WBCS Exam Main Optional Question Paper on Sociology [Paper I] - 2019

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2019

SOCIOLOGY - PAPER - I

Time Allowed : 3 Hours                                                                                                              Full Marks : 200

If the questions attempted are in excess of the prescribed number, only the questions attempted first up to the prescribed number shall be valued and the remaining ones ignored.

Answers may be given either in English or in Bengali but all answer must be in one and the same language.

GROUP -A

Answer any three questions :-

1. Write a brief note on the scope of sociology. State the relationship between Sociology and Anthropology.     20+20

2. Define, following Weber, Ideal Types.  Examine Weber's thesis on Propestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism.  10+30

3. Discuss the social aspects of production and distribution.     40

4. Delineate, after Talcott Parsons, social system and its four major problems.      40

5. What do you understand by formal and informal organizations of work  ? Briefly state the problems of labour in the modern world.

GROUP -B

Answer any two questions :-

6. Define social mobility. What are the different types of mobility ? Distinguish, with examples, between open and closed systems of mobility.        10+15+15

7. Narrate the importance of participant observation with reference to a particular study.       40

8. (a) Show the interface of science, technology and social changes.    20

    (b) Distinguish between dominant culture and celebrity culture.       20

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