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IGNOU ESO-3/13 : SOCIOLOGICAL THOUGHT December, 2017 QUESTION PAPER
Note: This question paper has three sections. Attempt the questions as instructed in each section.
SECTION I
Answer any two of the following questions in about 500 words each.
Q1. Describe and discuss the functional pre-requisites of a social system as mentioned by Parsons.
Q2. Compare and contrast Marx and Weber’s approach towards the understanding of capitalism.
Q3. Explain with suitable examples, Malinowski’s ‘Need Theory’.
Q4. Discuss how Durkheim tried to establish sociology as a science.
SECTION II
Answer any four of the following questions in about 250 words each.
Q5. Discuss the concept of ‘Ideal Types’ given by Weber.
Q6. Explain Radcliffe-Brown’s concept of social structure and social function.
Q7. Distinguish between latent and manifest functions. Give suitable examples.
Q8. What is ‘anticipatory socialisation’? Discuss with examples.
Q9. Compare the features of societies having mechanical solidarity and organic solidarity, as given by Durkheim.
Q10. According to Marx, ‘the history of all societies is the history of class struggles’. Discuss.
Q11. What is the relation between the Industrial Revolution in Europe and the emergence of Sociology? Discuss.
SECTION III
Answer any two of the following questions in about 100 words each.
Q12. Explain Auguste Comte’s notion of hierarchy of sciences.
Q13. What did Herbert Spencer mean by social evolution?
Q14. Define the concept of authority given by Max Weber.
Q15. What is a multi-ethnic society?