WEST BENGAL CIVIL SERVICE
EXAMINATION—1996
SOCIOLOGY—Paper I
Time Allowed—3' Hours Full marks—100
Answer any three questions from Group A and any two from Group B.
All Questions carry equal marks.
Group A
Answer any three questions.
1. Explain how culture can hinder change.
2. Do you think that the nature of social control changes as society becomes modern ?
3. Examine the relationship between socialization and social order.
4. Point out the importance of secondary groups in modern social life.
5. Discuss, after Weber the sources of legitimacy.
Group B
Answer any two questions.
6. Do social changes generate social conflict ?
7. Would you say consumption and social status are interrelated ?
8. Is sociological research a violation of individual privacy ?
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