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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Critically examine the linear theories of social change.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 3 toppers · CSE 2017–2020
Theories and Agents of Social Change
Examine digital parenting as a need of the hour in an increasing digitised world.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 3 toppers · CSE 2022–2024
Family, Household and MarriageScience, Technology and Social Change
"Emile Durkheim, division of labour could be 'functional' as well as 'anomic' for society". Explain
20 marks · Answered by 3 toppers · CSE 2018–2023
Emile Durkheim
Assess the relevance of Weber's model of bureaucracy in the era of digital governance.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 3 toppers · CSE 2025
Max WeberPower and Elites
"Nuclear Family fits the needs of industrial society". Critically analyze this statement.
15 marks · Answered by 3 toppers · CSE 2016–2017
Family, Household and MarriageTheories and Agents of Social Change
Assess Max Weber's concept of "Ideal Types" as a unique and distinctive methodological approach in sociology.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 3 toppers · CSE 2024
Max WeberScience and Scientific Method
Power is the ability to control others and it may reside in individual or individual’s status or position. In light of this statement, critically examine the elite theories of power.
20 marks · Answered by 3 toppers · CSE 2023–2024
Power and Elites
Assess the claim that digital surveillance capitalism represents a new phase of commodification of social life.
20 marks · Answered by 3 toppers · CSE 2025
Organisation of WorkScience, Technology and Social Change
Analyze how environmental movements represent a new form of collective action that transcends traditional class-based politics. What are the implications for theories of social movements?
20 marks · Answered by 3 toppers · CSE 2025
Protest and Social MovementsPower and Elites
People are rational and they use practical reasoning, not formal logic, in their daily life. Discuss the perspective of ethnomethodology as a study of people's life.
20 marks · Answered by 3 toppers · CSE 2023–2024
Non-positivist Methodologies
Work in industrial and post-industrial society can be alienating for the work force. Comment.
15 marks · Answered by 3 toppers · CSE 2016–2017
Labour and SocietyOrganisation of Work
Examine the consequences of 'social mobility' on both the 'individual' and 'societal' levels within various societal frameworks.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 3 toppers · CSE 2024
Social MobilityTheories of Stratification
Economics must be made the handmaid of sociology. Critically analyse.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 3 toppers · CSE 2020–2024
Sociology and Other Social Sciences
"Emile Durkheim's concept of the division of labor highlight its dual nature, serving as both a functional and potentially anomic force in society." Discuss.
20 marks · Answered by 3 toppers · CSE 2024
Emile Durkheim
What is Social Action? And how is Parsons Social Action different from Weber's Social Action?
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 3 toppers · CSE 2025
Max WeberTalcott Parsons
Discuss the importance of lineage and descent in kinship and family.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 3 toppers · CSE 2017–2020
Lineage and DescentFamily, Household and Marriage
Discuss symbolic interactionism as a framework to understand everyday social interactions.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 3 toppers · CSE 2025
G. H. MeadNon-positivist Methodologies
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. Elucidate.
20 marks · Answered by 3 toppers · CSE 2024
Robert K. Merton
With the rise of nuclear modern families, the relevance of kinship studies in the sociological analysis is reducing. Do you agree?
20 marks · Answered by 3 toppers · CSE 2025
Family, Household and MarriageLineage and Descent
'Sociology grew as a product of the reflection of great thinkers reflecting on society'. Comment.
20 marks · Answered by 3 toppers · CSE 2021–2023
Emergence of Sociology
Critically analyse "state centered approach" to theory of power.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 3 toppers · CSE 2021
Power and ElitesNation, State and Citizenship
Surveys have become part and parcel of modern life, constituting almost an industry. In this context, critically evaluate the usefulness of survey as a research method.
20 marks · Answered by 3 toppers · CSE 2024
Research Methods and Data CollectionScience and Scientific Method
"Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge, which is power; religion gives man wisdom, which is control". Critically examine.
20 marks · Answered by 3 toppers · CSE 2017
Religion in Modern SocietySociology of Religion
Write a short note on each of the following in not more than 150 words. (a) Democracy is a necessary evil. Comment on the concept of democracy from Sociological perspective.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 3 toppers · CSE 2023–2024
Nation, State and CitizenshipPower and Elites