SOCIOLOGY
PAPER I-1984
Section
A
1. Write
short notes on any three of the following (each answer should not exceed 200
words):
(a) Report and objective
in social science research.
(b) Alienation in
developing societies.
(c) Change in sex roles
and the socialization of children.
(d) Social aspects of
industrial economic system.
2. Do
you agree with the view that sociology can never be a science? What limitations
need to be taken into consideration in the scientific study of social
phenomena?
3. Discuss
Max’s concept of class. Is class struggle inevitable for the elimination of
inequalities and exploitation in the third world societies?
4. Analyse
scientific theory of culture. Will the crisis in culture in the contemporary
society facilitate the emergence of new man?
Section
B
5. Write
short notes on any three of the following (each answer should not exceed 200
words):
(a) Ideal types and
social analysis.
(b) Changing concept of
property.
(c) Religious factor in
economic development.
(d) Education and
modernization.
6. Discuss
family as a basic and fundamental social institution. Do you think the changing
sex roles necessitate the replacement of family by another institution?
7. Explain
the role of community power structure in the political decision-making
processes in the society. Are power and authority getting broad based in India today?
8. Examine
the relationship between social structure and social change. Has the Indian
social structure facilitated or hindered the process of change?
SOCIOLOGY
PAPER II-1984
Section
A
1. Write
short notes on any three of the following is not more than 200 words each:
(a) Caste among the
non-Hindus.
(b) Scheduled caste
elites.
(c) The changing status
of women.
(d) Dominant caste and
the agrarian power structure.
2. What
is the structural perspective on the caste system? Is it not an
oversimplification to describe the system as a hierarchy of statuses based on
the opposition of the pure and impure?
3. Describe
the main characteristics of Jaimani system. Do you agree with the view that it
is basically an Institution of politico-economic dominance and dependence?
4. Discuss
the social consequences of economic development in India. Do you share the view
that it has increased economic inequality and failed to promote social justice?
Section
B
5. Write
short notes on any three of the following more than 200 words each:
(a) The impact of
democratization on the village community.
(b) The social background
of poverty.
(c) Rural-urban
migration.
(d) The future of tribal
culture.
6. Examine
the role of caste as a pressure-group in contemporary Indian politics.
7. Trace
the impact of urbanization on the Hindu family.
8. How
far is tradition a barrier to modernization? Does not modernization take to
form of traditionalization in India?
