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T. K. Oommen

T. K. Oommen is central to 16 previous-year questions, spanning 2011 to 2025 across Paper I and Paper II. Everything below is drawn from the official papers — the questions themselves, the concepts they test, and where they sit in the syllabus.

16Questions

2011–25Years tested

I & IIPaper

5Syllabus topics

Concepts asked alongside T. K. Oommen

What the examiner actually wants you to know when this name appears.

communalism 8secularism 6commercialisation of agriculture 4ethnicity 4capitalist farming 2differentiation of peasantry 2green revolution 2identity politics 2nation building 2regional disparity 2relative deprivation 2religious identity 2agrarian class structureagrarian distressagrarian stratificationagrarian transformationcivic and ethnic nationalismcommunal mobilisation

Where T. K. Oommen appears in the syllabus

Religion and Society (India)6
Rural and Agrarian Transformation in India4
Politics and Society (India)3
Tribal Communities in India2
8. Religion and Society1

Every question on T. K. Oommen

Each links to a full breakdown — how to approach it, a model answer, and the examiner’s perspective.

2025

What do you mean by nation building? What is the role of religion in nation building? Elaborate your answer.Paper II · 20 marks · Politics and Society (India)

2022

Discuss the problems of religious minorities in India and suggest measures to solve them.Paper II · 10 marks · Religion and Society (India)

2021

2018

Write a critical narrative on the concerns of religious minorities in India.Paper II · 20 marks · Religion and Society (India)

2017

2016

2015

What are the major concerns of ethnic identity and religious identity in India?Paper II · 20 marks · Religion and Society (India)

2014

2013

2012

Bring out some positive and negative social consequences of green revolution. How has green revolution changed the rural social structure ?Paper II · 20 marks · Rural and Agrarian Transformation in India

2011

How are the issues of ethnicity and nationalism related ? Discuss in the context of the emergence of ethnonationalism in India.Paper II · 30 marks · Politics and Society (India)

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