2018
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.
All questions carry equal marks
Group -A
Answer any three questions :
1. Discuss the emergence of sociology as an academic discipline. 40
2. What is social fact ? Is suicide a social fact ? Discuss with reference to Emile Durkheim. 40
3. How would you estimate R.K. Merton as a sociologist. 40
4. What do you understand by post-industrial Society ? Discuss its major dimensions. 40
5. a) Discuss the important issues of citizenship in post-independent India.
b) Do you agree with the view that 'civil society' can play a significant role in forming public opinion ? Justify your answer. 20+20
GROUP-B
Answer any two questions :
6. Is there any debate between religion and science ? Explain their significance in modern India. 40
7. Write an essay on Social responsibility of Science. 40
8. 'Survey method is one of the important methods of data collection’. Explain. 40
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