Sociology I · Practice questions
Thinkers, methods, stratification, religion, change
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Discuss how has the information revolution impacted social change in developing societies?
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2025
Science, Technology and Social ChangeTheories and Agents of Social Change
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
Explain the stages in the formation of gender identity using Mead's theory of symbolic interactionism.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2024–2025
G. H. Mead
"While social mobility fosters individual aspiration, it may disrupt societal integration." Critically analyse.
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Social MobilityClass, Status, Gender and Race
As per Max Weber, differences in prestige and power are as important as differences in economic reward. Discuss how women are systematically disadvantaged in economic terms.
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Class, Status, Gender and RaceTheories of Stratification
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
Compare and contrast evolutionary and conflict theories of social change. What does each perspective reveal about societal transformation?
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Theories and Agents of Social ChangeKarl Marx
How does Merton's neofunctionalism critique and reformulate the core assumptions of traditional functionalism?
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Robert K. Merton
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
Describe the modernization theory on development. How did the under- development theorists critique it?
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Development and DependencyTheories 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
Describe the types of sampling with clear practical examples.
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Variables, Sampling and HypothesisResearch Methods and Data Collection
How have digital platforms blurred the lines between formal and informal work?
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Organisation of WorkLabour and Society
Law entails two interrelated processes: the institutionalization and the internalization of patterns of behaviour. Comment.
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Nation, State and CitizenshipTalcott Parsons
Write a short note on each of the following in not more than 150 words : How is civil society used in deepening the roots of democracy?
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2025
Nation, State and Citizenship
Discuss the stages in which the institution of family evolved from pre-industrial society, according to Michael Young and Peter Willmott in their work "The Symmetric Family".
20 marks · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2023–2025
Family, Household and Marriage
What are variables? Illustrate some variables which Merton used in his analysis of deviance.
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Variables, Sampling and HypothesisRobert K. Merton
Examine how religious beliefs and institutions shape political ideologies and policies, and vice versa.
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Religion in Modern SocietySociology of Religion
Discuss the concept of "symbolic violence" in the context of Pierre Bourdieu's theory of social stratification.
20 marks · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2024–2025
Class, Status, Gender and RaceTheories of Stratification
Positivism is no fail- safe methodology. Discuss its lacunae and suggest how they can be addressed?
20 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Explain the Cybernetic theory of hierarchy of Talcott Parsons? (10M)
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
"What the bourgeoisie therefore produces are its own grave-diggers." Comment.
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Karl Marx
Write a short note on each of the following in not more than 150 words. 10 x 5 = 50 (a) Feminisation of Labour Force is viewed as a progress towards women's emancipation and empowerment. Critically discuss.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Patriarchy and GenderOrganisation of Work
How does the rise of EdTech reflect the idea of 'Deschooling Society'? Discuss with reference to digital divide and commodification of education in India.
20 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Education and Social ChangeScience, Technology and Social Change