NCERT Solutions for Class 11 Sociology Chapter 2 Social Change and Social Order in Rural and Urban Society
NCERT Solutions for Class 11 Sociology Chapter 2 Social Change and Social Order in Rural and Urban Society Class 11 Sociology Chapter 2 NCERT Textbook Questions Solved Question 1. Would you agree with the statement that rapid social change is a comparatively new phenomenon in human history? Give reasons for your answer. Answer: It is estimated that human beings have existed on planet earth for approximately 500.0 (five lakh) years, but they have had a civilised existence for only about 6.0 years. Of these civilized years, it is only in the last 400 years that we have seen constant and rapid changes. Even within these years of change, the pace has accelerated only in the last 100 years. Because the speed with which change happens has been increasing steadily, it is probably true that in the last hundred years, change has been faster in the last fifty years than in the first fifty. And within the last fifty years the world may have changed more in the last twenty years than in the first ...