Sociology I · Practice questions
Thinkers, methods, stratification, religion, change
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Analyze how industrialization has altered the traditional dynamics between generations and the relationships between spouses within the family structure.
20 marks · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2023–2024
Family, Household and MarriageTheories and Agents of Social Change
Write a short note on each of the following in not more than 150 words. (a) Critically examine the importance of comparative method in sociological research.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2021–2023
Science and Scientific MethodResearch Methods and Data Collection
The decline of conventional form of religion has led to growth of Sects & Cults which provides solution to the problems created by the modernity. Discuss.
20 marks · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2023–2025
Sociology of ReligionReligion in Modern Society
Critical social science embraces all those approaches in sociology that aim to be critical of society in order to facilitate social change. In this context, discuss the main features of critical social science.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2023–2025
Non-positivist MethodologiesScience and Scientific Method
Variables play crucial role in social research. Elaborate.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2023–2024
Variables, Sampling and HypothesisResearch Methods and Data Collection
Science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom. Critically discuss.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2023–2025
Science, Technology and Social ChangeTheories and Agents of Social Change
Gender is not something that we innately have, but rather is something that we do. In this context, explain the gender differences reinforced when we "do gender."
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2023–2025
Patriarchy and GenderFamily, Household and Marriage
Low-income countries are not underdeveloped, rather mis-developed. In the light of this statement, critically examine dependency theories on development.
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Development and DependencyTheories and Agents of Social Change
Explain Alvin Gouldner's reflexive sociology as a critique of positivism.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2023–2025
Positivism and Its CritiqueFact, Value and Objectivity
"Critical ethnography certainly retains problems despite attempts by some sociologists to develop it and overcome objections." Discuss.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2021–2023
Non-positivist MethodologiesResearch Methods and Data Collection
Normalization of informal work and almost ninety two percent of the workers in the informal work in the country are not just an accident. Do you think this informality is planned for the sustenance of the formal?
20 marks · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2022–2023
Organisation of WorkLabour and Society
The closer the Hypothesis generated by a theory comes to the reality, the better is the theory. Discuss the importance of building hypothesis in this context.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2023–2025
Variables, Sampling and HypothesisResearch Methods and Data Collection
Citizenship is a social construct that defines the rights, responsibilities, and membership of individuals within a political community. Discuss.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2023
Nation, State and CitizenshipPower and Elites
Discuss the significance of comparative method in the study of society.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2023–2024
Science and Scientific MethodResearch Methods and Data Collection
The greying of human societies has become a problem for developing countries. Explain.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2023–2024
Theories and Agents of Social Change
What is Multivariate analysis? Discuss it in context of Durkheim's study of Suicide.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2023–2025
Emile DurkheimResearch Methods and Data Collection
"Civil society is the oxygen of democracy, and without it, democracy suffocates." Comment.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2023–2024
Nation, State and CitizenshipPower and Elites
Despite the acceptance of Weber's understanding of power by many, some believed it is too narrow. Discuss.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2023–2024
Power and Elites
The Enlightenment period was a significant contributing factor to the emergence of sociology in the late 18th and early 19th century. Discuss.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2023–2025
Emergence of Sociology
Explore the Human Relations school of thought and its relevance in the contemporary landscape.
20 marks · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2023–2024
Organisation of WorkLabour and Society
The social organization of work in slave society was characterized by extreme exploitation and dehumanization of enslaved individuals. Discuss.
20 marks · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2023
Organisation of WorkKarl Marx
Social change is significant alteration in social structures, interactions. Discuss the cyclical theories of social change and their relevance to understand the contemporary changes in society.
20 marks · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2023
Theories and Agents of Social Change
Durkheim's society is merely a by-product of his concerns with moral issues. Discuss.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2023–2025
Emile Durkheim
How did Emile Durkheim apply concepts of mechanical and organic solidarity to study social integration and solidarity in modern industrial society?
20 marks · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2023–2024
Emile Durkheim