UPSC Sociology Optional 2016 Paper I Previous Year Questions
This is the full UPSC CSE Sociology Optional 2016 Paper I previous year question set, arranged like the original exam booklet (Section A / Section B, question-wise sequence).
It includes 29 questions across 11 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 :
What is ‘Value free Sociology’? Clarify.
Analyze the importance of qualitative method on social research.
Evaluate Marx’s ideas on mode of production.
"Vertical mobility brings structural change even in a closed social system." Comment.
Elucidate the basic premises of Davis' structural-functional theory of social stratification. How far is it relevant in understanding contemporary Indian society?
Critically examine Max Weber’s theory of Social Stratification.
Describe the functional prerequisites of social systems as given by Talcott Parsons. Examine in the context of a university as a social system.
“Sociology is pre-eminently study of modern society.” Discuss
Is sociology common sense? Give reasons in support of your argument.
Analyse the manifest and latent functions of ‘security of the tenure of the bureaucrats’ in the light of Merton’s Theory.
Describe the basic postulates of Scientific method. How far are these followed in sociological research?
giving examples of poverty and illiteracy.
Examine Max Weber’s method of maintaining objectivity in social research.
“Participants observation is the most effective tool for collecting facts.” Comment.
Discuss the relationship between poverty and social exclusion.
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 :
Describe the nature of social organization of work in industrial society.
Discuss the importance of 'power elite' in democracy.
Is religion playing an important role in increasing fundamentalism? Give reasons for your answer.
"Social conflict is both a cause and a consequence of social change." Explain.
"Globalization has pushed the labour into informal organization of work." Substantiate your answer with suitable examples.
"Socialchangecan bebrought about throughdevelopment".Illustrate from the contemporary situation of India.
Examine the role of protest movements in changing the status of Dalits in India.
“Religious and Pluralism is the order of present-day societies.” Explain by giving suitable examples.
Write a detailed note on the effected growing slums in urban areas.
Discuss the contemporary trends in family as a response to social change in modern society.
To what success revolution replaces the existing order of society? Discuss.
“Education is amajorsourceofSocialMobilityin contemporary society”. Explain.
How is Durkheim’s theory of religion different from Max Weber’s theory of Religion?
Distinguish between family and household as sociological concepts.
Sociology Optional Question Papers
IAS Gurukul has emerged as a benchmark institution to achieve excellence in the field of preparation for the civil services examination. Our underlying orientation at IAS Gurukul (Pranay Aggarwal) is to serve the students. IAS Gurukul (Pranay Aggarwal) is selected as an eminent coaching institute by the Department of ST and SC Development, Government of Chhattisgarh to provide coaching to selected students under the Rajiv Yuva Utthan Yojana for the UPSC civil services examination.
Students’ Success
Scores of our registered students have been selected every year by UPSC in various civil services (Final Selections) though the Civil Services Examination (CSE). Over the years, many of our registered students have cleared the CSE and are today working as civil servants. Our alumni are serving in various capacities in different states and the central government; including several IAS, IPS, IFS & IRS.
Sociology Optional Question Papers
The institute is trusted by hundreds of students across the country for its specialized programs in Sociology optional. IAS Gurukul students for sociology optional classes are from diverse academic backgrounds including science and engineering, management, commerce and humanities. In fact, most of our students have no prior academic background in sociology.
Our students hail from various educational institutions including IITs, IIMs, NITs, NSIT Delhi, Delhi University, Delhi Technological University, JNU, AMU, PTU, Mumbai University, Tata Institute of Social Sciences Mumbai, Pune University, Kurukshetra University, UPES Dehradun, Osmania University, NIFT, BITS Pilani, Jamia Milia Islamia and numerous others.