SOCIOLOGY

Test-5

Time Allowed : Three Hours Maximum Marks : 250

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There are FIVE questions divided in TWO SECTIONS and printed in ENGLISH

Candidate has to attempt FIVE questions in all

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SECTION A

Q.1. Answer the following questions in about 150 words each: 10

(a) For Weber, class is only one aspect of stratification. Discuss 10

(b) Status is always ‘status-for-itself ’.In the light of this discuss the concept of social

closure. 10

(c) Culture is not an effect of class location but rather a central mechanism by which

class positions are constituted. Explain 10

(d) Whether caste is best considered as a cultural or a structural phenomenon is a

question much debated by sociologists. Discuss 10

(e) The two opposing conceptual categories of purity and pollution serves as the

organizing principle of caste structure and hierarchy. Discuss 10

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Q.2.
(a) To address the questions of poverty and disadvantage the must explicitly address the
question of social exclusion. Substantiate your answer with illustrations. 20
(b) The openness closedness of any society varies in terms of degrees rather than kind.
Explain with suitable illustrations. 20
(c) Problems and prospects of the cooperative movement in India 10

SECTION B
Q.3. Answer the following questions in about 150 words each: 10
(a) The Continuing Practice of Untouchability patterns in India 10
(b) Tribes and COVID-19 10
(c) Tribe-caste continuum 10
(d) Dalit capitalism 10
(e) Gandhian model of rural development 10

Q.4.
(a) Modernisation increases the Gross National Product (GDP) of the country, but at
the same time created in involuntary displacement. Analyse 20
(b) Agriculture growth is a good servant of aggregate growth and a direct actor for
aggregate poverty reduction. Discuss 20
(c) Relevance of Dr.Ambedkar during the times of covid19. 10

Q.5.
(a) The rising levels of wealth inequality are deeply linked to the growth strategy being
followed, by which the gains from growth have been redistributed among those who
were already wealthy. Critically analyse 20
(b) Why ethnic discrimination persist in world today? What solutions you will suggest to
resolve ethnic conflicts today? 20
(c) The Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups 10

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