SOCIOLOGY

Test-9

Date: 11/12/2020

Time Allowed : Three Hours Maximum Marks : 250

Question Paper Specific Instructions

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

Candidate has to attempt FIVE questions in all

The number of marks carried by a question / part is indicated against it.

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answers written in a medium other than the authorized one.

Word limit in questions, wherever specified, should be adhered to.

Attempts of questions shall be counted in sequential order. Unless struck off, attempt of a question shall be

counted even if attempted partly. Any page or portion of the page left blank in the Question-cum-Answer

Booklet must be clearly struck off.

SECTION A

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

(a) Nationalism is not patriotism. Discuss 10

(b) The system's functional imperatives 10

(c) It is not a conspiracy of evil men but a social structure that has enlarged and

centralized the decision-making process and then placed the authority in the hands

of men of similar social background and outlook. Discuss 10

(d) Objectivity is different from value neutrality . Discuss 10

(e) Participant Observation as a data collection method 10

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Q.2.
(a) Internationalism threatens to reduce the power of states to exercise power
independently. Critically analyse 20
(b) “The oppressor and the oppressed, stood in constant opposition to one another,
carried on an uninterrupted fight that each time ended in the revolutionary
reconstitution of society.” Critically analyse. 20
(c) Parsons believed that cultural changes determine the broadest patterns of change.
Discuss 10

SECTION B
Q.3. Answer the following questions in about 150 words each: 10
(a) Globalization and citizenship 10
(b) Sociology of education 10
(c) Is power a zero- sum game? Discuss 10
(d) Indicators of power 10
(e) Impact of technology on labour 10

Q.4.
(a) "Science and religion are two windows that people look through, trying to
understand the big universe outside. The two windows give different views, but both
look out at the same universe. Both views are one-sided, neither is complete”.
Analyse 20
(b) Labor is considered in itself an end of life as ordained by God. Unwillingness to work
is symptomatic of the lack of grace. Discuss 20
(c) Role of civil society in democracy. 10

Q.5.
(a) There is a widespread perception at the present time that something has gone wrong
with the family. Is the family in crisis today? Discuss with illustrations 20
(b) The society and culture create gender roles and these roles are prescribed as ideal or
appropriate behaviour for a person of that specific gender. Discuss 20
(c) Development of underdevelopment 10

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