PAPER
I-1990
Section
A
1. Write
short notes on any three of the following (each answer should not exceed 200
words):
(a) Participant
observation
(b) Bureaucracy and
economic development
(c) Status inconsistency
(d) Conformity and
deviance
2. Alcott
Parsons’ theory of social system has been criticized as a veiled status quoits
ideology. Critically examine valid and justified in this criticism.
3. How
does Marx’s treatment of alienation differ from that of other sociologists?
4. What
does R.K. Merton mean when he admits that not everything works out for the best
of everyone in society? What is his improvement on functional theory?
Section
B
5. Write
short notes on any three of the following (each answer should not exceed 200
words):
(a) Education and
inequality
(b) Directed social
change
(c) Community power
structure
(d) Socialization and
personality
6. Trace
the Psychological and Sociological roots of social movements in society today.
Do social movements facilitate social change?
7. Discuss
the nature and character of voluntary associations. What is their importance in
developing societies.
8. ‘Religion
is said to have emancipated human beings on the one hand but it also alienates
them on the other.’ Bring out the paradoxical functions religion plays in a
modern secular society.
PAPER
II- 1990
Section
A
1. Write
notes on any three of the following in not more than 200 words each:
(a) Basic features of
traditional Hindu social organisation.
(b) Market economy and
Agrarian social structure
(c) Religion and national
integration in India.
(d) Corruption and
Political process
2. Action,
for the Indian is not individualistic but societal. Critically evaluate the
statement.
3. Discuse
the process of mobility that has taken place in the caste structure in India in this context, explain the convergence of caste and class.
4. Critically
assess the role of social legislation in bringing about basic structural
changes it marriage, family and property in India. What are the main obstacles
in evolving a common Civil Code?
Section
B
5. Write
notes on any three of the following is not more than 200 words each:
(a) Cultural factors in
the adoption of family planning in India
(b) Educational
inequality and social change
(c) Sociological
perspective of ‘Right to Work’ in India
(d) Political power and
rural development in India
6. ‘Indian
tradition, today exhibits a form of neo-traditionsalism along with
modernisation.’ Comment.
7. What
are the main social determinants of economic development in India? Examine this question with special reference to the growth of entrepreneurship and the rise
of business houses in India.
8. Critically
evaluate the role of religion and ethniqity in Indian politics since the First
General Electtons in 1952.
