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How is Social Inequality Different from the Inequality of Individuals? - Sociology

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प्रश्न

How is social inequality different from the inequality of individuals?

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उत्तर

Individual inequality refers to destructiveness and variations among individuals in their psychological and physical characteristics.

Social inequality refers to a social system where some people are getting the opportunity to make use of the resources and others are not. Some people are at a higher level in terms of wealth, education, health and status while others are at the lowest level. Social inequality gets manifested in the following forms:-

  • Social stratification
  • Prejudices
  • Stereotypes
  • Discrimination
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What is Social About Social Inequality and Exclusion?
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पाठ 5: Patterns of Social Inequality and Exclus - Exercise [पृष्ठ १११]

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एनसीईआरटी Sociology - Indian Society [English] Class 12
पाठ 5 Patterns of Social Inequality and Exclus
Exercise | Q 1 | पृष्ठ १११

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

How would you distinguish prejudice from other kinds of opinion or belief?


What is social exclusion?


The ways in which individuals may become cut-off from full involvement in the wider society is known as ____________.


Social stratification persists over ____________.


Scholars have shown that the inequalities between men and women are ____________ rather than ____________.


Unequal access to social resources is commonly called ______.


The sociological perspective on race ______.


People often harbour what about other social groups?


Social inequality and exclusion are social because they are about ______.


Which of the following is the form of capital of social resources?


These social resources can be divided into three forms of capital - economic capital in the form of material assets and income; cultural capital such as educational qualifications and status; and ______ in the form of networks of contacts and social associations. 


Unequal access to social resources is commonly called?


Inequalities between men and women according to the scholars are not ______ but ______? 


Who wrote Stree Purush Tulane?


It refers to the way in which individuals may become cut-off from complete involvement in the wider society


A person from a well-off family can afford expensive higher education. Someone with influential relatives and friends may through access to good advice, recommendations, or information management get a well-paid job. Which of the following is true in the given context?

  1. There are multiple forms of capital.
  2. Different forms of capital cannot be converted into the other.
  3. The forms of capital overlap.

“In both English and Indian fictional writings, we often encounter an entire group of people classified as ‘lazy’ or ‘cunning’.” What are the problems with such a classification?


In every society, some people have a greater share .of valued resources-money, property, education, health and power- than others. These social resources can be divided into three forms of capital.

Which of the following is not a form of capital?


Stereotypes fix whole groups into single ______ categories, they refuse to recognize the ______ across individuals and across context or across time.


“If hard labour were such a good thing the rich would keep it all for themselves. All over the world, back-breaking work like stone breaking, digging, carrying heavy weights, pulling rickshaws or carts is invariably done by the poor. And yet they rarely improve their life chances.” Which social phenomena is reflected in this proverb? Give any two characteristics of this phenomena.


Person from a well-off family can afford expensive higher education. Someone with influential relatives and friends may - through access to good advice, recommendations or information - manage to get a well paid job.

Which concept is being talked of? 


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