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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 600 034
B.A.DEGREE EXAMINATION -SOCIOLOGY
THIRD SEMESTER APRIL 2018
SO 3501- SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES I
Date: 05-05-2018 Dept. No. Max. 100 Marks
Time: 01:00-04:00
PART-A
Answer ALL questions in about 30 words each: (10x2=20 marks)
1. What is a theological stage?
2. What is totemism?
3. What is organismic analogy?
4. Define Verstehen.
5. Define suicide.
6. Mention any two differences between sacred and Profane.
7. Define bureaucracy.
8. Define class.
9. Define religion.
10. Who is a Bourgeoise?
PART-B
Answer any five of the following in about 300 words each: (5x8=40 marks)
11. Write a note on social statics.
12. Depict the three basic laws and four secondary propositions.
13. Bring out the importance of division of labour.
14. Examine the criteria of an ideal type.
15. Explain the causes and effects of alienation.
16. Highlight on the types of Social Action.
17. Discuss the nature of social facts.
PART- C
Answer any TWO of the following in about 1200 words each: (2x20=40 marks)
18. Examine Comte's Law of Human Progress.
19. Write an essay on Spencer's Theory of Social evolution.
20. Evaluate Weber's theory of Protestant Ethic the spirit of capitalism.
21. Elucidate Marxian class struggle.