Category: Sociology Optional

  • What is an Acculturation – Explained with Examples

    It is clearly evident that many communities practice different religion and customs stay together in one country. Acculturation is a basic process in which people of different cultures meet people of different cultures. In the process of meeting them, they tend to know each other’s norms, beliefs, customs, values, and behavior. It can be understood…

  • Tribes and Adivasi – Characteristics, Cultures, Societies

    Tribes,  Adivasi, Characteristics, Cultures, Societies The word ‘tribe’ takes its origination from the old French tribe, referring Roman Ancient States (Ramnes, Tities, Luceres). Historically Tribes have existed as social groups comprising of distinct people dependent on their regional land for their livelihood and their self-sufficiency makes them partially independent of being integrated into the national…

  • Types of Social Roles: Meaning and Examples

    Types of Social Roles: Meaning and Examples

    Man is a social animal. Human beings interact with each other in their day-to-day lives and the lives of different people in the society are entangled with each other, in one way or the other. In the society, each of us is related to others through relations, either personal or public. The subject of sociology…

  • Bodoland Statehood Movement- History, Causes and Overview

    “Assam must be divided today or tomorrow to ensure tribal rights as once this land belonged to the tribal of Bodo origin and other ethnic groups” – the Bodo student body insisted. The very statement talks of division, difference, exclusive and separatist minds of individuals. Now, what is the origin of a state? Isn’t it…

  • Basic Concepts and Terms in Sociology -Explained

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  • Child Labour: Types, Reason and Solution

    The future of a nation lies in how it treats the youth population, especially children. Children are considered to be next to almighty and it is such a pleasure to be around them as we get carried away with their innocence. Child labour is not an issue which is restricted only to the Indian Subcontinent,…

  • Industrial Revolution: Causes, Impact and Overview

    The “Industrial Revolution” refers to the major transition of the world that took place during the period 1760–1830, from a completely agrarian, manual, and handicraft economy to a completely mechanized, modern one dominated by technology. The Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain and then spread to France, Germany, the Netherlands, and other countries across the…