DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.A. (Sociology) DEGREE EXAMINATION,
DECEMBER 2017.
PRINCIPLES OF SOCIOLOGY
Time Three hours Maximum 100 marks
PART A — x 8 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE of the following in about 150 words each.
1. Explain the forms of social life.
2. How can environment influence the personality?
3. Write a note on Cooley's theory.
4. Elucidate the importance of socialisation.
5. Write a note on cyclical theories of social change.
6. Enumerate the stages of socialisation.
7. Differentiate competition and conflict.
8. Explain the meaning and kinds of social control.
PART B — x 15 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR questions in about 700 words each.
9. Define social change. Illustrate the factors affecting social
change.
10. Give an account on agencies of socialisation.
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11. Describe the associative social processes.
12. Explain the Formal and Informal ways of social control.
13. Give an account on theories of social change.
14. Write a note on culture and civilization.
15. Explain the formal ways of social control.
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