IAS Mains Sociology Papers 1982
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IAS Mains Sociology 1982
Paper I
Section A
- Write short notes on any three of the following (each answer should-not exceed 200 words) :
- Sucide as a social fact.
- Decent and Kinship as social networks.
- Modernization and Intergenerational mobility.
- Suitability of questionnaire for data collection in developing societies.
- How far do you agree with the view that while neo-positivism reduces sociology measurement, functionalism directs attention towards meaning? Can functionalism explain dynamic social processes?
- Discuss the utility of Max Webers ideal type as a methodological tool. Explain how Weber uses the ideal type procedure to depict the authority patterns.
- In social stratification a particular form of social inequality? Analyse the role of wealth, power and status in the perpetuation of stratification systems in the society.
Section B
- Write short notes on any three of the following (Each answer should not exceed 200 words) :
- Pressure groups and economic development.
- Industrialization and regional imbalances.
- Social movements and the uplift of the weaker sections.
- Indoctrination and educational processes.
- Discuss the role of participative decision making in formal and informal organizations. Is it possible to have workers participation in industrial organizations?
- Distinguish between science and religion. Examine religion as a functional and dis-functional factor in the contemporary society.
- Analyse Marxian theory of social change. Is it useful to comprehend the changes in the developing societies?
Paper II
Section A
- Write notes on any three of the following is not more than 200 words on each:
- Continuity and change in India.
- Agrarian and industrial class structure.
- Intergenerational gap and youth unrest.
- Decentralization of power and political participation.
- What are the features of economic development? Outline the social determinants and consequence of economic development in India.
- Discuss the changing political relations in rural India in the context of democratic decentralization.
- Critically examine the view that joint family organization in India is changing over to nuclear family.
Section B
- Write notes on any three of the following is not more than 200 words on each:
- Education and society mobility.
- Direction of tribal change.
- Socio-cultural dimensions of Indian villages
- Westernization and modernization.
- Discuss industrialization and urbanization as interrelated factors of social change in India.
- What is a social movement? Discuss with examples the part played by social movements in bringing about social change in India.
- What do you understand by population dynamics? Discuss the social dimensions of population control and family welfare programmes in India.