DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.A. (Sociology) DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2018.
SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES AND PERSPECTIVES
Time Three hours Maximum 100 marks
PART A — x 8 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE questions.
1. Explain briefly about Comte's Law of three stages of
human thought.
2. Write short notes on Spencer's theory of evolution.
3. Distinguish between organic solidarity and mechanical
solidarity.
4. Write note on Durkheim's Manifest and Latent functions.
5. What are the similarities between society and organisms?
6. Explain Marxian concept of Alienation.
7. Evaluate Sorokin's ideational and sensate culture.
8. Briefly analyse the concept Leisure class.
PART B — x 15 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR questions.
9. Critically analyse Comte's hierarchy of sciences
10. Write an essay on Durkheim's elementary forms of
religious life.
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11. Analyse the theory of class struggle propounded by Marx.
12. Discuss Sorokin's classification of social system on
cultural types.
13. Explain the theory of information and communication.
14. What is ethnomethodology? Evaluate the perspective
ethnomethodology.
15. Analyse Pareto's concept of circulation elite with suitable
example.