{"id":106608,"date":"2023-03-01T16:17:53","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T16:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gkscientist.com\/?p=106608"},"modified":"2023-03-18T10:28:11","modified_gmt":"2023-03-18T10:28:11","slug":"jkpsc-kas-mains-2022-sociology-paper-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gkscientist.com\/jkpsc-kas-mains-2022-sociology-paper-1\/","title":{"rendered":"JKPSC KAS Mains 2022 Sociology Paper 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
INSTRUCTIONS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Please read each of the following instructions carefully before attempting the paper.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n (i) There are eight questions divided in two Sections and printed in English. Candidate has to attempt Five<\/strong> questions in All. Questions No. 1<\/strong> and 5<\/strong> are compulsory and out of the remaining, any Three<\/strong> are to be attempted choosing at least One question from each Section. The number of marks carried by a Question\/Part is indicated against it. Answers must be written in English in Question-Cum-Answer (QCA) Booklet in the space provided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n (ii) Your answer should be precise and coherent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n (iii) If you encounter any typographical error, please read it as it appears in the text book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n (iv) Candidates are in their own interest advised to go through the general instructions on the back side of the title page of the Answer Script for strict adherence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n (v) No continuation sheets shall be provided to any candidate under any circumstances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n (vi) No blank page be left in between answer to various questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n SECTION- A<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. Answer the following questions in about 150 words each. (5 x 10 = 50)<\/p>\n\n\n\n (a) Why did Durkheim Study Totemism? (10)<\/p>\n\n\n\n (b) What is “Verstehen”? (10)<\/p>\n\n\n\n (c) What is case study method? (10)<\/p>\n\n\n\n (d) Compare and contrast Sociology and Jurisprudence. (10)<\/p>\n\n\n\n (e) Knowledge about society is obtained with scientific methods. Explain with suitable examples. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. (a) Explain Durkheim’s basic arguments on suicide. Can the high suicide rates in India be analysed in light of Durkheim’s theory. (20)<\/p>\n\n\n\n (b) Discuss the cause and consequences of labour movements in liberalized India. (15)<\/p>\n\n\n\n (c) Compare and contrast between comparative and inverse deductive method. (15)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3. (a) Auguste Comte’s thinking reflected the tempestuous events of his period, Discuss. (20)<\/p>\n\n\n\n (b) The changes in individual personality and thought process lead to changes in the social system. Discuss. (15)<\/p>\n\n\n\n (c) Domestic violence by one member of the family against another impacts the mental wellbeing of children. Explain. (15)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4. (a) How does technology change our work activities in industrial capitalist society? Discuss. (20)<\/p>\n\n\n\n (b) How according to Marx, are human beings alienated from their human potential and what is the remedy he suggests? (15)<\/p>\n\n\n\n (c) Critically discuss Max Weber’s idea of bureaucracy. (15)<\/p>\n\n\n\n SECTION- B<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 5. Answer the following in about 150 words each: (10 x 5 = 50)<\/p>\n\n\n\n (a) What is Bio-Social system? (10)<\/p>\n\n\n\n (b) Emile Durkheim was not merely a Sociologist, he was a Philosopher, too. Illustrate. (10)<\/p>\n\n\n\n (c) Discuss Talcott Parsons idea of Cultural system. (10)<\/p>\n\n\n\n (d) Discuss Auguste Comte’s idea of Social Statics and Social Dynamics. (10)<\/p>\n\n\n\n (e) Illustrate Robin Fox’s four basic principles to study of kinship and marriage. (10)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 6. (a) For Mead, the self is far more than an “internalization of components of social structure and culture”. Illustrate. (20)<\/p>\n\n\n\n (b) What is occupational segregation? Discuss with contemporary issues of gender based segregation at work. (15) <\/p>\n\n\n\n (c) Discuss Emile Durkheim’s critique of Animism and Naturalism with suitable examples. (15)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 7. (a) What is labelling and control theory of deviance? Discuss with suitable examples. (20)<\/p>\n\n\n\n (b) Modern technology Acts as potential instrument of social transformation. Critically discuss. (15)<\/p>\n\n\n\n (c) What is Phenomenalism, Pragmatism and logical empiricism? (15)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 8. (a) Discuss the idea of stratification by education with suitable examples. (20)<\/p>\n\n\n\n (b) “The sacred thing is, par excellence, that which the profane must not and cannot touch with impunity”. Illustrate with examples. (15)<\/p>\n\n\n\n (c) Discuss and differentiate Black feminism and post modern feminism. (15)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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