Sociology I · Practice questions
Thinkers, methods, stratification, religion, change
1,250 questions, with how toppers answered each. Years are the CSE year of the toppers who answered.
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“Chaos does not organize itself into cosmos. We need viewpoints.” Is value-neutrality impossible in sociological studies?
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Fact, Value and ObjectivityNon-positivist Methodologies
Discuss how the sociological imagination helps us understand the connection between history and biography within a society.
20 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2024
Emergence of Sociology
Significance of case studies as a method of data collection
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2020
Research Methods and Data Collection
Discuss the social mobility. (c) Examine the changing nature of the Nation-State in the contemporary world.
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2021
Social MobilityClass, Status, Gender and Race
ED had argued that the function of DoL in society is that of the promotion of social solidarity. Discuss the statement and critically analyse Durkheim's DoL theory, with contemporary trends.
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2020
Emile Durkheim
Write a short note on each of the following in not more than 150 words. 1. (a) Idiographic and nomothetic approach
12.5 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2016
Science and Scientific MethodNon-positivist Methodologies
Educational Institutions teach the skills required by the future capitalist employers through the hidden curriculum. Analyse from Marxist point of view.
20 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2022
Education and Social ChangeKarl Marx
Examine the concept of 'deindustrialization' and its consequences for urbanization and employment patterns. Rise of modern society was the reason for emergence of sociology; while postmodern society is expanding the scope of sociology. Comment.
20 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Emergence of Sociology
What are various modes of adaptation in Merton's theory of Anomie? How is anomie rooted in social structure?
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Robert K. Merton
Compare & contrast the contributions of Karl Marx and Max Weber on social stratification in capitalist society?
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2023
Theories of StratificationKarl Marx
Analyse the sociological concept of the sacred and the profane. Critically examine the implications of this dichotomy on various cultural and religious beliefs.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2023
Sociology of ReligionEmile Durkheim
Symbolic interactionism :- (a) Modern capitalist economies has resulted in organisation & in nature of work in various ways which has been interpreted by sociologists in various approaches & its pros & cons. The discussion about capitalist economy remains futile without taking the opinion of Marx into account.
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2014
G. H. MeadNon-positivist Methodologies
How does reference group theory illuminate the process by which individuals adopt behaviors and styles promoted by social media personalities in modern society?
20 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Robert K. MertonClass, Status, Gender and Race
Education and social change have a symbiotic relationship where one enforces the other.
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2023
Education and Social Change
Are social movements both primordial in their means and progressive in their agenda? Explain
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2023
Protest and Social Movements
Critically evaluate to what extent is the Marxian notion of alienation, significant in understanding of modern capitalist societies.
25 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2014
Karl MarxLabour and Society
Phenomenologists study the way that humans place the external world into categories by distinguishing particular phenomena. Critically analyse.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2023
Talcott Parsons in his 'Social system' explained interrelations between subsystem through the 'cybernetic theory of hierarchy'. Explain the Cybernetic theory of hierarchy of Talcott Parsons? (10M)
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Talcott Parsons
What measures can be employed to minimize the potential influence of the researcher in the process of collecting data through interviews?
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2023
Research Methods and Data CollectionFact, Value and Objectivity
Write a short note on reference group behaviour.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Robert K. Merton
Gender is a socially constructed stratification system, embedded at the individual, interactional and institutional dimensions of the society. Comment.
20 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Class, Status, Gender and RacePatriarchy and Gender
Durkheim studied division of labour from an evolutionary perspective and its changing role, effect and essence across different societies on a temporal scale.
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2023
Emile Durkheim
Write a short note on each of the following in not more than 150 words. (a) "Methodological pluralism is a panacea that can solve all research problems." Discuss.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2021
Science and Scientific MethodResearch Methods and Data Collection
Weber through his work 'the Protestant Ethic' stated that even superstructure can influence material or infrastructure as critique of Marx. Describe the main idea of Max Weber's book, 'The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism' as a critique of Marxism.
20 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Max WeberKarl Marx