{"id":8734,"date":"2017-09-18T23:14:07","date_gmt":"2017-09-18T17:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=8734"},"modified":"2017-09-18T22:19:14","modified_gmt":"2017-09-18T16:49:14","slug":"upsc-mains-2017-sociology-test-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-mains-2017-sociology-test-7\/","title":{"rendered":"UPSC Mains 2017 Sociology Optional Test 7 : Mains Marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/mains-marathon-optional\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archives<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Here is the 7th Mains Marathon Sociology Optional Test.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/ddK7x7\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Sociology Optional Study Plan Mains Marathon<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><u>Topics: <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Religion and Society<\/li>\n<li>Religion and Society (Paper 2)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><u>Time: 3 hours<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>20 questions<\/li>\n<li>Questions include both 20 and 10 markers<\/li>\n<li>Questions have been jumbled up to facilitate smart time management<\/li>\n<li>1 question from Thinkers<\/li>\n<li>1 application-based question<\/li>\n<li>1 question from current affairs (Sociological analysis)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<ol>\n<li>Touch upon the social impact of recently inaugurated Bullet Train. Which sociological thinker, according to you, best explains the relevance of Bullet trains in India? 20 Marks<\/li>\n<li>Can the concept of dialectics be applied to simultaneous co-existence of religious revivalism and secularization? Explain your points with suitable examples. 20 Marks<\/li>\n<li>Define the following with examples from Indian society: Animism, Monism, Pluralism, Sects and Cults. 20 Marks<\/li>\n<li>Write a short note on Marxist approach to environmental degradation. Will communism, in words of Marxists, control ecological degradation? 20 Marks<\/li>\n<li>Define minorities, and extend this definition to explain \u2018religious minorities.\u2019 10 Marks<\/li>\n<li>Write a short note with sociological perspective on \u201cplural society and secularism\u201d. 10 Marks<\/li>\n<li>Secularism seeks not just the autonomy of the individual but also the autonomy of reason. Elucidate. 20 Marks<\/li>\n<li>Can Mead\u2019s concept of self and identity be used to explain stereotyping of certain sections of people, and the consequent mal-integration of these people in the mainstream? Explain 20 Marks<\/li>\n<li>Is secularism a weak ideology? Critically analyse the reasons and implications of anti-secular trends in India. 20 Marks<\/li>\n<li>Write a short note with sociological perspective on \u201cpatterns of secularism and secularization in India.\u201d 20 Marks<\/li>\n<li>To what extent can Emile Durkheim\u2019s sociology of religion be applied to Indian society? Discuss. 20 Marks<\/li>\n<li>Write a short note with Sociological perspective on \u2018religion and science.\u2019 10 Marks<\/li>\n<li>\u201cScience without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind.\u201d Comment in the light of recent developments in India. 20 Marks<\/li>\n<li>Write a short note with sociological perspective on the impact of the merger of Bhartiya Mahila Bank (BMB) with SBI on women empowerment. 10 Marks<\/li>\n<li>\u201cScience and religion are not at odds. Science is simply too young to understand.\u201d Elucidate with reference to some age-old religious practices still being practiced in India. 20 Marks<\/li>\n<li>Religion has given people hope in a world torn apart by religion. Examine sociologically. 20 Marks<\/li>\n<li>Proliferation of sects can be seen as a possible response to relative deprivation. Examine sociologically. 20 Marks<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr \/>\n<p>All Mains Marathon Optional Questions are updated in\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/mains-marathon-optional\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this page<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Archives Here is the 7th Mains Marathon Sociology Optional Test. Sociology Optional Study Plan Mains Marathon Topics: Religion and Society Religion and Society (Paper 2) Time: 3 hours 20 questions Questions include both 20 and 10 markers Questions have been jumbled up to facilitate smart time management 1 question from Thinkers 1 application-based question 1&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-mains-2017-sociology-test-7\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">UPSC Mains 2017 Sociology Optional Test 7 : Mains Marathon<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":4480,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,99],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-public","category-sociology","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/answer-writing-optional.jpg?fit=1000%2C500&ssl=1","views":{"total":613,"cached_at":1612259681},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8734\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}