Thinker
Daniel Thorner
Daniel Thorner is central to 19 previous-year questions, spanning 2009 to 2025 across Paper II. Everything below is drawn from the official papers — the questions themselves, the concepts they test, and where they sit in the syllabus.
19Questions
2009–25Years tested
IIPaper
3Syllabus topics
Concepts asked alongside Daniel Thorner
What the examiner actually wants you to know when this name appears.
agrarian class structure 7abolition of intermediaries 5green revolution 5commercialisation of agriculture 4agrarian differentiation 3consolidation of holdings 3differentiation of peasantry 3land ceiling and redistribution 3tenancy reform 3bullock capitalists 2de-peasantisation 2depeasantisation 2depeasantisation and casualisation 2elite capture 2land ceiling 2agrarian class relationsagrarian creditagrarian hierarchy
Where Daniel Thorner appears in the syllabus
Every question on Daniel Thorner
Each links to a full breakdown — how to approach it, a model answer, and the examiner’s perspective.
2025
- 'Agrarian class structure has been undergoing changes due to modern forces.' Critically examine.
- 'The transfer of land from cultivating to the non-cultivating owners is bringing about transformation in Indian society.' Justify your answer by giving suitable illustrations.
- Bring out various factors responsible for declining of village Industries in India.
2024
2023
- Discuss the challenges faced by the cooperative movements in India. Suggest measures to strengthen the movement at the grass-roots level.
- Discuss the main features of Land Reforms in post-independence India.
- Explain the implications and the impact of globalization in situating the changing agrarian class structure in India.
2022
2021
2019
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