LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION  SOCIOLOGY
III / V SEMESTER  NOVEMBER 2003
SO 3500/SOC 502 – SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES
04-11- 2003
9.00 – 12.00
100 Marks
PART – A
Explain the following in 30 words
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(10 x 2 = 20 marks)
Sociological Theory.
Metaphysics.
Analogy
Bureaucracy
Dialectical Materialism
Authority
Social Facts
Ideal Types
Class struggle
Division of Labour
PART – B
Answer any FIVE in 300 words each
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(5 x 8 = 40 marks)
Trace the growth of Sociological thought.
Explain the Hierarchy of Sciences of Comte.
Explain Organic Analogy.
What is the Theory of Religion given by Durkheim?
Critically examine the types of Social Action.
What is alienation? Explain with examples
Bring out the Theory of Class according to Karl Marx.
PART – C
Answer any TWO in 1200 words
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Critically examine the Law of Human Progress according to Auguste Comte.
Explain Spencer’s Theory of Social Evolution.
Write an essay an “Suicide” by Durkheim.
Explain Weber’s Protestant Ethics and Spirit of Capitalism.
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