Highlight the condition of migrant workers in industries by givin

Subject

Sociology

Class

CBSE Class 12

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 Multiple Choice QuestionsShort Answer Type

21.

What transformations took place in the rural society in post-Independent India?

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22.

What powers and responsibilities have been delegated to the Panchayats?

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23.

Give two examples of Dalit Movements.

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24.

Highlight the condition of migrant workers in industries by giving suitable examples.


  1. Commercialization of agriculture has been responsible for the growth of migrant agricultural labour. Seasonal demand for agricultural labour increased in prosperous Green Revolution regions such as Punjab.
  2. Seasonal migration emerged in which thousands of workers circulate between their home villages and more prosperous areas where there is more demand for labour and higher wages.
  3. Labourers migrate also due to the increasing inequalities in rural areas from the mid-1990s, which have forced many households to combine multiple occupations to sustain themselves.
  4. Jan Breman has termed the migrant workers as 'Footloose labour' However, these landless workers do not have many rights and are also denied minimum wages.
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 Multiple Choice QuestionsLong Answer Type

25.

If capitalism became the dominant economic system in the colonial period, nation-states became the dominant political form. Explain how this process took place.

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26.

Highlight the sources of conflict between national development and tribal development.

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27.

Describe the changes that have been happening in the medium of television.

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