AIR 136 · CSE 2016 · Sociology I · 36 pages

Garima Lekhwani: Sociology I answer copy

16 answers by Garima Lekhwani, as written in the test. Each question opens a page with how other toppers answered it.

The questions

  1. Q1(a)Impact of industrialisation on kinship relations.10 marks
  2. Q1(b)Case studies and life histories
  3. Q1(c)Importance of hypothesis in formulation of sociological theories Q1)c) Objectivity as a sociological goal Q2)a) Examine relevance and significance of theories of development & dependency in present globalising society.
  4. Q1(d)Importance of hypothesis in formulation of sociological theories
  5. Q2(a)Examine relevance and significance of theories of development & dependency in present globalising society.
  6. Q2(b)Alternatives to institution of marriage is leading to its disintegration. Comment on validity of statement.
  7. Q2(c)Relationship b/w Reliability and Validity.
  8. Q3(a)Can digitalization of Indian Society be considered as an agent of social change? In what manner can it establish a new social order in India?
  9. Q3(b)Gender roles and relationships have become more equal in modern family life? Critically analyse.
  10. Q3(c)Education is induction into the learner's culture? Examine statement in present society.
  11. Q4(a)Elaborate limitations associated with tools of measurement in social science research.
  12. Q4(b)Critically discuss the reservation policy as an instrument of social change in India.
  13. Q4(c)Nuclear family fits the needs of industrial society. Critically analyse this statement.
  14. Q5(a)"Methodological pluralism is a panacea that can solve all research problems." Discuss
  15. Q5(b)Cyclic theory of change. Weltanschauung.
  16. Q5(c)"Comparative method in sociology."

The answers

Question 1(a) · 10 marks · 137 words written

Impact of industrialisation on kinship relations.

Opening

Ans Anthropologists like Malinowski considered that kinship was the earliest societal institution and was bound to stay in every society, primitive or modern.

Body · continuous prose

However, industrialisation has greatly changed kinship relations. Macionis propounds how geographical mobility and urbanisation have led to disintegration of joint family towards nuclear/conjugal family - this has in turn weakened kinship relations.

Moreover, family has transitioned from being a unit of production to a unit of consumption - again reducing the economic functionality of kinship group (relations based on consanguinity, affinity, adoption).

As with greater automation, power imbalance between males and females is being reduced and institution of marriage is transitioning to household based on live in relationships, women headed/single parent households, etc.

Close

Rajni Palriwala rightly suggests how modern societies (especially Scandinavian countries) have seen a transition from kinship to friendship oriented social relations.