Thinker

Ulrich Beck

Ulrich Beck is central to 16 previous-year questions, spanning 2009 to 2024 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

2009–24Years tested

I & IIPaper

5Syllabus topics

Concepts asked alongside Ulrich Beck

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

individualisation 7risk society 4digital divide 3family diversity 3nuclear family 3changing gender roles 2cohabitation 2modernisation 2nuclearisation 2single-parent family 2technological determinism 2appropriate technologychanging family functionschanging kinshipchild-centred familyconsumerism and lifestylecorporate social responsibilitycultural globalisation

Where Ulrich Beck appears in the syllabus

9. Systems of Kinship7
10. Social Change in Modern Society4
6. Works and Economic Life3
Challenges of Social Transformation1
Systems of Kinship in India1

Every question on Ulrich Beck

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

2024

Modern families have not just become nuclear and neo-local, but also filiocentric. How do you explain this trend ?Paper I · 20 marks · 9. Systems of Kinship

2023

Examine the relevance of corporate social responsibility in a world marked by increasing environmental crises.Paper I · 10 marks · 6. Works and Economic Life

2022

2017

2016

Discuss the contemporary trends in family as a response to social change in modern society.Paper I · 20 marks · 9. Systems of Kinship

2015

The increasing importance of the tertiary sector has weakened the formal organization of work in recent times. Examine the statement.Paper I · 20 marks · 6. Works and Economic Life

2013

2009

What has been the impact of globalisation on the cultural aspect(s) of the family?Paper II · 30 marks · Systems of Kinship in India

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