LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – SOCIAL WORK
FIRST SEMESTER – APRIL 2004
SW 1801 /SW 716 – SOCIOLOGY AND THE STUDY OF INDIAN SOCIETY
Date : 05.04.04 Max : 100 marks
Duration: 9 – 12 p.m. Hours : 3 hrs
SECTION – A
Answer ALL questions. All questions carry equal marks. (10 x 2 = 20 marks)
Answer to each question should not exceed 50 words.
- What is functionalist perspective in Sociology?
- Indicate any four salient features of Max Weber’s Bureaucracy.
- Name any four branches of Sociology.
- Name any four characteristics of Society.
- Define Power.
- What is Sanskritization?
- Name the types of Suicide as indicated by Emile Durkheim.
- Define Deviance.
- Differentiate Competition from Cooperation.
- Give any four differences between Class and Caste.
SECTION – B
Answer any FOUR (4 x 10 = 40 marks)
All questions carry equal marks. Each answer should not exceed 300 words.
- Describe the agents of Social Control.
- Examine the impact of religion in Society.
- Discuss the forms of Mass Behavior.
- Discuss the effects of Urbanization.
- Discuss the types of Social Movements with examples.
- Describe the meaning types, characteristics and functions of a Family.
SECTION – C
Answer any TWO. All questions carry equal marks. (2 x 20 = 40 marks)
Answer should not exceed 600 words.
- Write an essay on the nature of Indian Society with regard to its structure and diversity.
- Discuss the causes of Poverty and the remedial measures
- Discuss the Concept of Social Groups. Explain the classifications of Social Groups.