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Title: TextStructureAndPurpose

Grade: 1400-a Lesson: S2-L1

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Step	Type	Explanation	Answer
1	Problem	According to Indian economist and sociologist Radhakamal Mukerjee (1889–1968), the Eurocentric concepts that informed early twentieth-century social scientific methods—for example, the idea that all social relations are reducible to struggles between individuals—had little relevance for India. Making the social sciences more responsive to Indians’ needs, Mukerjee argued, required constructing analytical categories informed by India’s cultural and ecological circumstances. Mukerjee thus proposed the communalist “Indian village” as the ideal model on which to base Indian economic and social policy. Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?
2	Clue	The details and facts help to draw the main idea of the passage.
3	Sumup	Can you summarize what you’ve understood in the above steps?
4	Choice.A	Choice A is incorrect. The text doesn’t discuss Mukerjee’s early training or his oversight of the implementation of socialpolicies at all.	The text recounts Mukerjee’s early training in the social scientific disciplines and then lists social policies whose implementation Mukerjee oversaw.
5	Choice.B	Choice B is incorrect. The text never discusses any other Indian social scientists.	The text mentions some of Mukerjee’s economic theories and then traces their impact on other Indian social scientists of the twentieth century.
6	Choice.C	Choice C is the correct answer. The text does indeed present Mukerjee’s critique of the social sciences—that they were tooEurocentric—and then provides an example of how he attempted to address the issues he identifi ed: by suggesting a socialscience model based on the Indian village.	The text presents Mukerjee’s critique of the social sciences and then provides an example of his attempts to address issues he identified in his critique.
7	Choice.D	Choice D is incorrect. The text never mentions other social scientists’ responses to Mukerjee’s work.	The text explains an influential economic theory and then demonstrates how that theory was more important toMukerjee’s work than other social scientists have acknowledged.
8	Step:	Correct sentence	The choice that describes the overall structure of the text - The text presents Mukerjee’s critique of the social sciences and then provides an example of his attempts to address issues he identified in his critique.
9	Answer	Choice	C
10	Sumup	Can you summarize what you’ve understood in the above steps?

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Type

Explanation

Answer

Problem

According to Indian economist and sociologist Radhakamal Mukerjee (1889–1968), the Eurocentric concepts that informed early twentieth-century social scientific methods—for example, the idea that all social relations are reducible to struggles between individuals—had little relevance for India. Making the social sciences more responsive to Indians’ needs, Mukerjee argued, required constructing analytical categories informed by India’s cultural and ecological circumstances. Mukerjee thus proposed the communalist “Indian village” as the ideal model on which to base Indian economic and social policy.

Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?

Clue

The details and facts help to draw the main idea of the passage.

Sumup

Can you summarize what you’ve understood in the above steps?

Choice.A

Choice A is incorrect. The text doesn’t discuss Mukerjee’s early training or his oversight of the implementation of socialpolicies at all.

The text recounts Mukerjee’s early training in the social scientific disciplines and then lists social policies whose implementation Mukerjee oversaw.

Choice.B

Choice B is incorrect. The text never discusses any other Indian social scientists.

The text mentions some of Mukerjee’s economic theories and then traces their impact on other Indian social scientists of the twentieth century.

Choice.C

Choice C is the correct answer. The text does indeed present Mukerjee’s critique of the social sciences—that they were tooEurocentric—and then provides an example of how he attempted to address the issues he identifi ed: by suggesting a socialscience model based on the Indian village.

The text presents Mukerjee’s critique of the social sciences and then provides an example of his attempts to address issues he identified in his critique.

Choice.D

Choice D is incorrect. The text never mentions other social scientists’ responses to Mukerjee’s work.

The text explains an influential economic theory and then demonstrates how that theory was more important toMukerjee’s work than other social scientists have acknowledged.

Step:

Correct sentence

The choice that describes the overall structure of the text - The text presents Mukerjee’s critique of the social sciences and then provides an example of his attempts to address issues he identified in his critique.

Answer

Choice

Sumup

Can you summarize what you’ve understood in the above steps?