PSC/VI/12 Student's Copy
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6th Semester
POLITICAL SCIENCE
TWELFTH PAPER
Political Sociology
Full Marks 75
Time 3 hours
PART A—OBJECTIVE
Marks 25
The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions
SECTION—A
Marks 10
Tick the correct answer in the brackets provided 1×10=10
1. Who said, "Social change is such alteration as occur in social organization, i.e.,
structures and functions of society"?
Jones
Kingsley Davis
Lundberg
2. The concept of Sanskritization was firstly introduced by
M. N. Srinivas
Coorg
T. H. Majumdar
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3. Who said, "Social stratification is the process by which individual and groups
are ranked in a more or less an enduring hierarchy of status"?
Gilbert
Lundberg
Ogburn and Nimkoff
4. The word is derived from the
Spanish word
Latin word
Greek word
5. "A social class is any portion of the community marked off from the rest by
social status." Who said this?
Max Weber
MacIver and Page
P. Gisbert
6. Who said, "Political development means acquisition by a political system of a
consciously sought and a qualitative new and enhanced political capacity as
manifested in the successful institutionalization"?
S. P. Nettle
G. A. Almond
Coleman
7. "The concept of political culture is a convenient shorthand way of referring to
the values, beliefs and emotions that give meaning to political life", wrote by
Rose and Dogan
Samuel Beer
Eric Rowe
8. How many types of legitimacy are there according to David Easton?
Two
Three
Five
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9. 'Auctoritus' meaning authority is derived from
Greek word
Spanish word
Roman word
10. A Treaties on Sociology is wrote by
Vilfredo Pareto
Geotano Mosca
Robert Mitchels
SECTION—B
Marks 15
Answer the following questions 3×5=15
1. What is the meaning of 'Datsu-A
2. What is the meaning of Sanskritization?
3. What is political culture?
4. What is the pluralist view of power?
5. Mention the sources of legitimacy.
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PART B—DESCRIPTIVE
Marks 50
The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions
UNIT—I
1. Political Sociology studies interaction between society and politics.
Explain. 10
OR
Define the behavioral approach to the study of Political Sociology. 10
UNIT—II
2. Explain the difference between power and influence. 10
OR
Describe the Elite theory of power. 10
UNIT—III
3. Explain the causes of breakdown of modernization. 10
OR
Explain political socialization and elaborate its determinants. 4+6=10
UNIT—IV
4. Define social stratification. Examine the elements of social stratification.
4+6=10
OR
Explain briefly the difference between caste and class. 5+5=10
UNIT—V
5. Explain the meaning of Westernization. 10
OR
Elucidate the meaning of modernization. 10