AIR 383 · CSE 2023 · Sociology I · 45 pages

NEETI AGARWAL: Sociology I answer copy

11 answers by NEETI AGARWAL, as written in the test. Each question opens a page with how other toppers answered it.

The questions

  1. Q1(a)1(a)
  2. Q1(b)Critical social science refers to that philosophy which takes into account specific and sectoral social problems of various social groups.
  3. Q2(a)Discuss the influence of economic factors on society and social conditions on economic processes.
  4. Q2(b)Positivists and Anti-Positivists often apply several specific methods but both influence and complement them in significant way.
  5. Q2(c)Education and social change have a symbiotic relationship where one enforces the other.
  6. Q3(a)Explain why low income countries fare poorly on socio-economic indicators. (Dependency theory perspective) 3(b) Define patriarchy. How does it explain the subordination of women? (Kate Millett's perspective)
  7. Q3(c)Multivariate analysis refers to the use of many variables to establish linkage between them and thus arriving at a theory.
  8. Q5(a)Feminisation of workforce refers to the representation of women in economic system.
  9. Q5(b)Law is the explicit agent of social change, which refers to the written rules of accepted behaviour.
  10. Q8(a)8(a), (b), (c)
  11. QThe candidate has provided no question text; the page appears blank or is too faint to be legible.

The answers

Question 1(a) · 175 words written

1(a)

Opening · a definition

The Enlightenment period or Age of Reason put man at the centre of the social world, opened up new discussions on society leading to emergence of sociology.

Body · points and prose

→ Held that man can change his social reality by attaching meaning to it (Interpretivist approach)

→ Held that man can work on his environment to change his economic position. This was coupled with Industrial Revolution which posed many challenges & opportunities.

→ Scientific progress led to change in division of labour and unequal terms.

→ Held that Religion can be understood in individualistic terms rather than collective orientation.

In brief, Enlightenment period posed following challenges which led to emergence of sociology.

① New economic order → Division of Labour → Greater efficiency → Mobility to urban spaces → Issues of urbanisation and change in family. ② Individualism → Degradation of moral authority posed by family. ③ Uneven migration → Change in demographic conditions.

Close · a summary

Thus, Sociologists like Comte, Durkheim, Marx and others tried to give a theory about how social changes can be corrected and understood in totality.