class 11 Sociology Chapter 2 NCERT Textbook Questions Solved Question 1. Would you agree with the statement that rapid social change is a comparatively new phenomenon in human history? Give reasons for your answer. Answer: It is estimated that human beings have existed on planet earth for approximately 500.0 (five lakh) years, but they have [...]
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Class 11 Sociology Chapter 1 NCERT Textbook Questions Solved Question 1. Discuss the different tasks that demand cooperation with reference to agricultural or industrial operations. Answer: Cooperation is an associative social process. It involves individuals or groups working together to achieve their individual or collective goals. Cooperation is universal and continuous process. It involves sympathy, [...]
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Class 11 Sociology Chapter 5 NCERT Textbook Questions Solved Question 1. Why is the question of a scientific method particularly important in sociology? Answer: A science is expected to be objective, factual and verifiable but this is relatively difficult in comparison to physical sciences. Sociologists used scientific method to discover social facts. Like the physical [...]
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Class 11 Sociology Chapter 4 NCERT Textbook Questions Solved Question 1. How does the understanding of culture in social science differ from the everyday use of the word ‘culture’? Answer: Culture refers to widely shared customs, beliefs, values, norms, institutions and other products of a community that are transmitted socially across generations. In social perspective [...]
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Class 11 Sociology Chapter 3 NCERT Textbook Questions Solved Question 1. Note what are the marriage rules that are followed in your society. Compare your observations with those made by other students in the class. Discuss. Answer: In Indian society marriage has been regulated by certain norms. It is an institution for man and woman [...]
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Class 11 Sociology Chapter 2 NCERT Textbook Questions Solved Question 1. Why do we need to use special terms and concepts in sociology? Answer: As opposed to commonsensical knowledge, sociology like any other science has its own body of concepts and methods of data collection. As a social science, sociology does need to have certain [...]
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Class 11 Sociology Chapter 1 NCERT Textbook Questions Solved Question 1. Why is the study of the origin and growth of sociology important? Answer: The study of origin and growth of societies are important in sociology to understand several personal and social issues. England was the centre of industrial revolution. The understanding of how [...]