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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 600 034
B.A.DEGREE EXAMINATION -SOCIOLOGY
THIRD SEMESTER APRIL 2018
16USO3MC01- SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES I
Date: 03-05-2018 Dept. No. Max. 100 Marks
Time: 09:00-12:00
PART
Answer ALL questions in about 30 words each: (10x2=20)
1. Define Evolution.
2. Explain social dynamics.
3. Give any three differences between simple and compound societies.
4. Define Social Fact.
5. Mention three functions of religion
6. Define Sacred and Profane.
7. What is Verstehen?
8. What is Social Action?
9. Who are the proletariat?
10. Define Alienation.
PART
Answer any FIVE questions in about 300 words each:
11. Write a short note on social statics.
12. Bring out the similarities and dissimilarities of organic and super organic
bodies according to Herbert Spencer
13. Describe Spencer's Theory of Evolution
14. What is Ideal Type? How is it relevant to the study of Society?
15. Explain Durkheim's Division of labour
16. Examine types of authority.
17. Define Alienation and its impact on Society.
PART C
Answer any TWO questions in about 1200 words each: (2x20=40)
18. Elucidate Hierarchy of Sciences as put forth by Comte.
19. Evaluate Durkheim's Theory of suicide.
20. Examine "Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism as propounded by Weber.
21. What is Dialectical Materialism? How does Marx explain Social evolution through this idea?