Exam Details

Subject sociology
Paper paper 1
Exam / Course civil services main optional
Department
Organization union public service commission
Position
Exam Date 2008
City, State central government,


Question Paper

IAS Mains Sociology 2008
Paper I
Section A

Write Short Notes on any Three of the following (Each one should not exceed 200 words): (20 × 3 60)

Role of value in sociology enquiry

Social mobility in open and closed system

Social movement as an expression of protest

Education as an agent of social change

How is emergence of sociology linked with modernization of Europe

What is the importance of sampling in sociological studies? Distinguish between simple random sampling and stratified random sampling

Using Max Webers theory, discuss what ethical and religious ideas produced capitalism in certain societies and how

Section B

Write short notes on any three of the following in about 200 words each: (20 × 3 60)

Relevant of pattern variable in the society change

Meads notion of self

Importance and source of hypothese in social research

New trends in the type and forms of family in the cotemporary India

What is Mertons view of relationship between social structure and deviance? In what sense is a deviant also a conformist

In what important ways can religion be a force both for social stability and social change? Discuss

How does hierarchy get built into the system of natural and social inequalities


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