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Sociology:Instruction
Paper1:SectionA
Paper1:SectionB
Paper2:SectionA
Paper2:SectionB

Sociology:Instruction
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Paper1:SectionA
Q1.Writeshortanswersofthefollowinginabout150wordseach:
Issociologyascience?Givereasonsforyouranswer.
Discusstherelevanceofhistoricalmethodinthestudyofsociety.
Whatarevariables?Discusstheirroleinexperimentalresearch.
WhichconceptsdidWeberusetoanalysetheformsoflegitimatedomination?
Nosocietycaneitherbeabsolutelyopenorabsolutelyclosed.comment.
Q2.20+20+10Marks
DiscusstheroleofCalvinistethicinthedevelopmentofCapitalism.
Examinetheproblemsofmaintainingobjectivityandvalueneutralityinsocialscienceresearch.
SelfandsocietyaretwinbornExaminethestatementofMead.
Q3.20+20+10Marks
Whyisrandomsamplingsaidtohavemorereliabilityandvalidityinresearch?
DifferentiatebetweenMaxianandWeberiantheoriesofSocialstratification.
HowhadEnlightenmentcontributedtotheemergenceofsociology?

Q420+20+10Marks
Nonpositivisticmethodologyisessentialforunderstandinghumanbehaviour.Discuss.
HowissocialequilibriummaintainedinParsonianframework?
Anomieisrootedinsocialstructure.ExplainwithreferencetoR.K.Mertonscontribution.

Paper1:SectionB
Q5.Writeshortanswersofthefollowinginabout150wordseach:10*5=50
Distinguishbetweenthesocialorganizationofworkinfeudalsocietyandincapitalistsociety.
Ideologyiscrucialforsocialtransformationinademocracy.Discuss.
Distinguishbetweensectsandcultswithillustrations.
Ismaleauthorityabsentinmatrilinealsociety?Discuss.
Explaintherelevanceoftheideaofculturallaginunderstandingsocialchange.
Q6.20+20+10Marks
Educationhelpsinperpetuatingsocialandeconomicinequalities.Criticallyexaminethe
statement.
Explaintheconditionsunderwhichacollectiveactiontransformsintoasocialmovement.
Howdotherulesofdescentandallianceinkinshipdifferfromeachother?Illustrate.
Q7.20+20+10
DefineSecularisation.Whatareitsmajordimensionsinthemodernworld?
theincreasingimportanceofthetertiarysectorhasweakenedtheformalorganizationof
workinrecenttimes.Examinethestatement.
Casteideologyappearstohavestrengtheneddemocracy.Comment.
Q8.20+20+10
Globalizationinvolvesdeterritoriazation.Examinewithreferencetothenationstate.
Examinethedialecticalrelationbetweentraditionandmodernityinthestudyofsocialchange.
ElaboratetheviewsofDurkheimonTheElementaryFormsofReligiousLife.

Paper2:SectionA
Q1Writeshortnoteswithasociologicalperspectiveonthefollowinginabout150
wordseach:10*5=50
VerrierElwinsviewsonfreedomforthetribals.
JyotiraoPhuleasanagrarianradical.
LouisDumontsperspectiveonIndiancastesystem.
HowfarGandhijiwastrustedbytheuntouchables.
Feminizationofpoverty.
Q2.20+20+10
Iscastesystemchanging,weakeningordisintegratinginIndia?
GivesomeoftheimportantstudiesrelatingtothestructuralchangesintheIndianfamily
system.
BroadlycomaparethekinshipsystemofNorthandSouthIndia.
Q3.20+20+10
DiscusstheparadigmofmodernizationofIndiantraditioninanalyzingsocialchangeinIndia.

Whatispatriarchy?HowdoesitaffectthechildsocializationpatterninIndia?
DiscusstheproblemsofelderlyinIndia.Whatarethedifferentperspectivestosolvetheir
problems?
Q4.20+20+10
DiscussMarxistapproachtotheanalysisofIndiannationalism.
WhatarethebasictenetsofHindureligion?IsHinduismbasedonmonotheismorpolytheism?
WhyisitnecessarytoimplementPCPNDTActinIndia?

Paper2:SectionB
Q5.Writeshortnoteswithasociologicalperspectiveonthefollowinginabout150
wordseach:10x5=50
ImportantcomponentsofNationalEducationPolicyinIndia.
MainobjectiveofTribalsubplan(TSP)
Effectofdisplacementthroughdevelopmentontherurallandlessandmarginalfarmers.
IssuesrelatingtotheinformallabourmarketinurbanIndia.
HowfarSrinivassSanskritizationismodernizingforceortraditionalizingforceinunderstanding
thechangesincastesystem?
Q6.20+20+10Marks
Discusstheimpactofpost1970feministmovementonIndianmiddleclass.
WhatarethemajorconcernsofethicidentityandreligiousidentityinIndia?
HowseriousistheproblemoftraffickingagainstwomenandchildreninIndia?
Q7.20+20+10
DiscussB.R.Ambedkarasawisedemocrat.
DiscussthemainfeaturesoffarmersmovementsinindependentIndia.
TowhatextenttheMuslimPersonalLawBoardisinagreementwithIslamicfeministagenda?
Q8.20+20+10
AnalyzeGandhiasamoralist,asceticandmanofactionthroughhisHindSwaraj.
Humandevelopmentapproachaffirmsthateducationandhealthcaregrowtharemore
importantthaneconomicgrowth.DiscussthisissueinthelightofpostliberalizedIndiansociety.
WriteabriefnoteontheFreedomofPress.

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