UPSC Sociology Optional 2018 Paper I Previous Year Questions
This is the full UPSC CSE Sociology Optional 2018 Paper I previous year question set, arranged like the original exam booklet (Section A / Section B, question-wise sequence).
It includes 28 questions across 10 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 :
The focal point of Sociology rests on interaction. How do you distinguish it from common sense?
Distinguish between fact and value in Weber’s Protestant Ethic and spirit of Capitalism.
Do you think 'I' and 'Me' are central terms in Mead's work?
What is the difference between natural and social inequality? Give examples from caste and class dimensions.
Is non-positivism methodology scientific? Illustrate.
Explain Durkheim’s basic arguments on suicide. Can you analyse high suicide rates of contemporary Indian society with Durkheim’s theory?
What is the Difference between the anomia in Merton and Durkheim? Explain.
Evaluate if social stratification is functional for society.
Does collapse of functionalism and bankruptcy of Marxism coincide with the rupture of modernity? Discuss.
Define patriarchy. How does patriarchy manifest in interpersonal relations?
According to Marx, how are human beings alienated from their human potential and what does he suggest to change this?
Discuss the challenges thrown by religious revivalism to a secular nation- state.
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 :
Is the theory of cultural lag valid in present times? Discuss.
Are social movements primordial in means and progressive in agenda? Explain.
Does scientific method make Sociology a science? Illustrate your answer with Durkheim’s method.
Distinguish between quantitative and qualitative techniques of data collection with suitable examples from Indian society.
Is social mobility possible in closed systems of stratification? Illustrate from research work.
Discuss the nature of social organisation of work in capitalist society with reference to the 'Limits of the working day'.
Distinguish between family and household with reference to the concept of development of the household.
In what way ‘Interpretative’ method is different from the ‘positivist’ approach in the study of social phenomena? Explain with examples, the explanatory and exploratory designs of Social research.
How can Parsons AGIL framework be used to analyse key problems in a society? Discuss
What is labour commitment? Discuss it with reference to studies of manufacturing industry.
What, according to Pareto, are the basic characteristics of elites? Discuss.
Sociological imagination enables us to grasp history and biography and the relationship between the two in a society. C.W. Mills. Explain.
Schooling does not ensure upward mobility of all members of the society. Discuss with reference to class societies.
What are sects? Discuss the role in multi-religious societies with empirical examples.
In what way did Durkheim perceive religion as functional to society?
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