Reg. No. :... Sub. Code : GMSO 31 B.A. (CBCS) DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER 2014. Third Semester Sociology Main FOUNDATIONS OF SOCIOLOGICAL THOUGHT I (For those who joined in July 2012 and afterwards) Time : Three hours Maximum : 75 marks PART A (10 1 = 10 marks) Answer ALL questions. Choose the correct answer. 1. Põ hâß TØÖ i RÌPshÁØÔÀ G u {ÖÁÚ \ P ÖPmhø À \õμõux? (A) Sk (B) PÀÂ (C) CÓ ÂQu (D) u
According to Comte which is not the institutional basis of social reconstruction? (a) Family (b) Education (c) Mortality (d) Religion 2. Põ hâß AÔ À i{ø» À Gx u¼à Á QÓx? (A) E À (B) Pou À (C) \ P À (D) C Ø À Which of the following comes first in the Comte s hierarchy of sciences? (a) Biology (b) Mathematics (c) Sociology (d) Physics 3. ìö ß\ ß TØÖ i \ P Gß x (A) ]Ó E º (B) E º SÊ (C) E º (D) Jmkö õzu öuõs For Spencer, society is a (a) Super organism (b) ganic whole (c) ganism (d) Collective whole Page 2
4. RÌPshÁºPÎÀ õº wâμ õusøh ÁºPÒ? (A) ìö ß\º, öá º, xºøp, Põ h (B) õºuì, Põ h, Põ ºm (C) (D) hõûì, ÁõÀhº, õºuì õºuì, C.W. ªÀì, ìö ß\º Who among the following were known as radicals? (a) Spencer, Weber, Durkheim, Comte (b) Marx, Comte, Cobbert (c) Tonnies, Waltair, Marx (d) Marx, C.W. Mills, Spencer 5. õºuêß \ P Áͺa]U Põm õk Guß Áͺa]ø U SÔUQÓx? (A) ö\õzx (B) EØ zv \õuú[pò (C) (D) öuõèà~m ØÖ EØ zv \UvPÒ Jmkö õzuz öuõs Marxist theory of social development describes the growth of (a) property (b) means of production (c) technology and productive powers (d) collective whole Page 3
6. u»õî ØÖ öuõè»õíº ÁºUP GßÓ Cμsk \ P ÁS PÒ õμõà Áøμ ÖUP mhx? (A) õºuì (B) H[PÀì (C) ö ºhß (D) μm hõ Who was of the view that there are two social classes namely bourgeoisie and proletariat? (a) Marx (b) Engels (c) Merton (d) Pareto 7. \ P ö\ À õk Gß x J uû ÛuÛß hzøupøí CßöÚõ Ûuß P zvà öpõòáx GßÖ Áøμ Özux õº? (A) Uì öá º (B) õº\ßì (C) õºuì (D) μö ßm A μõß Who define social action as a behaviour undertaken by one person while taking into account another person? (a) Max Weber (b) Parsons (c) Marx (d) Raymond Aron 8. öá º ö õ Íõuõμ Aø øú Guß hzøua `ǼÀ ÂÁ UQÓõº? (A) Aμ] À (B) u (C) PÀ (D) EÓÄ øó Page 4
Weber interprets economic structure in the context of the conduct of (a) Polity (b) Religion (c) Education (d) Kinship 9. xºøpªß \ P À øó À Gß x G u Á¼ø õú AÝ Á[PÒ» öáîuöpõnμ kqóx? (A) E À (B) C Ø À (C) ÁõÛ À (D) Áμ»õÖ The sociological method of Durkheim exists firmly on the experience of (a) Biology (b) Physics (c) Astronomy (d) History 10. xºøp ßÖ ÁøP uøöpõø»pøí ØÔ TÔ²ÒÍõº. AÁØÔÀ RÌPsh G u JßÖ Ch ö ÓÂÀø»? (A) ÓºUöPÚ uøöpõø» (B) ußú» uøöpõø» (C) (D) u \õº u uøöpõø» ö Ô\õº u uøöpõø» Page 5
Durkheim has propounded three types of suicide. Which among these is not one of them? (a) Altruistic (b) Egoistic (c) Ritualistic (d) Anomic PART B (5 5 = 25 marks) Answer ALL questions, choosing either (a) or (b) in about 250 words each. 11. (A) ºPõm]Áõu ÂÍUS. Explain Positivism. (B) Põ hâß Ûu Áͺa]U Põm õmøh ÂÁ. Describe the Comte s law of human progress. 12. (A) \ P nõ U P zøu B Ä ö\. Examine the concept of social evolution. (B) ìö ß\ ß E ºø Jzu Põm õmiøú vóúõ Ä ö\. Critically analyze the Spencer s theory of organic analogy. Page 6
13. (A) õºu]ß C [Q À ö õ Ò uàáõu SÔzx ÂÁõv. Discuss about Marx s theory of dialectical materialism. (B) \ P õøó SÔzu Põm õmøh v k ö\. Evaluate the theory of social change. 14. (A) öá ß P zx ÁøPø Põm õmiøú B Ä ö\. Examine the Weber s theory of ideal type. (B) öá ß AvPõμ SÔzu Põm õmiøú ÂÁ. Describe the Weber s theory of bureaucracy. 15. (A) xºøpªß u SÔzu P zvøú vóúõ Ä ö\. Critically examine Durkheim s concept of religion. Page 7
(B) uøöpõø» ØÖ \ P JØÖø SÔzx ÂÁõv. Discuss about suicide and social solidarity. PART C (5 8 = 40 marks) Answer ALL questions, choosing either (a) or (b) in about 600 words each. 16. (A) Põ iß \ P {ø» À ØÖ \ P C UP À SÔzx ÂÁ. Bring out the Comte s theory of social statics and social dynamics. (B) \ P ¾US Põ m ÁÇ[Q [PÎ SÔzx ÂÁ. Describe the Comte s contributions to sociology. 17. (A) ìö ß\ ß \ P ¼ß AÔ À SÔzx vóúõ Ä ö\. Critically examine the Spencer s science of sociology. Page 8
(B) ìö ß\ ß \ P ÁøPø SÔzu õºøáø ÂÁ. Explain the Spencer s views on classification of societies. 18. (A) ÁºUP ØÖ ÁºUP õμõmh SÔzx vóúõ Ä ö\ P. Critically examine the class and class struggle. (B) õºuêß A { õuà Põm õmøh ÂÁ. Discuss about the Marx s theory of alienation. 19. (A) \ ØÖ ö õ Íõuõμ SÔzx öá ß ÁÈ{ßÖ vóúõ Ä ö\. Critically analyse the religion and economy from Weber s point of view. (B) öá ß \ P øh øó Põm õk SÔzx ÂÁõv. Discuss about the Weber s theory of social action. Page 9
20. (A) xºøpªß uøöpõø» Põm õmøh vóúõ Ä ö\. Critically analyse Durkheim s theory of suicide. (B) \ P ¾US xºøpªß [PÎ PøÍ ÂÁ. Examine the contributions of Durkheim to sociology. Page 10