W.B.C.S. (EXECUTIVE) EXAMINATION - 2017 Optional Paper
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.
Answer may be given either in English or in Bengali but all answers must be in one and the same language
GROUP-A
Answer any three questions
1. What is protestant Ethic ? How does Max Weber relate it with capitalism ? 40
2. How do different sociological perspectives interpret the nature of individual and society ? 40
3. Analyse, following Talcotta Persons, the Functional system problems 40
4. Analyse the role of socialisation and learning in the process of cultural transmission. 40
5. Examine the development of post Fordism as an era of economic production. 40
GROUP-B
Answer any two questions
6. Do you think that secularization leads to the diminution in the social significance of religion ? 40
7. Distinguish between Questionnaire and Interview as technique of data collection. 40
8. Write a note on the impact of technology on a society with suitable examples. 40
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