LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION –SOCIOLOGY
TS 09
THIRD SEMESTER – APRIL 2007
SO 3500 - SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES
Date & Time: 21/04/2007 / 1:00 - 4:00
Dept. No.
Max. : 100 Marks
SECTION - A
Write short notes on the following in 30 words each. ( 10 x 2 = 20 marks )
01) Sociological Theory.
02) Metaphysics.
03) Social reconstruction.
04) Analogy.
05) Social Fact.
06) Authority.
07) Bureaucracy.
08) Collective Consciousness.
09) Sociology of knowledge.
10) Dialectical Materialism.
SECTION - B
Answer any FIVE of the following in 300 words each. ( 5 x 8 = 40 marks )
11) Explain Alienation with examples.
12) Bring out the merits and demerits of Bureaucracy.
13) What are the types of Authority?
14) What is division of labour ? Bring out its merits and demerits.
15) Explain Spencer's Theory of Organismic Analogy.
16) What is Hierarchy of Sciences according to Comte?
17) Trace the development of Sociological Thought.
SECTION - C
Answer any TWO of the following in 1200 words each. ( 2 x 20 = 40 marks )
18) Explain Max Weber’s Sociology of Religion.
19) Explain the Theory of Suicide.
20) Critically examine Herbert Spencer's Theory of Social Evolution.
21) Explain the Law of Human Progress propounded by Auguste Comte.
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