UPSC Sociology Optional 2013 Paper I Previous Year Questions
This is the full UPSC CSE Sociology Optional 2013 Paper I previous year question set, arranged like the original exam booklet (Section A / Section B, question-wise sequence).
It includes 24 questions across 9 syllabus chapters. Click any question to open its dedicated page with model answer support.
खण्ड—A / SECTION—A
निम्नलिखित प्रश्नों में से प्रत्येक का उत्तर लगभग 150 शब्दों में दीजिए :
Answer the following questions in about 150 words each :
“Sociology emerged in Europe and flourished to begin with on social reformist orientation in the U.S.A.” -Comment.
Compare and contrast Sociology with Anthropology.
Critically examine positivistic approach in sociology studies.
Examinescienceandtechnologyasagents ofsocialchange.
Analyse the limitation of quantitative methods in social research.
Critically examine the functionalist tradition in Sociology.
Analyse the salient features of historical materialism.
Compare Karl Marx with Emile Durkheim with reference to the framework of ‘division of labour’.
CriticallyanalysesthecontributionsofG.H.Meadto'symbolicinteractionism'.
Examine the salient features of Weberian bureaucracy.
खण्ड—B / SECTION—B
निम्नलिखित प्रश्नों में से प्रत्येक का उत्तर लगभग 150 शब्दों में दीजिए :
Answer the following questions in about 150 words each :
Distinguish between people being socially excluded and people excluding themselves socially societies.
Defines social movement. Elucidate the role of reformist movements in social change.
“Science has empirical means to logical end and religion has non- empirical means to logical ends.” Comment
Examine the social dimensions of displacement induced by development.
Analyse the gender bias in the present society with examples.
How do Karl Marx and Max Weber differ in terms of their analysis of social stratification?
Examine the social impact of globalization on labour and society.
Examine the relevance of Parsonian Social systems in a present society?
Evaluate how do civil society and democracy mutually reinforce each other.
Critically examine the role of civil society in democracy
Illustrate the conflicts and tensions experienced by societies undergoing social change.
Critically examine the cultural theories of social change with suitable examples.
“Is Religion antithetical to science? Comment.
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