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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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
Describe the types of sampling with clear practical examples.
20 marks · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2025
Variables, Sampling and HypothesisResearch Methods and Data Collection
How have digital platforms blurred the lines between formal and informal work?
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2025
Organisation of WorkLabour and Society
Critically examine to what extent the concept of 'latent and manifest functions' evolved by Robert .K. Merton , has given greater 'significance and relevance' to the 'functional analysis' in understanding social reality .
20 marks · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2019
Robert K. Merton
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
Law entails two interrelated processes: the institutionalization and the internalization of patterns of behaviour. Comment.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2023–2025
Nation, State and CitizenshipTalcott Parsons
"Patriarchy is indispensable for an analysis of gender inequality". In the context of this statement, critically examine various structures of patriarchy.
20 marks · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2016–2021
Patriarchy and GenderClass, Status, Gender and Race
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
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 2 toppers · CSE 2024
What are variables? Illustrate some variables which Merton used in his analysis of deviance.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2025
Variables, Sampling and HypothesisRobert K. Merton
How is Sociological approach to human actions different from that of psychological approach?
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2023–2024
Sociology and Other Social Sciences
Comment on the reasons why neo-idealists and symbolic interactionists are critical of 'positivism' in Sociology.
20 marks · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2017
Examine how religious beliefs and institutions shape political ideologies and policies, and vice versa.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2025
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
Write a short note on each of the following in not more than 150 words. (a) Discuss Merton's four institutional imperatives of science.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2020–2024
Robert K. MertonScience and Scientific Method
Positivism is no fail- safe methodology. Discuss its lacunae and suggest how they can be addressed?
20 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
"The intellectual armoury of class theory is about as useful for the contemporary social scene as a cavalry brigade in a tank battle". Critically analyse.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2021
Class, Status, Gender and RaceTheories of Stratification
Compare and contrast the methodology made use of by Durkheim & Weber in their scientific study of society.
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2016
Positivism and Its CritiqueNon-positivist Methodologies
Explain the Cybernetic theory of hierarchy of Talcott Parsons? (10M)
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
To what extent does the study of social mobility play a vital part in understanding the class structure of our society?
20 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2024
Social MobilityClass, Status, Gender and Race
Where on one hand mass media has served as an important tool of social change but on the other hand it has also emerged as tools of inequality and conservatism. Examine.
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2022
Science, Technology and Social ChangeTheories and Agents of Social Change