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TEST SERIES (MAIN) - 2013QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME

CODE: 01/SOCIO./0707 (PAPER-I)

SOCIOLOGYby NITIN TANEJA

INSTRUCTIONSEach question is printed only in English. Each question carries 50 Marks.Answer must be written in the medium specified in the admission Certificate issued to you,which must be stated clearly on the cover of the answer-book in the space provided for thepurpose. No marks will be given for the answers written in a medium other than that specifiedin the Admission Certificate.Candidates should attempt Question Nos. 1 and 5, which are compulsory, and any THREEof the remaining questions selecting at least ONE question from each Section.The number of marks carried by each question is indicated at the end of the question.Assume suitable data if considered necessary and indicate the same clearly.Symbols/notations carry their usual meanings, unless otherwise indicated.All questions carry equal marks.Important Note: Whenever a question is being attempted, all its parts/ sub-parts must beattempted contiguously. This means that before moving on to the next question to beattempted, candidates must finish attempting all parts/ sub-parts of the previous questionattempted. This is to be strictly followed.Pages left blank in the answer-book are to be clearly struck out in ink. Any answers that followpages left blank may not be given credit.

Time: Three Hours Maximum Marks: 250

Topical Test: Sociology - The Discipline, Sociology as Science & SociologicalThinkers

Module answers, corrected copies and assement sheet would begiven on the DISCUSSION DAY (11 July, 2013)

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SECTION - A

1. (a) ‘‘Social facts are to be treated as things as if they are pebbleson the beach which can be counted’’ (Emile Durkheim).Elaborate (15)

(b) Suicide as a social fact. (15)

(c) ‘‘Sociology emerged as uncomfortable mix of enlightenment& counter enlightenment’’. Elaborate. (20)

2. (a) Class-in-itself & class-for-itself. (15)

(b) Significance of objectivity in social science research. (20)

(c) ‘‘Sociology without History is rootless and History withoutsociology is fruitless‘‘. Elaborate (15)

3. (a) ‘‘Individualism & social order are not incompatible’’ (EmileDurkheim). Elaboarate (25)

(d) ‘‘Not all facts about human behaviour are necessarily socialfacts’’. State the meaning of social facts & methods of studyingthem. (25)

4. (a) What are the basic questions that inspired Durkheim to studythe division of labour in the society? Critically comment on theconclusions. (25)

(b) Explain the concepts (25)(i) Anomie(ii) Norms(iii) Pathological forms of division of labour

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SECTION - B5. (a) (i) Collective representations (10)

(ii) Cult of the individual (10)(iii) Alieanation (10)

(b) ‘‘The history of hitherto existing societies is the history of classstruggle’’. Elaborate (20)

6. (a) Sociology as by product of Industrial revolution. (25)(b) Sociology as an interpretative discipline’’. (25)

7. ‘‘Subjective perception of objective reality prepares the context forarticulation of class antagonism.’’ Evaluate this statement withreference to Karl Marx’s contribution. (50)

8. ‘‘Why does the individual, while becoming more autonomous comesto depend more upon society’’. How the Durkheim tried to answerthis question. (50)

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