Maharashtra HSC Sociology case studies
Maharashtra HSC Sociology · Put your knowledge to work in context.
Sociology is one of the elective subjects in the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examination, taken at the end of Class 12. Candidates usually choose it alongside Arts, or as an elective within a broader combination, and it suits students who are comfortable reading, defining terms and writing structured answers in English or Marathi, depending on the medium of instruction. The Maharashtra HSC Sociology case studies are 5 cases and about 3,026 words.
1The Reserved Seat and the Landed Families
In a semi-arid village in Vidarbha, 240 households cluster around one irrigation tank. Two landowning Maratha families hold about 60 per cent of the irrigated land, while 40 Dalit (Mahar) households mostly work as agricultural labourers.
663 words, about 3 min2The One-Week Dropout Survey
A Class XII student in Pune wants to study why students drop out after Class X. She has one week and no budget.
594 words, about 3 min3Rohit Between Grandmother and English-Medium School
A 14-year-old boy, Rohit, moved from a village in Satara to a one-room tenement in Mumbai three years ago. His parents work 12-hour shifts in a warehouse; he lives mostly with his grandmother, who speaks only Marathi and insists on daily puja.
573 words, about 3 min4The Steel Plant, the Sacred Grove and the Gram Sabha
A block in Gadchiroli, Maharashtra, has 300 mostly Gond and Madia households who depend on forest produce, mahua and shifting cultivation. A highway is being widened and a steel plant needs 400 hectares, including a sacred grove and a kotha (youth dormitory).
618 words, about 3 min5The District with Twenty-Two Ultrasound Clinics
In a district in Marathwada, the child sex ratio (0-6 years) fell from 940 girls per 1,000 boys in 2001 to 870 in 2011. The district has 22 registered ultrasound clinics; a health worker's records show that of 300 pregnancies in four villages, 60 ended in 'miscarriage' after the family visited a clinic in the district town.
578 words, about 3 min