LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – SOCIOLOGY

OC 28

FIRST SEMESTER – APRIL 2006

                                                  SO 1803 – PRINCIPLES OF SOCIOLOGY

 

 

Date & Time : 22-04-2006/1.00-4.00 P.M.   Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

PART – A

 

Answer the following questions in about 30 words each.  (10 x 2 = 20 marks)

 

1. Define society.
2. What is an institution?
3. Explain the term ‘social structure’.
4. What according to Comte, are the three laws of progress?
5. Define culture.
6. What is meant by ‘ethnocentrism’?
7. What is socialisation?
8. Explain the term ‘assimilation’.
9. Define class.
10. What are the different types of marriage?

 

PART – B

 

Answer any FIVE questions in about 300 words each.              (5 x 8 = 40 marks)

 

11. Examine the status of sociology as a science.
12. Explain Cooley’s theory of looking glass self.
13. Elucidate the process of socialisation.
14. Discuss the dissociative social processes of competition and conflict.
15. What is deviance? Examine the social significance of deviant behaviour.
16. Briefly describe the important kinship usages.
17. Discuss the important functions of the institution of family.

 

PART – B

 

Answer any TWO questions in about 1200 words each.          (2 x 10 = 20 marks)

 

18. Define Sociology. Discuss the nature, scope and importance of Sociology.
19. What is social control? What is the importance of social control? Describe the methods of social control.
20. Define social change. Discuss the different theories of social change.
21. Elaborate upon the caste system of social stratification.

 

Go To Main page

 

             LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034  M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – SOCIOLOGY

AO 15

FIRST SEMESTER – NOV 2006

         SO 1803 – PRINCIPLES OF SOCIOLOGY

 

 

Date & Time : 26-10-2006/1.00-4.00           Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

PART – A

Answer the following questions in about 30 words each.                (10 x 2 = 20 marks)

1. Explain the concept of society.
2. What is meant by conformity?
3. What is meant by alienation?
4. What according to Comte are the three laws of progress?
5. Define culture.
6. What is meant by ‘ethnocentrism’?
7. What is socialisation?
8. Explain the term ‘assimilation’.
9. Define ‘social fact’.
10. Define Kinship.

PART – B

Answer any FIVE of the following in about 300 words each.           (5 x 8 = 40 marks)

11. Is sociology a science? How?
12. Explain Cooley’s theory of the development of self.
13. Elucidate the process of socialisation.
14. Discuss the dissociative social processes of competition and conflict.
15. What is deviance? Examine the social significance of deviant behaviour.
16. Briefly describe the theory of class and class conflict.
17. Discuss the important functions of the institution of marriage.

PART – C

Answer any TWO questions in about 1200 words each.                 (2 x 10 = 20 marks)

18. Define Sociology. Discuss the nature, scope and importance of sociology.
19. What is social control? Elucidate the importance of social control? Briefly explain the role of different agencies of social control.

 

20. Define joint family. Analyse the changing trends in the Indian family system.
21. What is social stratification? Elaborate upon caste as a system of social stratification in India.

 

 

Go To Main page