LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – SOCIOLOGY
FIRST SEMESTER – NOV 2006
AO 01
SO 1500 - INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY
(Also equivalent to SOC 500)
Date & Time : 01-11-2006/1.00-4.00
Dept. No.
Max. : 100 Marks
PART-A
Write a short note on the following in about 30 words each:
(10x2 = 20 Marks)
1. Counterculture.
2. Relative Deprivation.
3. Role-conflict.
4. Reference group.
5. Primary Socialisation.
6. Cultural lag.
7. Achieved Status.
8. Social Distance.
9. Xenocentrism.
10. Community.
PART-B
Answer any FIVE questions in about 300 words each:
(5x8 = 40 Marks)
11. Write a short note on the nature and characteristics of social change.
12. What is a social group? Mention the important characteristics of social groups.
13. Highlight the differences between community and association.
14. Trace the history of sociology in India.
15. Write a short note on positivism.
16. State the differences between accommodation and assimilation.
17. Socialisation is the functional prerequisite for any society- Comment.
PART-C
Answer any TWO questions in about 1200 words each:
(2x20 = 40 Marks)
18. Examine the need for social control and describe the formal and informal
methods of social control.
19. Write an essay on the various types of societies.
20. Trace the background that led to the emergence of Sociology.
21. Critically evaluate the evolutionary and cyclical theory of social change.
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