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Unit 10 of the CBSE Class 11 Sociology paper carries 12 marks out of 80. CBSE lists four sub-topics, one for each of four sociologists. It is the last chapter of the course.
What did G.S. Ghurye say about caste and race?
Ghurye’s response to Risley’s race theory of caste, and his six features of caste, in order.
What was the tribes debate?
Whether tribes should be protected from the mainstream or brought into it. Both sides are set out — the protectionists and the nationalists, with Ghurye’s view of tribes as “backward Hindus”.
What is D.P. Mukerji’s idea of living tradition?
For D.P. Mukerji, Indian tradition is not fixed but living, and it changes through anubhava — personal experience — the principle of change he named.
What did A.R. Desai and M.N. Srinivas argue?
A.R. Desai on the myth of the welfare state, and Srinivas and Dumont on the Indian village — why they read the same village so differently.
What else is in the file
- Chapter at a glance — a one-page mind map of the whole chapter
- A 27-term glossary of every definition the paper can ask for
- 19 questions solved with full model answers — board-pattern MCQs, passage-based and long answers (including all nine NCERT exercises), 1, 2, 4 and 6 markers
- A revision tracker to tick off each topic as read, practised and revised
The file
- Format: PDF, A4 — works on a phone and prints cleanly
- Length: 36 pages plus cover
- Delivery: instant download link after payment, plus a copy by email
- Free updates: if CBSE changes the syllabus or a correction goes in, the updated file is sent to you at no cost. You never pay twice for the same chapter.
By Aditi Ojha (Savvy Ma’am) — Founder and educator, The Savvy Humanities. Teaching Humanities on YouTube since 2023. These notes pair with the free chapter videos; QR codes inside the file link to them.
