Dibrugarh University| B.A| CBCS| Sociology, Sociological Thinkers-I| Question Paper - (Nov/ Dec) - 2022| 5th Semester
5 SEM TDC SOCH (CBCS) C 11
2022
(Nov/Dec)
SOCIOLOGY
(Core)
Paper: C-11
(Sociological Thinkers-I)
Full Marks: 80
Pass Marks: 32
Time: 3 hours
The figures in the margin indicate full
marks for the questions
1. Choose the correct answer from the following: 1x8=8
(a) According to Karl Marx, the present
(i) State will continue for long
(ii) State will wither away
(iii) State promotes interests of all
(iv) State sides with the rich and not the
poor
(b) Sociological Theory was written by
(i) A. Giddens
(ii) G. Ritzer
(iii) M. Weber
(iv) L. Coser
(c) Which sociological perspective holds
that if an aspect of social life does not contribute to a society's stability
or survival it will not be passed on from one generation to the next?
(i) Conflict perspective
(ii) Interactionist perspective
(iii) Microsociology
(iv) Functionalist perspective
(d) Who was the main advocator of
Formalistic school?
(i) Simmel
(ii) Durkheim
(iii) Comte
(iv) Karl Marx
(e) The Theory of Social and Economic Organization
was written by
(i) M. Weber
(ii) M. Gane
(iii) K. Marx
(iv) A. Comte
(f) On the basis of mode of orientation,
Weber classifies social action into
(i) Four types
(ii) Five types
(iii) Six types
(iv) Three types
(g) Karl Marx borrowed the value of
history in human existence from
(i) Hegel
(ii) Kant
(iii) Comte
(iv) Collins
(h) Religious behaviour in which people
engage in a number of activities for the achievements of certain things is
typically an example of
(i) Wert rational action
(ii) Affectual action
(iii) Traditional action
(iv) Zweckrational action
2. Write briefly on any four from the following (within 150 words each):
4x4=16
(a) Comte's Hierarchy of Sciences
(b) Marx's views on alienation
(c) Max Weber's concept of social action
(d) Ideal types as a methodology
(e) Durkheim's views on the Rules of Sociological
Method
(f) Features of social facts
3. Answer any four from the following questions (within 500 words each):
14x4=56
(a) Discuss A. Comte's views on positivism
through his Law of Human Progress.
(b) Discuss critically Marx's
Materialistic interpretation of History.
(c) Write a note on the Protestant Ethics
and the Spirit of Capitalism.
(d) Discuss the views of Weber on Polity
according to Gianfranco Poggi.
(e) Discuss E. Durkheim as a radical
sociologist.
(f) Discuss critically Durkheim's theory
of suicide.
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