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Cultural Change — Syllabus

Madhya Pradesh Board · Class 12 · Sociology

What Cultural Change covers in Madhya Pradesh Board Class 12 Sociology: 1 topics, for the 2026-27 session. Topics include Modernisation and Secularisation.

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1 Topics · Madhya Pradesh Board Class 12 Sociology · 2026-27

Topics in Cultural Change

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4. Modernisation and Secularisation

  • Modernisation originally referred to improvement in technology and production, but later came to mean the wider path of development associated with west Europe and North America.
  • In India, modernisation developed in a colonial context and therefore had a different history from the west.
  • Modernity assumes universal commitments, cosmopolitan attitudes, science, choice over birth, achieved identity over ascribed identity, and bureaucratic organisation of work.

Key Concepts

Central concept: Cultural change in India under colonial rule and through social reform, modernisation, secularisation, westernisation, and sanskritisation

Social reform movementsSanskritisationWesternisationModernisationSecularisationModern framework of changeTradition and modernityGender and caste

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Key topics in Cultural Change include These were efforts by reformers, Raja Ram Mohun Roy attacked sati, Reformers argued that women needed education, M. Study these first, then practise questions on each for the Madhya Pradesh Board Class 12 board exam.
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