SOCIOLOGY
PAPER I – 1982
Section
A
1. Write
short notes on any three of the following (Each answer should not exceed 200
words):-
(a) Sucide as a social
fact.
(b) Decent and Kinship as
social networks.
(c) Modernization and
intergenerational mobility.
(d) Suitability of questionnaire
for data collection in developing societies.
2. How
far do you agree with the view that while neopositivism reduces sociology
measurement, functionalism directs attention towards meaning? Can functionalism
explain dynamic social processes?
3. Discuss
the utility of Max Weber’s ideal type as a methodological tool. Explain how
Weber uses the ideal type procedure to depict the authority patterns.
4. In
social stratification a particular form of social inequality? Analyse the role
of wealth, power and status in the perpetuation of stratification systems in
the society.
Section
B
5. Write
short notes on any three of the following (Each should not exceed 200 words):-
(a) Pressure groups and
economic development.
(b) Industrialization and
regional imbalances.
(c) Social movements and
the uplift of the weaker sections.
(d) Indoctrination and
educational processes.
6. Discuss
the role of participative decision making in formal and informal organizations.
Is it possible to have workers’ participation in industrial organizations?
7. Distinguish
between science and religion. Examine religion as a functional and
dysfunctional factor in the contemporary society.
8. Analyse
Marxian theory of social change. Is it useful to comprehend the changes in the
developing societies?
SOCIOLOGY
PAPER II-1982
Section
A
1. Write
notes on any three of the following is not more than 200 words on each:
(a) Continuity and change
in India.
(b) Agrarian and
industrial class structure.
(c) Intergenerational gap
and youth unrest.
(d) Decentralization of
power and political participation.
2. What
are the features of economic development? Outline the social determinants and
consequence of economic development in India.
3. Discuss
the changing political relations in rural India in the context of democratic
decentralization.
4. Critically
examine the view that joint family organization in India is changing over to
nuclear family.
Section
B
5. Write
notes on any three of the following is not more than 200 words on each:
(a) Education and society
mobility.
(b) Direction of tribal
change.
(c) Socio-cultural dimensions
of Indian villages
(d) Westernization and
modernization.
6. Discuss
industrialization and urbanization as inter related factors of social change in
India.
7. What
is a social movement? Discuss with examples the part played by social movements
in bringing about social change in India.
8. What
do you understand by population dynamics? Discuss the social dimensions of
population control and family welfare programmes in India.
