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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Doing oral history takes you beyond the confines of the archive. Discuss.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2022–2024
Research Methods and Data CollectionNon-positivist Methodologies
Explain the cybernetic theory of hierarchy of Talcott Parsons?
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2025
Talcott Parsons
What are informal organisations? Are NGOs informal organisations?
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2025
Organisation of WorkLabour and Society
Mobility is often touted as a solution to inequality. Discuss.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2023–2024
Social MobilityEquality, Inequality and Exclusion
Analyze the relationship between division of labor and social solidarity in industrial societies.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2025
Emile Durkheim
Investigate the experiences of transgender individuals in India regarding the negotiation of self-identity. How do cultural attitudes and legal recognition influence their sense of self and belonging?
20 marks · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2023
Class, Status, Gender and RaceEquality, Inequality and Exclusion
Write a short note on each of the following in not more than 150 words. (a) Discuss the linkage between industrialization and changes in family structure.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2020–2023
Family, Household and MarriageTheories and Agents of Social Change
Examine the factors that influence the choice of research topic.
15 marks · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2017
Variables, Sampling and HypothesisResearch Methods and Data Collection
"No society can be absolutely open or absolutely closed". Comment.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2023–2024
Social MobilityClass, Status, Gender and Race
Compare and contrast C.W Mills conception of elite in the power structure with that of Pareto and Mosca.
20 marks · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2021
Power and Elites
"Durkheim was not the first thinker to attempt to make sociology a science." Critically examine
20 marks · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2018–2019
Positivism and Its CritiqueScience and Scientific Method
Elaborate the contribution of religion in the development of science.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2018–2019
Religion in Modern SocietySociology of Religion
Explain how qualitative and quantitative methods complement each other in sociological research.
20 marks · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2024–2025
Research Methods and Data Collection
What do you understand by Religion? How Max weber's understanding of religion is different from that of Marx in capitalist society?
20 marks · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2023–2024
Karl MarxMax Weber
The Supreme Court of India, through various judgements, has granted coparcenary rights to women. In light of this, discuss the concept of lineage and descent.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2023–2024
Lineage and DescentPatriarchy and Gender
"Alienation remains a relevant concept in understanding modern workplace dynamics." Comment with reference to digital workspaces.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2025
Karl MarxLabour and Society
Comments on the critics charge that Immanuel Wallerstein's dependency theory is simplistic and wrong.
20 marks · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2017
Development and Dependency
Elaborate on the social distribution of poverty in society.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2015–2017
Equality, Inequality and ExclusionClass, Status, Gender and Race
Present day mass media has been seen to have an overt purpose, such as information dissemination, and covert functions, like shaping cultural norms and reinforcing social hierarchies. Analyse the role of mass media in India through Merton's theory of latent and manifest functions.
20 marks · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2023–2024
Robert K. Merton
Critically analyze to what extent the sovereignty of the state has been challenged in the wake of Globalization.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2017
Nation, State and CitizenshipPower and Elites
How can we use reference group theory to understand the New middle class in India?
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2023–2025
Robert K. Merton
To what extent does Marx's theory of historical materialism explain the dynamics of modern capitalism?
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2023–2024
Karl Marx
Marx's idea of history was opposed to philosophy of idealism. Examine the statement in the context of materialist conception of history.
20 marks · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2023–2024
Karl Marx
The work-force's engagement with work, in modern economies has shown a perceptible and dynamic shift in its nature and organization. Comment.
20 marks · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2017
Organisation of WorkLabour and Society