UPSC Sociology Optional Paper 1 2018 PYQ

Section a · Q1(a) · UPSC 2018 · Sociology GS 1 · 10 marks · Solution

The focal point of sociology rests on interaction. How do you distinguish it from common sense?

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Section b · Q1(b) · UPSC 2018 · Sociology GS 1 · 10 marks · Solution

Distinguish between fact and value in Weber's Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism

Sociological Thinkers: Karl Marx

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Section c · Q1(c) · UPSC 2018 · Sociology GS 1 · 10 marks · Solution

Do you think T and Me are central terms in Mead's work

Sociology

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Section d · Q1(d) · UPSC 2018 · Sociology GS 1 · 10 marks · Solution

What is the difference between natural and social inequality examples from caste and class dimensions

Stratification and Mobility: Concepts

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Section e · Q1(e) · UPSC 2018 · Sociology GS 1 · 10 marks · Solution

What are the new forms of family in developed societies? Discuss

Systems of Kinship

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Section a · Q2(a) · UPSC 2018 · Sociology GS 1 · 20 marks · Solution

Is non-positivist methodology scientific? Illustrate.

Sociology as Science

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Section b · Q2(b) · UPSC 2018 · Sociology GS 1 · 15 marks · Solution

Explain Durkheim's basic arguments on suicide. Can you analyse high suicide rates of contemporary Indian society with Durkheim's theory?

Sociological Thinkers: Karl Marx

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Section c · Q2(c) · UPSC 2018 · Sociology GS 1 · 15 marks · Solution

Evaluate if social stratification is functional for society.

Sociological Thinkers: Karl Marx

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Section a · Q3(a) · UPSC 2018 · Sociology GS 1 · 20 marks · Solution

Does the collapse of functionalism and bankruptcy of Marxism coincide with the rupture of modernity? Discuss.

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Section b · Q3(b) · UPSC 2018 · Sociology GS 1 · 15 marks · Solution

Define patriarchy. How does patriarchy manifest in interpersonal relations?

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Section c · Q3(c) · UPSC 2018 · Sociology GS 1 · 15 marks · Solution

What is the difference between anomie in Merton and Durkheim? Explain.

Sociological Thinkers: Karl Marx

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Section a · Q4(a) · UPSC 2018 · Sociology GS 1 · 20 marks · Solution

According to Marx, how are human beings alienated from their human potential and what does he suggest to change this?

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Section b · Q4(b) · UPSC 2018 · Sociology GS 1 · 15 marks · Solution

Schooling does not ensure upward mobility of all members of this society. Discuss with reference in class societies.

Sociological Thinkers: Karl Marx

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Section c · Q4(c) · UPSC 2018 · Sociology GS 1 · 15 marks · Solution

Discuss the challenges thrown by religious revivalism to a secular nation-state.

Politics and Society

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Section a · Q5(a) · UPSC 2018 · Sociology GS 1 · 10 marks · Solution

Is the theory of cultural lag valid in present times? Discuss

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Section b · Q5(b) · UPSC 2018 · Sociology GS 1 · 10 marks · Solution

Are social movements primordial in means and progressive in agenda? Explain

Politics and Society

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Section c · Q5(c) · UPSC 2018 · Sociology GS 1 · 10 marks · Solution

Does scientific method make Sociology a Science? Illustrate your answer with Durkheim's method.

Sociology as Science

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Section d · Q5(d) · UPSC 2018 · Sociology GS 1 · 10 marks · Solution

Distinguish between qualitative techniques of data collection with suitable examples from Indian society.

Research Methods and Analysis

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Section e · Q5(e) · UPSC 2018 · Sociology GS 1 · 10 marks · Solution

In social mobility possible in closed systems of stratification ? Illustrate from research work.

Stratification and Mobility: Concepts

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Section a · Q6(a) · UPSC 2018 · Sociology GS 1 · 20 marks · Solution

Discuss the nature of social organization of work in capitalist society with reference to the Limits of the working day.

Works and Economic Life

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Section b · Q6(b) · UPSC 2018 · Sociology GS 1 · 15 marks · Solution

Distinguish between family and household with reference to the concept of development of the household.

Systems of Kinship

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Section c · Q6(c) · UPSC 2018 · Sociology GS 1 · 15 marks · Solution

Explain with examples, the explanatory and exploratory designs of social research.

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Section a · Q7(a) · UPSC 2018 · Sociology GS 1 · 20 marks · Solution

How can Parsons' AGIL framework be used to analyse key problems is a society? Discuss.

Sociological Thinkers: Karl Marx

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Section b · Q7(b) · UPSC 2018 · Sociology GS 1 · 15 marks · Solution

What is labour commitment? Discuss it with reference to studies of manufacturing industry.

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Section c · Q7(c) · UPSC 2018 · Sociology GS 1 · 15 marks · Solution

What, according to Pareto, are the basic characteristics of elites? Discuss.

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Section a · Q8(a) · UPSC 2018 · Sociology GS 1 · 20 marks · Solution

"The sociological imagination enables us to grasp SOCIOLOGY and biography and the relationship between the two in society." - C.W.Mills . Explain.

Sociological Thinkers: Karl Marx

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Section b · Q8(b) · UPSC 2018 · Sociology GS 1 · 15 marks · Solution

What is sects? Discuss their role in multi-religious societies with empirical examples.

Religion and Society

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Section c · Q8(c) · UPSC 2018 · Sociology GS 1 · 15 marks · Solution

In what way did Durkheim perceive religion as functional to society?

Sociological Thinkers: Karl Marx

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