SOCIOLOGY
PAPER I- 1983
Section
A
1. Write
short notes on any three of the following (each answer should not exceed 200
words):-
(a) Participant
observation and the problem of objectivity.
(b) Functional
prerequisites of society.
(c) Religious and
scientific world views.
(d) Family in industrial
societies.
2. Distinguish
between social change and social development. How does the knowledge of
Sociology help in the formulation of development policies?
3. Discuss
suicide as a social fact. While explaining the typology of suicide according to
Durkheim, bring out the destabilising role of anomic in modern societies.
4. Are
caste and class merely different forms of qualitatively different types of
social stratification? Elucidate your point of view.
Section
B
5. Write
short notes on any three of the following (each answer should not exceed 200
words):
(a) Bureaucracy and
planned development.
(b) Jajmani system as a
form of exchange.
(c) “Vote Banks” and the
democratic process.
(d) Secularization and
social solidarity.
6. Analyse
the social determinants of industrialization. Will industrialization per se
lead to equality and balanced development in the society?
7. Do
you agree with the view that legitimacy is a powerful instrument in the hands
of the elite in the contemporary society? What are the different grounds on
which ruling elite have tried to legitimize their authority in democratic and
totalitartian societies?
8. Examine
the concept of equality of educational opportunity. What are the social
constraints and social consequences implicit in the pursuit of this goal?
SOCIOLOGY
PAPER II-1983
Section
A
1. Write
notes on any three of the following is not more than 200 words on each:
(a) Universalisation and
parochialisation in Indian civilization.
(b) Bride and bridegroom
price.
(c) The changing social
composition of the political elite since Independence.
(d) Unionization and the
agrarian classes.
2. What
is the relative role of ritual and secular factors in the traditional caste
system? Explain how their role in changing in the modern time.
3. Distinguish
between the Indological and the Sociological views on the Hindu family and show
how the former has influenced the latter.
4. Examine
with particular reference to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, the view
that education promotes social equality.
Section
B
5. Write
notes on any three of the following is not more than 200 word on each:
(a) Religious minorities
and national integration.
(b) Distinction between
tribe caste.
(c) Socio-cultural
dimensions of infant mortality in India.
(d) Women’s role in
economic development.
6. Discuss
the efficacy of land reforms to transform India’s agrarian social structure.
7. Examine
the view that the traditional social institutions of India are a major
impediment to its industralisation.
8. How
far is, it true to say that the urban social structure in India is only a replica of the rural social structure?
