AIR 626 · CSE 2025 · Sociology I · 70 pages

Roshan V: Sociology I answer copy

28 answers by Roshan V, as written in the test. Each question opens a page with how other toppers answered it.

The questions

  1. Q1(a)Human psychology provides the base for study of social life. How?10 marks
  2. Q1(b)Differentiate between objectivity and value neutrality in sociological research.10 marks
  3. Q1(c)What are functional pre requisites? Elaborate on the function pre requisites of modern societies.10 marks
  4. Q1(d)Elaborate on your understanding of deinstitutionalisation and desacrilisation of marriage.10 marks
  5. Q1(e)"The spirit of the age is in favour of equality, though practice denies it almost everywhere". Comment.10 marks
  6. Q2(a)Elucidate the basic premises of the Weberian theory of social stratification. How far is it relevant in understanding contemporary Indian society?20 marks
  7. Q2(b)What do you understand by social action? How did Parsons use them for describing social systems?20 marks
  8. Q2(c)Compare and contrast qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection.10 marks
  9. Q3(a)What are the challenges in conduct of a participant observation? Illustrate using research work.20 marks
  10. Q3(b)The study of elites has been the focal point of discussion of classical and modern theorists of power. Elaborate. Does bureaucracy create elitism?20 marks
  11. Q3(c)Is social exclusion more multi-dimensional than poverty?10 marks
  12. Q4(a)Discuss Merton's views on personal adaptations to anomie. How can you use Merton's model to understand contemporary protests and agitations?20 marks
  13. Q4(b)Describe any two theories on division of labour and use a suitable theory to address the problems of the ‘under-class’.20 marks
  14. Q4(c)How does 'self' influence identity formation according to Mead?10 marks
  15. Q5(a)Write short notes on the following: (Each note should not exceed 150 words) (10 x 5 = 50) (a) According to Kluckhohn, "Culture is a 'design for living' held by the members of a particular society". Discuss.10 marks
  16. Q5(b)What are the characteristics of interpretivism? How was it critiqued?10 marks
  17. Q5(c)Examine the paradox of rationalism and belief in sects and cults.10 marks
  18. Q5(d)Distinguish between private and public patriarchy.10 marks
  19. Q5(e)Examine the role of revolutions in creating social changes?10 marks
  20. Q6(a)Critically examine the role and influence of 'new media' on democracy with suitable illustrations.20 marks
  21. Q6(b)Describe how the emergence of new forms of family and marriage have changed the typical image of a conventional monolithic family.20 marks
  22. Q6(c)What are pressure groups? How do they influence the nation-state?10 marks
  23. Q7(a)Explain the role of individual and technology in sustainable development.20 marks
  24. Q7(b)What are the various aspects of secularisation? Do you think that fundamentalism emerged as a reaction to secularisation?20 marks
  25. Q7(c)Comment on the role of family and kinship in socialisation.10 marks
  26. Q8(a)Describe how class, gender and race impact social mobility.20 marks
  27. Q8(b)Examine the correlation between globalisation and work organisation.20 marks
  28. Q8(c)What is Bio-politics? Elaborate with contemporary examples.10 marks

The answers

Question 1(a) · 10 marks · 160 words written

Human psychology provides the base for study of social life. How?

Opening · a definition

Human Psychology refers to the working of the subjective thought process of the mind & how individual meanings & motives are attached to social action.

Body · points

BASE FOR STUDY OF SOCIAL LIFE

  1. It allows us to understand how social constraints influence individual action.

  2. It allows us to find the patterns of reaction of individual to a social situation

  3. It provides raw material for social studies on the acts of the individual

Close

4] Human Psychology allows us to understand both Latent & Manifest functions of an action 5] It allows the researcher to see beyond his value bias & arrive at a positive conclusion 6] It makes earlier irrational Social actions rational by understanding the true meanings of action. Eg:- Hopi Indian rain dance 7] It helps us to analyse the collective psyche of individual while performing a collective Social action Eg:- Nuer of South Sudan ↳ Gehost dance

Human Psychology has inherent application in sociology especially in Non-Positivism