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FIRST SEMESTER M.A DEGREE EXAMINATION, FEBRUARY 2002

Sociology

Paper 1 – CLASSICAL SOCIAL THEORY - 1

Time: Three Hours Maximum : 80 Marks

Part A

Answer all questions.

Each question carries 1 mark.

Each answer should not exceed 30 words.

1. Enlightenment 2. Capitalism

3. Urbanisation 4. Social statics

5. Herbert spencer 6. Evolution

7. Social fact 8. Mechanical solidarity

9. Totemism 10. Profane

11.Dialetics (Marxian) 12. Alienation (Marxian)13.Fetishism 14. Exchange value.

15.Lumpen-proletariate.

(15x1 = 15 mark s)

Part B

Answer any five questions

Each question carries 5 marks.

Each answer shall not exceed 300 words.

16.Trace briefly the emergence of classical sociology.

17. Describe brief ly the growth of science during industrial revolution.

18. Explain the law of three stages.

19. What is social Drawinism?

20. Explainm the organic analogy of Herbert spencer.

21. Explain suicide as a social fact as understood by Durkheism.

22. What are the forms of division of labour? [Durkheim].

23. Explain the dynamics of capitalism. [Marx] (5x5 = 25 mark s)

Part C

Answer any two questions.

Each question carries 20 marks

Each answer should not exveed 1500 words.

24.Give a critical accunt of Marxian socialism.

25. Discuss the “labour theory of value”.

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26. Discuss durkheims contribution to the sociology of knowledge.

27. Elucidate Durkheims contribution to functionalism.

(2x20 = 40 marks)


SociologyPAPER II – SOCIAL RESEARCH METHODS – 1.


Part A

Answer all questions.

Each question carries 1 mark.


1. Science 2. Postivism

3. Applied research 4. Action research

5. Hypothesis 6. Variables7. Primary data 8. Content analysis

9. Mode 10. Median

11. Sampling 12. Non-sampling errors.

13. Concepts 14. Observation.

15. Pre-test.

(15x1 = 15 marks)

Part B

Answer any f ive questions



16. Bring out the nature and scope of social research.

Or

Analyse the merits and limitations of non-participant observation.

17. Elucidate the relationship between Basic and Applied research.

Or

Point out the sources and importance of secondary data.

18. Examine the use of computers in sociological analysis.

Or

Discuss sociometry.

19. Explain the steps needed in the classification and tabulation of data.Or

Calculate the mean from the following data:-

0 – 10 5

10-20 120

20-30 175

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0 – 10 5

30-40 400

40-50 1200

50-60 1100

60-70 700

70-80 500

Total 4200

20. Bring out the graphic presentation of data.

Or

Calculate the Median from the following data:-

Wages No. of Workers

30-40 5040-50 71

50-60 189

60-70 105

70-80 60

80-90 38

90-100 7

Total 520

Part C




21. Explain the difference between Descriptive and Diagnostic research design.

Or

Highlight the ethical issues involved in social research.

22. Five hundred students in a school were graded according to their intelligence and

economic status. Examine whether there is any association between the level of intelligence and economic status:-

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Economic status Intell ige n ce

G ood B ad T otal

Rich

Poor

Total

85 75 160

165 175 340

250 250 500

(x2 0.05 = 3.84, df = 1)

Or

Define correlation, calculate the Karl Pearson coefficient of correlation from the

f ollowing data:-

X : 92 89 86 87 83 71 77 63 53 59

Y : 86 83 77 91 68 52 85 92 57 57

(2x20 = 40 marks)


Sociology

Paper III – SOCIOLOGY OF INDIAN SOCIETY


Part A

Answer all questions

Each question carries 1 mark


1. Sanskritization 2. Caste System

3. Ja jmani System 4. Kinship

5. Divorce 6. Modernisation

7. Little Community 8. Descent approach

9. Bhrahma Marriage 10. Endogamy

11.Universalization 12. Endogamy

13.Westernization 14. Ethnography

15.Parochialization.

(15x1 =15 )

Part BAnswer any five questions



16. Bring out the contributions of G.S. Ghurye.

17. Explain the integrated approach to the study of Indian Social Structure]

18. Discuss Louis Dumont's views on caste.

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19. Analyse the changing f eatures of joint f amily.

20. Examine the implications of social legislations on marriage and family in India.

21. Define modernisation and analyse the problems of modernisation in Indian Society.

22. Discuss the modern trends in Indian Caste System.

23. Write an essay on women in Modern Indian Society.

(5x5 = 25 marks)Part C




24. Discuss the evolutionary approach to the study of Indian Social Structure.

25. Brief ly explain the emergence and development of sociology as a discipline in India.

26. Give an account of the essential features of caste system in Indian society.

27. Explain the kinship organisation in India with special eference to the southern region.

(2x20 40 marks)


Sociology

Paper IV – POPULATION AND SOCIETYTime : Three Hours Maximum 80 mark s

Part A

Each question carries 1 market


1. Birth Rate 2. Sex Ratio

3. Fecundity 4. Maternal mortality

5. Census 6. Foeticide

7. Sample survey 8. Infanticide

9. Density of population 10. Vital statistics

11. Literacy 12. Age specific death rate.

13. Out migration 14. Post-natal care

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15.Emigration

(15x1 = 15

marks)

Part B

Answer any five questions



16. Explain the scope of demography.

17. How is vital statistics collected and maintained in India.

18. Explain optimum theory of population growth.

19. Explain the factors influencing dependanc.

20. Why is there imbalance in sex composition of population in urban India?

21. How is mortality measured?

22. What is stepwise migration?

23. Explain the causes for high fertility rate.

(5x5 = 25 marks)

Part C




24. Critically examine the features of demographic transition theory.

25. Explain the trends of fertility in developed and developing countries and give specific

reasons for such trends26. Examine the factors for regional variation in the distribution and growth of population

in India.

27. Critically examine the National Population Policy of India.

(2x20 = 40 mark s)

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