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Indian SocietyEXAMINEYear 201715 Marks
Concept / Statute•Directive•Institution / Stakeholder
Distinguish between religiousness/religiosity and communalism giving one example of how the former has got transformed into the latter in independent 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: Religiosity vs Communalism, Identity Politics, Communal Mobilization
Recurring Theme Trend: “Religiosity vs Communalism”
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