PAPER-I-2006
SECTION
A
1. Write
short notes on any three of the following (each note should not exceed 200
words):
(a) Intellectual
background for the emergence of sociology.
(b) Concept of Ideal Type
and its limitations.
(c) Nuclear family and
industrial society.
(d) Vertical society
mobility.
2. Explain
Karl Marx’s theory of social change’. What are the reactions of functionalists
to his views?
3. What
according to Emile Durkheim is the nature of relationship between the
individual and society? Explain this with the help of his analysis of division
of labor in society.
4. What
are the reactions of Robert Merton to the functionalism pioneered by social
anthropologists? Indicate in limitations of his idea of latent functions.
SECTION
B
5. Write
short notes on any three of the following (each note should not exceed 200
words):
(a) Caste-system
as a principle of social stratification.
(b) Structure
of a social movement.
(c) Religion
and Science.
(d) Human
factors involved in directed social change.
6. “Education
is one of the basic activities for the continued existence and development of a
society”. Elaborate this statement.
7. Explain
the idea of social responsibility of science. Analyse the social consequences
of development of science and the social consequences of development of science
and technology in the context of removal of backwardness in developing
societies.
8. State
significance of social policy in social development. Under what conditions a
social policy fails to be effective in its performance?
