1. Discuss Rousseau's concept of General will. How does it relate to individual liberty ? 40 2. Elucidate the Gandhian concept of Satyagraha. 30 3. Critically assess the concept of civil society. How is it related to the state ? 30

1. Answer any four of the following. (a) (i) What is hairy root culture; (ii) What are elicitars ? (iii) Differentiate between paracentric and pericentric inversion, (iv) What is biotransformation ? (v) What is the difference between transformation and transducation ?

1. Write brief notes on any four of the following :- 10 x 4 (a) Endemism. (b) Virioids. (c) Lichens. (d) Mycorthiza. (e) Plasmids. (f) Phyto remedietion

1. Has market led industrialization and urbanization has resulted in western consumerism and materialistic culture to creeping in what adversely affect the plural Indian culture ? Explain with examples from contemporary India 2. Describe the process of social mobility among lower castes and discuss the role of Backward Classes Movement in strengthening this process. 3. Discuss how vocational diversification has affected the pattern of social stratification in india.

W.B.C.S. (EXECUTIVE) EXAMINATION - 2013 Optional Paper

SOCIOLOGY  PAPER - II

Time Allowed : 3 Hours   Full Marks : 100

GROUP - A

Answer any three questions.

1. Give a brief analysis of the process of Sanskritization.

W.B.C.S. (EXECUTIVE) EXAMINATION - 2013 Optional Paper

SOCIOLOGY  PAPER - I

Time Allowed : 3 Hours   Full Marks : 100

GROUP- A

Answer any three questions.

1. Analyse the factor the factors contributing to the Emergence of Sociology.

W.B.C.S. (EXECUTIVE) EXAMINATION - 2015  Optional Paper

SOCIOLOGY : PAPER - II

Time Allowed: 3 Hours   Full Marks : 200

W.B.C.S. (EXECUTIVE) EXAMINATION - 2015  Optional Paper

SOCIOLOGY : PAPER - I

Time Allowed: 3 Hours   Full Marks : 200

1. How would you distinguish modernity from tradition ? Show how modernity and tradition coexist in the Indian context. 2. Assess M. N. Srinivas' contribution to the understanding of Indian society.

1. Expalin Karl Marx's analysis of Historical-materialism and Class-Struggle. 40 2. Discuss Emile Durkheim's theory of Division of Labour. 40 3. Indicate the rules of social mobility in the process of social stratification. 40