A D V E R T I S E M E N T
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Time Allowed : Three
Hours Maximum Marks : 300
Candidates should attempt Question 1 and 5
which are compulsory, and any three of the remaining questions selecting at
least one question from each Section. All questions carry equal marks.
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A D V E R T I S E M E N T
SECTION A
1. Write
short notes on any three of the following (each note should not exceed 200
words) :
(a)
Sociology as a by-product of Industrial Revolution
(b) Role conf1ict
as a source of deviation
(c) Limitations of
questionnaire as a technique of data collection
(d) Gemeinschaft
and Gesselschaft types of communities
2. How would you
distinguish between the stratified and the unstratified social positions ? What
explanation would you profer for the universal existence of the social
stratification in human society?
3.
Elaborate on the social necessity of religion. Discuss the relationship between
religion and science.
4.
Social control is more a matter of conviction than that of coercion. Comment.
Discuss the role of ideology in social control.
SECTION B
5. Write
short notes on any three of the following {each note should not exceed 200
words) :
(a)
Division of labour and differentiation of social structure
(b) Impact of the
democratic political system on the traditional social structure
(c) Social
structure and Anomie
(d) Functional
problems of the social system
6. Discuss the
nature and characteristics of social mobility. Can the nature and the rate of
social mobility be treated as an index of economic development ? Comment.
7.
Bring out the commonality between a social movement and a
revolution. Would you agree with the view that each revolution is preceded by a
social movement ? Give reasons.
8.
Elaborate on the concept of structural change. Discuss the endogenic factors of
structural change in a society, with suitable examples.
Sociology - 1999 (Main) (Paper -
II)
SECTION A
1. Write
notes on any three of the following (in not more than 200 words each) :
(a)
Social Justice
(b)
National Unity
(c) Total Literacy
Campaign (TLC)
(d) Peasant
Society
2. Discuss 73rd
and 74th Constitutional Amendments with reference to decentralization of power.
3.
What is meant by privatization and how could it effect economic reforms in India
?
4.
What do you mean by 'Green Revolution' and what are its socio-economic
consequences ? Discuss.
SECTION B
5. Write
notes on any three of the following in not more than 200 words each :
(a)
Secularism
(b)
Sanskritization
(c) Naxalbari
Movement
(d) Dowry as a
social problem
6. Define
religious minority. Discuss the problems of religious minorities in India.
7.
Slums are scars on the social fabric. How can these scars be removed ?
8. How is
modernization an agent of change ? Discuss its positive and negative aspects.