Chapter 7: Cultural Change

Important Questions

1. Differentiate between the western and Indian sense of secularism. (CBSE 2014)

2. How has Casteism influenced politics? (CBSE 2016)

3. What ideas of society did the Dharma Sabha project? (CBSE 2019)

4. Modernisation and Secularisation are part of a set of modern ideas. How are the two processes linked? (CBSE 2019)

5. Process of sanskritization encourages inequalities and discrimination. Explain. (CBSE 2014, 2019)

Sample Questions

1. Elaborate on three aspects of change in Colonial India as stated by Satish Saberwal. (CBSE 2015)

2. Write short notes on:
i. Rites and secularisation
ii. Caste and secularisation
iii. Gender and sanskritisation

3. Why western education was introduced in India by colonial government?

4. What do you mean by secularization of caste?

5. How secularization can be checked in western countries?

6. Write about the various characteristics of modernization.