LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034 M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – SOCIOLOGY
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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)
- Explain the concept of society.
- What is meant by conformity?
- What is meant by alienation?
- What according to Comte are the three laws of progress?
- Define culture.
- What is meant by ‘ethnocentrism’?
- What is socialisation?
- Explain the term ‘assimilation’.
- Define ‘social fact’.
- Define Kinship.
PART – B
Answer any FIVE of the following in about 300 words each. (5 x 8 = 40 marks)
- Is sociology a science? How?
- Explain Cooley’s theory of the development of self.
- Elucidate the process of socialisation.
- Discuss the dissociative social processes of competition and conflict.
- What is deviance? Examine the social significance of deviant behaviour.
- Briefly describe the theory of class and class conflict.
- 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)
- Define Sociology. Discuss the nature, scope and importance of sociology.
- What is social control? Elucidate the importance of social control? Briefly explain the role of different agencies of social control.
- Define joint family. Analyse the changing trends in the Indian family system.
- What is social stratification? Elaborate upon caste as a system of social stratification in India.