IAS GURUKUL SOCIOLOGY

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Civil Services (Main) Exam

Time Allowed: Three Hours Maximum Marks: 250

SOCIOLOGY (Paper I)

Self-Assessment Tests
PAPER CODE: FLT 4 (SA)

QUESTION PAPER SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS

Please read each of the following instructions carefully before attempting questions:

This is self-assessment question paper, answer script for these questions will not be
evaluated.

There are FIVE questions divided in Two Sections and printed in ENGLISH. Candidate has
to attempt ALL questions.
The number of marks carried by a question / part is indicated against it.

Answers must be written in the medium authorized in the Admission Certificate. No marks will
be given for answers written in medium other than the authorized one.

Word limit in questions, wherever specified, should be adhered to.

Attempts of questions shall be counted in sequential order. Unless struck off, attempt of a question
shall be counted even if attempted partly. Any page or portion of the page left blank must be clearly
struck off.

SECTION A

Q1. Write short answers, with a sociological perspective, of the following questions in
about 150 words each: (10 x 5 = 50)

a) Identify some dysfunctions and functions of the pandemic.

b) Sociology as a by-product of industrial Revolution.

c) Describe what a good hypothesis is.
d) Write short note on experimental design.
e) What is class struggle as conceived by Karl Marx.

Q2. a) Critically examine Weber’s theory of Protestant Ethic and spirit of Capitalism.
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b) Can education be considered as an agent of social change? In what manner can it

establish a new social order? 20

c) Explain Sex and Gender issues with suitable examples. 10

Q3. a) Critically examine functional and dysfunctional aspects of religion. 20

b) Analyse the impact of the corona pandemic on family and kinship. 20
c) What is Mead’s notion of self? 10

SECTION B

Q4. Write short answers, with a sociological perspective, of the following questions in
about 150 words each: (10 x 5 = 50)
a) Can we equate ‘poverty with ‘poor living’? Elaborate your answer.
b) Write short note on Feminisation of Labour in Informal Sector.
c) Examine the role of pressure groups in parliamentary democracy?
d) Examine the role of protest movements in changing the status of Dalits in India.
e) Religious revivalism in contemporary times.

Q5. a) Sociology of globalization. 20

b) 2. Discuss the role of religion in the world today. Has the super-growth of science
has any de-mystifying effect on religion? 20
c) What is an Anomie from Durkheim’s perspective? 10

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