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#	Question	Subject and topic	Difficulty
5321	Citizens' campaigns for transparency in government contributed to which law passed in 2005?	Sociology State and civil society	Medium
5322	Which description best defines civil society?	Sociology State and civil society	Medium
5323	A government passes an order banning all public meetings and placing newspapers under prior censorship withou…	Sociology State and civil society	Hard
5324	Which colonial-era city grew mainly as a port linking India to the British economy?	Sociology Structural change	Easy
5325	What does de-industrialisation refer to in the colonial Indian context?	Sociology Structural change	Easy
5326	Labourers were recruited from distant regions, often through deception, to work in Assam's tea gardens. This …	Sociology Structural change	Medium
5327	Why did older trading towns such as Surat and Masulipatnam decline during colonial rule?	Sociology Structural change	Medium
5328	A historian notes that a colonial city had separate areas for European residents and for Indians, with better…	Sociology Structural change	Hard
5329	Which sociologist introduced the concept of sanskritisation?	Sociology Cultural change	Easy
5330	A family starts wearing Western clothes, sending children to English-medium schools and eating with knives an…	Sociology Cultural change	Easy
5331	A lower caste in a village gives up eating meat, adopts the sacred thread and follows Brahmin rituals to clai…	Sociology Cultural change	Medium
5332	Why do critics say that sanskritisation does not lead to structural change?	Sociology Cultural change	Medium
5333	A caste that has long faced discrimination publicly celebrates its own traditional festivals and food and rej…	Sociology Cultural change	Hard
5334	Who founded the Arya Samaj?	Sociology Social reform movements and laws	Easy
5335	In which year was the Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act passed?	Sociology Social reform movements and laws	Easy
5336	Which reform organisation founded by Jyotiba Phule directly challenged Brahminical dominance?	Sociology Social reform movements and laws	Medium
5337	According to Satish Saberwal, which of these was one of the three aspects of the modern context that shaped r…	Sociology Social reform movements and laws	Medium
5338	A reformer argues that ancient scriptures did not support child marriage, while also appealing to modern idea…	Sociology Social reform movements and laws	Hard
5339	Which feature distinguishes Fundamental Rights from Directive Principles of State Policy?	Sociology The Constitution and social change	Easy
5340	Which three kinds of justice does the Preamble of the Indian Constitution promise?	Sociology The Constitution and social change	Easy