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Name of Candidate
Medium Hindi/Eng. Registration Number
Center Date

INDEX TABLE INSTRUCTIONS

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Q. No.
No. Marks Obtained 1. Do furnish the appropriate details in the answer sheet (viz.
Name, Registration Number and Test Code).
mÙkj iqfLrdk esa lwpuk,a Hkjuk vko';d gS (uke] iz'u&i=k dksM
fo|kFkhZ Øekad vkfn)A
2. All questions are compulsory.
lHkh iz'u vfuok;Z gSaA
3. The number of marks carried by a question/part is indicated
against it.
IkzR;sd iz'u@Hkkx ds vad mlds lkeus fn, x, gSaA
4. Answers must be written in the medium authorized in the
Admission Certificate, which must be stated clearly on the
cover of this Question-Cum-Answer (QCA) Booklet in the space
provided. No marks will be given for answers written in
medium other that the authorized one.
Ikz'uksa ds mÙkj mlh ekè;e esa fy[ks tkus pkfg, ftldk mYys[k
vkids izos'k Ik=k esa fd;k x;k gS vkSj ml ekè;e dk Li"V mYys[k
iz'u&lg&mÙkj
(D;wlh,) iqfLrdk ds eq[; i`"B ij vafdr fufnZ"V
LFkku ij fd;k tkuk pkfg,A mfYyf[kr ekè;e ds vfrfjDr vU;
fdlh ekè;e esa fy, x, mÙkj ij dksbZ vad ugha feysaxsA
5. Word limit in questions, if specified, should be adhered to.
Ikz'uksa esa 'kCn lhek] tgk¡
V gS]
fofufnZ"
dk vuqlj.k fd;k tkuk
pkfg,A
6. Any page or portion of the page left blank in the Question-
Cum-Answer Booklet must be clearly struck off.
mÙkj iqfLrdk esa [kkyh NksM+k gqvk i`"B ;k mlds va'k dks Li"V
ls dkVk tkuk pkfg,A

Total Marks Obtained:

1/8-B, 2nd Floor, Building- Apsara Arcade, Near Gate-7 Karol Bagh Metro Station, Pusa Road,
Karol Bagh, Delhi – 110005
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1. (b) Charismatic Authority 12.5

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1. (c) Sociology and Economics 12.5

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1. (d) Sacred and Profane 12.5

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2. (a) Elaborate Max Weber’s ‘Ideal Type’ features of bureaucracy. What was
Weber’s assessment of the increasing bureaucratization of modern
societies? 25

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2. (b) Explain Karl Marx’s theory of class struggle. Evaluate the theory in terms
of its relevance in explaining contemporary reality. 25

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3. (a) Emile Durkheim’s conception of ‘Social Fact’ was essentially an endeavor
by him to create a separate niche and scientific status for Sociology. 25

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3. (b) Critically evaluate to what extent is the Marxian notion of alienation,
significant in understanding of modern capitalist societies. 25

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4. (a) Discuss the emergence of Sociology as a discipline, in the backdrop of an
increasingly modernizing European society. 20

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4. (b) Examine how Max Weber applies the ‘ideal type’ in establishing a
relationship between religion and economy. 15

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4. (c) Explain the transition from class-in-itself to class-for-itself, according to
Karl Marx. 15

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5. (a) Examine how Max Weber’s ‘Interpretive Sociology’ added new
dimensions to the subject matter and methodology of Sociology. 25

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5. (b) Critically analyze the contemporary relevance of Durkheim’s theory of
religion. 25

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