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Indian SocietyEXAMINEYear 201510 Marks
Concept / Statute•Directive•Institution / Stakeholder
Critically examine whether growing urbanization necessarily results in the breakdown of joint family system in India.
Exact Syllabus Pointer
Salient features of Indian society, diversity, role of women, population, poverty, urbanization, globalization effects, secularism, communalism, regionalism.
Connected Questions Across All Papers
Discovered through overlapping concepts: Joint Family System, Urbanisation & Family, Modified Nuclear Families
Recurring Theme Trend: “Joint Family System”
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