Chapter 8
Cultural change
1. Very short Q&A:
(a) Fill in the blanks:
Question 1: Social change is the change of social.
Question 2: Sociologists first replaced the concept of culturalization with the concept of Brahminization.
Question 3: The people of the caste called the process assumed only by the Brahmins as Brahminization.
Question 4: Who was the inventor of the concept of Westernization?
Question 5: Who was the first sociologist to discuss modernization ?
Question 6: Expansion of modern education and industrialization are the two main factors of modernization.
Question 7: He was the first sociologist to discuss the concept of acculturation .
8. It is a process contrary to religion.
Question 9: As soon as the improvement of religion is loosened, the bonds of religion are loosened.
10.: Customs introduced and recorded by government or political authorities
are called r .
2. 2. Judging right and wrong:
Question 1: The British improved the transport system in India for their business.
Question 2: Urbanization has improved the agricultural economy.
Question 3: The identity of foreignness is the main characteristic of the city.
Question 4: People are known by their collective identity rather than by the identity of their individual presence in the city.
Question 5: Industrialization has reduced the influence of the caste system.
Question 6: The process of modernization is a globalization process.
Question 7: Modernization does not change the entire social structure of society with established values.
Question 8: Modernization has led to urbanization and industrialization.
Question 9: Modernization is an external revolutionary method.
Question 10: The process of Westernization is external and materialistic.
3. 3. Choose the correct answer from the following:
Question 1: Raja Rammohan Roy gave birth to the 'Atmi Sabha' in Bengal in
(a) In 1815
(a) In the 1820s
(a) In 1825
(a) In 1868
Who established Vedanta College in Calcutta in 1825?
(a) M.Sc. N.S. Srinivasa
(b) Raja Rammohan Bai
(c) Dayananda Saraswati
(d) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar.
Question 3: Who is the author of the book 'Marriage and Family Life in Mysore'?
(a) Raja Rammohan Roy
(b) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(c) Dayananda Saraswati
(d) M.Sc. N.S. Srinivasa.
Question 4: You mention a process called 'colonization' which includes both Westernization and acculturation.
(a) M.Sc. N.S. Srinivasa
(b) Altach Syed Hussain
(c) N.S. Prasad.
(d) S.S. C.S. Dubey.
Which century is called the Dark Ages in the history of Hinduism?
(a) 15th century
(b) 16th century
(c) 17th century
(d) 18th century.
Question 6: In which year was the Brahma Samaj established?
(a) In the 1820s
(b) In 1821
(c) In 1822
(d) In 1823.
Question 9: Who sponsored the establishment of the Prayer Society?
(a) Ramakrishna Paramahansa
(b) Swami Dayananda Saraswati
(c) Raja Rammohan Roy
(d) Keshav Chandra Sen.
10. Who opposed child marriage and satidah?
(a) The Brahmin community
(b) The prayer community
(c) In the Aryan society
(d) The Ramakrishna Mission.
4. The Short Q&A:
Q1: What is meant by acculturation?
Q.2 What is meant by Brahminization?
Question 3: Define the law.
Question 4: List the different components of acculturation.
Q.5 What do you mean by the process of social change?
Question 6: Name two factors of modernization.
Q7: What is meant by entrepreneurship?
Q.8 What is urbanization?
Q.9 What is modernization?
Q10: What do you mean by social reform movement?
5. Essay-like Q&A:
Question 1: Discuss the different characters of modernization.
Question 2: Write about the relationship between modernization and social change.
Question 3: Describe the main characteristics of Westernization.
Question 4: State the various characteristics of acculturation.
Question 5: Discuss the various changes brought about by the Westernization process in Indian society.
Question 6: Discuss how acculturation has changed the Indian caste system.
Q.7 Briefly write about the impact of Westernization on Indian society.
Question 8: How has Westernization influenced the caste system of Indian society?
Q.9 What are the different characteristics of secularism?
Question 10: 'India is a secular state' Based on the above statement, state the secular policy of India.
Question 11. Discuss the changes that have taken place in India as a result of the social reform movement.
Question 12: How did secularism affect the caste system in India?
Question 13. Describe the changes in Indian society as a result of secularism.
Question 14: State the differences between cultural and Westernization.
Question 15: Discuss the role of modern education in the modernization process in India.
Q.16 What are the changes brought about by the law in Indian culture?
Question 17: State the characteristics of the Indian social reform movement.
