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SOCIOLOGY
Paper- I
Time Allowed: Three Hours Maximum Marks: 300
INSTRUCTIONS
Candidates should attempt all questions strictly in accordance with the instructions given under each
questions. The number of marks carried by each question is indicated at the end of the question.
SECTION A
1. Write short notes on any three of the following in about 200 words each: 20x3=60
(a) Sociology as a science of society
(b) Talcott Parson’s concept of social system
(c) Social Facts
(d) Robert Merton’s View on Manifest and latent functions
2. Explain Karl Marks analysis of capitalistic mode of production and class struggle. What are the intellectual
reactions to his view? 60
3. What is the subject-matter of sociology according to Max Weber? Which Major methods did he suggest for
social science research? Illustrate your answer with his sociological contributions. 60
4. Elaborate Emile Durkheim’s analysis of the elementary forms of religion life and role of religion in society. How
does he explain existence of religion in modern industrial society? 60
SECTION B
5. Write short notes on any three of the following in about 200 words each: 20x3=60
(a) Changing structure of family
(b) Role conflict and its resolution
(c) Education as an instrument of social change
(d) Features of Pre-Industrial Economic system.
6. Indicates social determinates of economic development. Discuss any one sociological perspective analyzing
backwardness and poverty in the development society. 60
7. What are the structural elements of a social movement? State how a social movement comes to its end.
Illustrate your answer with example. 60
8. Explain the meaning and modes of political participation. What are the factors preventing people’s participation
in Politics in India 60
Paper- II
SECTION-A
1. Write critical notes on any THREE of the following in not more than 200 words each: - 20x3=60
(a) Problem of Dowry
(b) Sanskritiation
(c) Programme for Urban development
(d) Problems of urban development
2. Discuss the role of various reform movements in India? 60
3. Describe the salient features of poverty alleviation programme. What modification would you suggest to make
them more effective 60
4. Discuss the various problems of tribal communities in India and access the impact of tribal development efforts
after independence.

SECTION-B
5. Write critical notes on any THREE of the following in not more than 200 words each: - 20x3=60
(a). Education and social mobility
(b). Regionalism
(c). Market economy and its social consequence
(d). Agrarian Unrest
6. Discuss the major problems of religions fundamentalism in contemporary India. Give suggestion to tackle these
problems. 60
7. Discuss the social consequence of economic reforms like liberalization, privatization and globalization. 60
8. Discuss the impact of legislation and social economic changes on marriage and family institutions. Are these
institutions weakening in contemporary India ? 60

C.S.E. SOCIOLOGY (MAIN) - 2005
PAPER - I
Time Allowed: Three Hours Maximum Marks: 300
Candidates should attempt Questions 1 and 5 which are compulsory, and any three of
the remaining questions selecting at least one question from each Section.
SECTION-A
1. Write short notes on any three of the following (Each note should not exceed 200
words): 3x20=60
(a) Sociology and its relationship with economics and political science
(b) Social research design
(c) Class struggle as conceived by Karl Marx
(d) Role of Family in Social Control
2. Discuss Max Weber's ideal types and the role of authority in bureaucracy. 60
3. Elucidate changing structure of family and marriage in modern society. 60
4. How is vertical and horizontal social mobility problematic in society? Suggest
solutions. 60
SECfION-B
5. Write short notes on any three of the following (Each note should not exceed 200
words): 3x20=60
(a) Social determinants of economic development
(b) Power elite in society and the emergence of new elite in power structure
(c) Origins of religious beliefs and practices in pre-modern societies
(d) Social consequences of science and technology in India
6. Discuss modes of political participation and voting behaviour in India. 60
7. Describe the ideological changes that have ushered in modern society due to
social movements in India. 60
8. Discuss mass education as an instrument of social change and modernization. 60
PAPER – II
Instructions : Same as in Paper – I
SECTION-A
1. Write short notes on any three of the following in not more than 200 words each
20x3=60
(a) Racial Theories of Origin of caste
(b) Characteristics of peasant societies
(c) Generation gap
(d) Inequality in Education
2. Discuss the paradoxical nature of change in contemporary Indian society.
Describe the factors responsible for it. 60
3. Describe the process of emergence of the middle class in India. What role has the
middle class played in national development? 60
4. Discuss the social base of political parties in India. What has been its impact on
Indian democracy? 60

SECTION-B
5. Write short notes on any three of the following in not more than 200 words each:
20x3=60
(a) Pluralism and national unity
(b) Religious fundamentalism
(c) Self-respect Movement
(d) Obstacles to change in Indian society
6. Describe the distinctive features of tribal communities in India. Discuss the factors
affecting tribal identity. 60
7. Describe various aspects of urban environment in India and assess the impact of
urban development programmes on it. 60
8. Describe the process of social mobility among lower castes and discuss the role of
the Backward Classes Movement in strengthening this process. 60



Sociology - 1999 (Main) (Paper - I)

Time Allowed : Three Hours Maximum Marks : 300
Candidates should attempt Question 1 and 5 which are compulsory, and any three of the remaining questions selecting at least one question from each Section. All questions carry equal marks.
SECTION A
1. Write short notes on any three of the following (each note should not exceed 200 words) :
(a) Sociology as a by-product of Industrial Revolution
(b) Role conf1ict as a source of deviation
(c) Limitations of questionnaire as a technique of data collection
(d) Gemeinschaft and Gesselschaft types of communities
2. How would you distinguish between the stratified and the unstratified social positions ? What explanation would you profer for the universal existence of the social stratification in human society?
3. Elaborate on the social necessity of religion. Discuss the relationship between religion and science.
4. Social control is more a matter of conviction than that of coercion. Comment. Discuss the role of ideology in social control.
SECTION B
5. Write short notes on any three of the following {each note should not exceed 200 words) :
(a) Division of labour and differentiation of social structure
(b) Impact of the democratic political system on the traditional social structure
(c) Social structure and Anomie
(d) Functional problems of the social system
6. Discuss the nature and characteristics of social mobility. Can the nature and the rate of social mobility be treated as an index of economic development ? Comment.


7. Bring out the commonality between a social movement and a revolution. Would you agree with the view that each revolution is preceded by a social movement ? Give reasons.
8. Elaborate on the concept of structural change. Discuss the endogenic factors of structural change in a society, with suitable examples.


Sociology - 1999 (Main) (Paper - II)

SECTION A
1. Write notes on any three of the following (in not more than 200 words each) :
(a) Social Justice
(b) National Unity
(c) Total Literacy Campaign (TLC)
(d) Peasant Society
2. Discuss 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments with reference to decentralization of power.
3. What is meant by privatization and how could it effect economic reforms in India ?
4. What do you mean by 'Green Revolution' and what are its socio-economic consequences ? Discuss.
SECTION B
5. Write notes on any three of the following in not more than 200 words each :
(a) Secularism
(b) Sanskritization
(c) Naxalbari Movement
(d) Dowry as a social problem

6. Define religious minority. Discuss the problems of religious minorities in India.
7. Slums are scars on the social fabric. How can these scars be removed ?
8. How is modernization an agent of change ? Discuss its positive and negative aspects.

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