LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – SOCIOLOGY
THIRD SEMESTER – April 2009
OL 09
SO 3501 / SO 3500 - SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES - I
Date & Time: 05/05/2009 / 9:00 - 12:00 Dept. No.
SECTION A
Write a short note on the following in 30 words each.
Max. : 100 Marks
(10 x 2 = 20 marks)
1. Social Physics
2. Social Statics and Social Dynamics
3. Military Society
4. Organismic Analogy
5. Social Facts
6. Rules of Sociological Methods
7. Power and Authority
8. Status and Power
9. Alienation
10. Thesis, Anti-thesis and Synthesis
SECTION - B
Answer any FIVE questions in 300 words each.
( 5 x 8 = 40 marks)
11. Explain positivism.
12. Describe the difference between Social Statics and Social Dynamics.
13. Briefly explain the major contributions of Herbert Spencer to Sociology.
14. What are the characteristics of Social Facts?
15. Explain the difference between organic and mechanical solidarity.
16. How can any Ideal Type be used for Social Analysis?
17. Explain dialectical materialism.
SECTION - C
Answer any TWO questions in 1200 words each.
(2 x 20 = 40 marks)
18. Discuss the sociological explanations of suicides.
19. What are the characteristics of bureaucracy?
20. Explain the relationship between the Protestant Ethics and the Spirit of Capitalism.
21. Discuss Marx’s theory of class.
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