PAPER-I-2001
SECTION
A
1. Write
short notes on any three of the following (each note should not exceed
200 words):
(a) Sociology
as an interpretative discipline
(b) Manifest
and latent functions
(c) Sources
of legitimacy of power
(d) Emerging
pattern of sex-roles in modern society.
2. Explain
Karl Marx’s conception of class-antagonism. How have the functionalists reacted
to his views?
3. What
is the focus of sociological analysis in the contributions of Emile Durkheim?
Give your answer with the help of any one of his contributions.
4. State
the meaning and characteristics of an ideal type What, according to Max Weber,
is the use and significance of the ideal type in social science research?
SECTION
B
5. Write
short notes on any THREE of the following (Each note should not exceed 200 words):
(a) Types
of Exchange
(b) Incest
taboo
(c) Informal
structure of Bureaucracy
(d) Religion
and Science.
6. Distinguish
between the processes of formal education and socialization. Examine
effectivity in-formal education as an instrument of social change.
7. What
social conditions causes a social movement? Explain, with illustrations, the
career of a social movement.
8. Define
social policy. Evaluate the performance of social policy in modernization of
developing societies.
PAPER-II-2001
SECTION
A
1. Write
notes on any three of the following in not more than 200 words each:
(a) Caste
and Indian polity
(b) Poverty
alleviation programmes
(c) Impact
of West on Indian society
(d) Agrarian
class structure in India.
2. Examine
the role of Arya Samaj and Ramkrishna Mission on reform movements in India.
3. What
factors are responsible for the instability of the Indian family? Will the
family survive the present crisis in modern society?
4. What
is meant by democratic decentralization? Assess the working of panchayati Raj
in India.
SECTION
B
5. Write
notes on any three of the following in not more than 200 words each:
(a) Education
and social mobility
(b) Satya
Sadhak Samaj
(c) Privatization
and globalization
(d) Social
consequences of alcoholism and drug addiction
6. Critically
examine the existing welfare programmes for women in India. Have they
benefitted all sections of women in India?
7. Explain
the concept of secular state and discuss the problems of India as a secular state.
8. Elaborate
the concept of political elite. Explain how social struetural origins of
political elites influence their political orientations.
