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Sociology Mains UPSC Last 34 Years Question Papers (Mrunal - Org) From 1979 To 2012
Sociology Mains UPSC Last 34 Years Question Papers (Mrunal - Org) From 1979 To 2012
Contents
SOCIOLOGY 1979 .......................................................................................................................................... 2
SOCIOLOGY 1980 .......................................................................................................................................... 3
SOCIOLOGY 1981 .......................................................................................................................................... 5
SOCIOLOGY 1982 .......................................................................................................................................... 6
SOCIOLOGY 1983 .......................................................................................................................................... 7
SOCIOLOGY 1984 .......................................................................................................................................... 9
SOCIOLOGY 1985 ........................................................................................................................................ 10
SOCIOLOGY 1986 ........................................................................................................................................ 11
SOCIOLOGY 1987 ........................................................................................................................................ 12
SOCIOLOGY 1988 ........................................................................................................................................ 13
SOCIOLOGY 1989 ........................................................................................................................................ 14
SOCIOLOGY 1990 ........................................................................................................................................ 16
SOCIOLOGY 1991 ........................................................................................................................................ 17
SOCIOLOGY 1992 ........................................................................................................................................ 18
SOCIOLOGY 1993 ........................................................................................................................................ 19
SOCIOLOGY 1994 ........................................................................................................................................ 20
SOCIOLOGY 1995 ........................................................................................................................................ 22
SOCIOLOGY 1996 ........................................................................................................................................ 23
SOCIOLOGY 1997 ........................................................................................................................................ 24
SOCIOLOGY 1998 ........................................................................................................................................ 25
SOCIOLOGY 1999 ........................................................................................................................................ 27
SOCIOLOGY 2000 ........................................................................................................................................ 28
SOCIOLOGY 2001 ........................................................................................................................................ 29
SOCIOLOGY 2002 ........................................................................................................................................ 30
SOCIOLOGY 2003 ........................................................................................................................................ 31
SOCIOLOGY 2004 ........................................................................................................................................ 33
SOCIOLOGY 2005 ........................................................................................................................................ 34
SOCIOLOGY 2006 ........................................................................................................................................ 35
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PAPER-I-1999
SECTION A
1. Write short notes on any three of the following (each answer should not exceed 200
words):
(a) Sociology as a by-product of Industrial Revolution
(b) Role conflict as a source of deviation
(c) Limitations of questionnaire as a technique of data collection.
(d) Gemeinschaft and Gesselschaft types of communities.
2. How would you distinguish between the stratified and the unstratified social
positions? What explanation would you profer for the universal existence of the social
stratification in human society?
3. Elaborate on the social necessity of religion. Discuss the relationship between religion
and science.
4. Social control is more a matter of conviction than that of coercion. Comment. Discuss
the role of ideology in social control.
SECTION B
5. Write short notes on any three of the following (each answer should not exceed 200
words):
(a) Division of labour and differentiation of social structure
(b) Impact of the democratic political system on the traditional social structure
(c) Social structure and Anomie
(d) Functional problems of the social system
6. Discuss the nature and characteristics of social mobility. Can the nature and the rate
of social mobility be treated as an index of economic development? Comment.
7. Bring out the commonality between a social movement and a revolution. Would you
agree with the view that each revolution is preceded by a social movement? Give
reasons.
8. Elaborate on the concept of structural change. Discuss the endogenic factors of
structural change in a society, with suitable examples.
PAPER-II-1999
SECTION A
1. Write notes on any three of the following (in not more than 200 words each:
(a) Social Justice
(b) National Unity
(c) Total Literacy Campaign (TLC)
(d) Peasant Society
2. Discuss 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments with reference to decentralization of
power.
3. What is meant by privatization and how could it effect economic reforms in India?
4. What do you mean by Green Revolution and what are its socio-economic
consequences? Discuss.
SECTION B
5. Write notes on any three of the following in not more than 200 words each:
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PAPER-I-2004
SECTION A
1. Write short notes on any THREE of the following (Each note should not exceed 200
words):
(a) Objectivity and Value Neutrality in Social Research.
(b) Bureaucracy in New Capitalist Economy
(c) Gender Roles in Changing Structure of family
(d) Class within Caste and Caste within Class.
2. Give a critical Review of Emile Durkheims Theory on Religion and Society. To what
extent does it explain the contemporary scenario in Asia?
3. Socialisation and social control are complementary to each other in maintaining
social order. Elucidate your answer with appropriate illustrations.
4. Briefly discuss the Conflict Perspective on social stratification and examine the view
that social inequality in India is the function of rigid social stratification system.
SECTION B
5. Write short notes on any THREE of the following (Each note should not exceed 200
words):
(a) Authority and Legitimacy
(b) Privatization of Education & Equality of Opportunity
(c) Science and Social Responsibility
(d) Ideology and Strategy of Social Movement
6. Examine in detail the impact of new global economy on work organisation and family
structure in India.
7. Examine the functional as well as dysfunctional aspects of religion in a pluralistic
society taking India and the United States of America as illustrative models.
8. Bring out a comparative analysis of Marxian and Parsonian views of social change and
examine the relevance of each view of social development in the contemporary India.
PAPER-II- 2004
SECTION A
1. Write notes on any THREE of the following in not more than 200 words each:
(a) Caste mobilisation in North India.
(b) Impact of Muslims on Indian Society.
(c) Feudalism and Semi Feudalism
(d) Social Consequences of Globalisation.
2. Discuss the influence of socio-cultural factors on age of marriage in India.
3. Critically evaluate education as a tool for social justice.
4. The 73rd and the 74th constitutional amendments have motivated social mobilisation
in rural India. Discuss.
SECTION B
5. Write notes on any THREE of the following in not more than 200 words each:
(a) Role of religion in civil society.
(b) Migration and tribal communities.
(c) Socio-cultural factors related to foeticide.
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Paper I
1. write short notes on any 4 of the following , keeping sociological perspectives in view
in about 200 words each. 154 = 60
a. content analysis
b. nomothetic & ideographic methods
c. serendipity
d. cybernetic hierarchical of control
e. ethnicity & development
2.a. sociology without history is rootless & history without sociology is fruitless.
Elaborate. 30 mrks
b. examine the social dimensions of religious revivalism & fundamentalism in the
context of globalization. 30 mrks
3.a. work in capitalism is reduced to mere labor in which the individual doesnt develop
freely his physical & mental energy but mortifies his body & ruins his mind. Critically
evaluate the assertion. 30 mrks
b. compare Karl Marx with emile Durham with reference to the framework of division of
labor. 30 mrks
4.a. critically analyze the contributions of g.h. mead to symbolic interactionism. 30 mrks
b. examine how open & closed systems of stratification are undergoing transformation
in the emergence of new hierarchical social orders in societies. 30 mrks
section b
5. write short notes on any 4 of the following , keeping sociological perspectives in view
in about 200 words each. 154 = 60
a. feminization of labor in informal sector
b. identity politics
c. positive religion
d. kinship & social capital
e. human relation school of thought by Elton mayo as a social organization of work
process in industry
6.a. there has been the substantial decline in labor class & increase in labor force in nonmanual jobs with the advent of new technological revolution . critically examine. 30 mrks
b. discuss between people being socially excluded & people excluding themselves
socially in societies. 15 mrks
c. science has empirical means to logical ends & religion has non-empirical means to
logical ends. Comment. 15 mrks
7.a. list the source of power & explain the various indicators based on which power can
be measured. 30 mrks
b. analyze social impact of market economy on traditional societies. 15 mrks
c. examine the social dimensions of displacement induced by development. 15 mrks
8.a. evaluate how civil society & democracy mutually reinforce each other. 30 mrks
b. examine karl marxs views on class-in-itself & class-for-itself with reference to
proletarians. 30 mrks.
Paper 2
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Paper I: SECTION A
Q1. 150 words each
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Interpretative Sociology
Fact Value and Objectivity
Universalism vs. Particilarism
Comparative Method
Sacred and Profane
Q 2. 30 markers
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Stratification of Classes
Industrial Democracy
Citizenship and Civil Society
Millenarian Movements
Theory of Cultural Lag-Ogburn and Nimkoff.
Q 6.
1. In our society Hierarchical relations are influenced by social mobility ? Discuss.
2. In Marxian classification of Society, feudal and slave societies are very important. How
are they different from each other?
3. Are Social movement always influenced by ideologies? Discuss.
Q 7.
1. Discuss the factors leading to growing religious revivalism in the contemporary world.
2. Describe the important of lineage and descent in kinship and family.
3. Show how family is distinct from household.
Q 8.
1. How so formal and informal organisation of work influence labours mobility ? Exaplain
with examples.
2. What do you understand by nation ? Is the nation same as the state ? Discuss.
3. Revolutionary change have some specific characteristics. Discuss with examples.
Paper 2: SECTION A
1. Write short notes with a sociological perspective on the following in not more than 150 words
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Q 2. 20 markers
1. Distinguish between the following:
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
2. Indian society may be understood as a system of cognitive structures. How far do you
agree with this statement?
3. Comment on the social and cultural determinants of sexual decision of labour.
Q 3. 30 markers
1. Examine the impact of secularization on various religious communities in India.
2. Has geographic and economic mobility impacted the tribal culture and social structure ?
Give examples.
Q 4. 20 markers
1. Has nuclear family existed in traditional India? Discuss with reference to the views of I.
P. Desai.
2. How have social reform movements in colonial India contributed to modernization of
Indian society?
3. Discuss the factors which contributed to industrial modernization in India. What are the
salient features of new industrial class structure ?
Paper 2 SECTION B
Q 5. 12 markers, 150 words each:1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Q 6. 20 markers
1. Critically examine the concepts of nation and citizenship in the context of globalization.
2. Discuss some social and cultural determinants of infant morality rate. Give your
suggestions to prevent infanticide.
3. Bring out some positive and negative social consequences of green revolution. How has
green revolution changed the rural social structure?
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