QUESTION 20
GS1
15 marks
How does Indian society maintain continuity in traditional social values? Enumerate the changes taking place in it.
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11 min
250 words
What the examiner wants
Explain how Indian society keeps its traditional values going, then list the changes now happening.
Explain + EnumerateMake clear how and why it happens: causes, process, and an example for each point. List the points, each with a one-line explanation.
Demand-wise check
- 1Mechanisms of continuity: family and kinship, religion and rituals, festivals, caste networks, oral traditions, adaptability (absorbing new ideas)≈50 words
- 2Changes: nuclear families, inter-caste marriages, women's work and education, individualism, urbanisation, digital media≈50 words
- 3Continuity in new forms: online matrimony by caste, festivals on social media≈50 words
- 4Conclusion: change within continuity≈50 words
Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.
Answer plan
IntroMechanisms of continuityEnumerated changesHow both coexistConclusion
Where marks usually go
- Only listing changes and missing how continuity is kept
- No examples, e.g. caste-wise matrimonial sites or festivals kept alive over video calls
Draw this
- Two columns: continuity / change, with an overlap box
Value addition
- ThinkerYogendra Singh's 'Modernization of Indian Tradition' (1973) argues that Indian society modernises while keeping its traditions.Yogendra Singh, 1973
- DataInter-caste marriages are still only about 5–6% of all marriages.India Human Development Survey (IHDS)
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Reviewed public-source references related to this PYQ. Same-syllabus references are labelled separately.
- Akansh Dhull · AIR 3 · Page 35 ↗Reviewed PYQ reference
- Ritika Chitlangia · Page 22 ↗Reviewed PYQ reference
- Ajay R Raj · AIR 109 · Page 9 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Akansh Dhull · AIR 3 · Page 15 ↗Same syllabus reference
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