{"id":49739,"date":"2019-07-13T15:31:54","date_gmt":"2019-07-13T10:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogadmin.forumias.com\/?page_id=49739"},"modified":"2019-07-13T15:32:04","modified_gmt":"2019-07-13T10:02:04","slug":"upsc-mains-2016-sociology-paper-1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-mains-2016-sociology-paper-1\/","title":{"rendered":"UPSC Mains 2016 SOCIOLOGY Paper -1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SECTION-A<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q.1)<\/strong> Write short answers of the following questions in about 150 words each:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

a) \u201cSociology is pre-eminently study of modern societies.\u201d Discuss<\/p>\n\n\n\n

b) \u2018 What is \u2018Value-free sociology\u2019? Clarify.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

c) Analyze the importance of qualitative method in social research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

d) Evaluate Marx\u2019s ideas on mode of production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

e) \u201cVertical mobility brings structural change even in a closed social system\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q.2)<\/strong>  a) Elucidate the basic premises of Davis\u2019 structural-punctual-functional theory of social stratification. How far is it relevant in understanding contemporary Indian Society?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

b) Describe the functional prerequisites of social system as given by Talcott Parsons. Examine in the context of a university as a social system.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

c) Is sociology common sense? Give reasons in support of your argument.             <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q.3)<\/strong>  a) Analyze the manifest and latent functions of \u2018security of the tenure of  bureaucrats in the light of Merton\u2019s theory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

b) Describe the basic postulates of scientific How far are these followed in sociological       research?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

c) \u201cHypothesis is a statement of the relationship between two or more variables\u201d. Elucidate by giving example of poverty and illiteracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q.4)<\/strong> a) Examine Max Weber\u2019s method of maintaining objectivity in social research. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

b) \u201cParticipant observation is the most effective tool for collecting facts.\u201d Comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

c) Discuss the relationship between poverty and social exclusion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SECTION-B<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q.5)<\/strong>  Write Short answers of the following questions in about 150 words each:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

a) Describe the nature of social organization work in industrial society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

b) Discuss the importance of \u2018power elite\u2019 in democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

c) Is religion playing an important role in increasing fundamentalism? Give<\/p>\n\n\n\n

d) To what extent is patriarchy a cause for the problems of women? Discuss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

e) \u201c Social conflict is both a cause and a consequence of social change.\u201d Explain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q.<\/strong>6)<\/strong>  a)  \u201cGlobalization has pushed the labour into formal organization of work.\u201d Substantiate your answer with suitable Examples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

b) \u201cSocial change can be brought about through development.\u201d Illustrate from the contemporary situation of India.                                                                                                   <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

c) Examine the role of protect movements in changing the status of Dalits in India<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q.7)<\/strong>  a)  \u201cReligious pluralism is the order of present-day societies.\u201d Explain by giving suitable examples.                                                                                                              <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

b) Discuss the contemporary trends in family as a response to social change in modern society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

c) To what extent revolution replaces the existing order of society? Discuss<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q.8)<\/strong>  a) \u201cEducation is a major source of social mobility in contemporary society.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

b) How is Durkheim\u2019s theory of religion different from Max Weber\u2019s theory of religion?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

c) Distinguish between family and household as sociological concepts.             <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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