Re-sit Examination

BBA 2017

Introduction to Sociology [BS-SOS-195]

MAXIMUM MARKS: 50 TIME: 5
HOURS

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  This question paper comprises of two (2) printed pages (including this page).

Answer the following questions:

1. Discuss Marx’s approach to understanding social conflict in a capitalist society.

(10
Marks)

2. What is the central thesis of Max Weber’s Protestant Ethic and Spirit of Capitalism?
(10 Marks)

3. Explain Max Weber’s understanding of rationalisation in a capitalist society with one

example. (10 Marks)

4. How did Durkheim establish Sociology as a scientific discipline? page78 (10

Marks)

5. How does Durkheim’s approach to social analysis differ from that of Marx and
Weber’s? page 73, 72 and 82.
(10 Marks)

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