Question Paper Of M.A. Sociology Examination, April2009 (2008 pattern) of Pune University

M.A. (Semester – I) Examination, 2009
SOCIOLOGY
(Compulsory Paper)
(Classical Sociological Tradition)
(2008 Pattern) (New)
Time : 3 Hours Max. Marks : 80
N.B : i) All questions are compulsory.
ii) Figures to the right indicate full marks.
1. Answer any one of the following questions within 500 words. 20
1) Analyse Weber’s contribution to the methodology of social sciences.
2) Discuss impact of social and intellectual forces in developing sociological theory.
2. Answer any one of the following questions within 500 words. 20
1) Critically evaluate Marx’s theory of historical materialism.

2) Explain Durkheim’s theory of religion.
3. Answer any two of the following within 250 words each. 20
1) Explain limitations of classical theory with reference to colonialism.
2) Critically evaluate theory of alienation.
3) Briefly explain Durkheim’s theory of division of labour.
4) State Weber’s views about bureaucracy.
4. Write short notes on any four of the following within 100 words each. 20
1) Limitations of classical theory with specific reference to gender.
2) Marx’s concept of social class.
3) Characteristics of social facts.
4) Durkheim’s concept of suicide.
5) Protestant ethics.
6) Characteristics of capitalism.

M.A. (Semester – I) Examination, 2009
SOCIOLOGY
(Compulsory)
(Classical Sociological Tradition) (Old)
Time : 3 Hours Max. Marks : 80
N.B : 1) All questions are compulsory.
2) Figures to the right indicate full marks.
1. Answer any one of the following questions within 500 words. 20
1) “The history of hitherto existing societies is the history of class struggle”. Discuss.
2) Explain Durkheim’s theory of suicide.
2. Answer any one of the following questions within 500 words. 20
1) Analyse Weber’s contribution to the methodology of social sciences.
2) What is enlightenment ? Explain the impact of enlightenment on thinking and
reasoning.
3. Answer any two of the following questions within 250 words each. 20
1) State the characteristics of traditional feudal economy.
2) Briefly explain Marx’s theory of alienation.
3) Briefly analyse Durkheim’s views about religion.
4) Examine Du Bois’s views about race in context of limitations of classical
theory.
4. Write notes on any four of the following within 100 words each. 20
1) Economic determinism.
2) Mechanical solidarity and organic solidarity.
3) Types of social action.
4) The concept of bureaucracy.
5) Gilman’s views about Gender.
6) Impact of industrial revolution on society.

M.A. (Semester–I) Examination, 2009
SOCIOLOGY Compulsory
SC–02 : Sociology of India
(2008 Pattern) (New)
Time : 3 Hours Max. Marks : 80
N.B. : i) All questions are compulsory.
ii) Figures to the right indicate full marks.
1. Answer any one of the following questions within 500 words : 20
1) Write an essay on formation of Sociology in India.
2) Take a brief review of different approaches in the study of Indian Society.
2. Answer any one of the following questions within 500 words : 20
1) Examine the factors of disintegration of joint household in India.
2) Define caste and class. Discuss the interrelationship of caste and class as
forms of social stratification in India.
3. Answer any two of the following questions within 250 words each : 20
1) Discuss how the understanding of modernity in India has changed in recent
times.
2) What is rural-urban continuum ? What are the limitations of rural-urban
continuum approach ?
3) Examine the contribution of M.N. Shriniwas to the structural functional approach
to study Indian Society.
4) State the sources and features of tradition in India.
4. Write notes on any four of the following within 100 words each : 20
1) Gender as a form of social stratification in India.
2) Five characteristics of Indian tribes.
3) Limitations of Indological approach.
4) Neera Desai’s contribution to feminist perspective to the study of Indian Society.
5) Any two features of Kinship in India.
6) Secularism as a dimension of modernity in India.

M.A. (Semester–I) Examination, 2009
SOCIOLOGY (Compulsory)
(Perspectives in Indian Society) (Old)
Time : 3 Hours Max. Marks : 80
N.B. : i) All questions are compulsory.
ii) Figures to the right indicate full marks.
1. Answer any one of the following within 500 words : 20
i) Discuss contribution of G.S. Ghurye to Indological Perspective.
ii) Examine effects of globalisation on Indian Society.
2. Answer any one of the following within 500 words : 20
i) Explain causes of farmers suicides in India and discuss solutions.
ii) Discuss contribution of feminist perspective to the study of Indian Society.
3. Answer any two of the following within 250 words each : 20
i) Discuss problems faced by tribals in present India.
ii) Discuss the issue of privatisation of education in India.
iii) Explain the need for non-brahmin perspective for study of Indian Society.
iv) Discuss changes taking place in present Indian villages.
4. Write notes on any four of the following within 100 words each : 20
i) Concept of SEZ
ii) Tenets of subaltern perspective
iii) Jotirao Phule’s concept of ‘Satyashodhak’.
iv) Sex and gender
v) Meaning of Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS)
vi) Dialectical perspective.

M.A. (Part – I) (Semester – I) Examination, 2009
SOCIOLOGY (Optional Paper)
Agrarian Society in India
(2008 Pattern)
Time : 3 Hours Max. Marks : 80
N.B. : 1) All questions are compulsory.
2) Figures to the right indicate full marks.
1. Answer any one of the following questions within 500 words : 20
1) Examine the basic features of peasant society and tribal society.
2) Assess the impact of the British Policy with reference to the land ownership and
revenue on the agrarian structure in India.
2. Answer any one of the following questions within 500 words : 20
1) Describe the Feudalism as one of the stages of development of Agrarian Society.
2) Explain in detail the concept of Community Development Programmes and
describe the success and failure of these programmes.
3. Answer any two of the following questions within 250 words each : 20
1) Explain the decentralization of power with reference to Panchayat Raj System.
2) Describe the nature and the outcome of Green Revolution.
3) Examine the Employment Guarantee Scheme.
4) Examine the impact of globalization on Indian agriculture.
4. Write notes on any four of the following in 100 words each : 20
1) Asiatic mode of production
2) Naxalbari movement
3) Peasant Movement, in the 1980s
4) Agrarian Teebhage movement
5) Concept of Agrarian social structure
6) Problems of Farmers in Maharashtra.

M.A. (Semester – I) Examination, 2009
SOCIOLOGY
(Optional Paper) (2008 Pattern)
Sociology of Social Movements
Time : 3 Hours Max. Marks : 80
N.B. : 1) All questions are compulsory.
2) Figures to the right indicate full marks.
1. Answer any one of the following questions within 500 words :
1) Define ‘social movement’ and explain its features, with examples. 20
2) Describe the significance of caste and gender as bases of social movements.
2. Answer any one of the following questions within 500 words : 20
1) Explain the ‘Impact of Trade Union Movement on Indian labour in industries’,
write examples.
2) Assess the present position of Dalit movement in Maharashtra.
3. Answer any two of the following questions within 250 words each : 20
1) Describe the distinguishing features of Reforms movements.
2) Explain the relationship between the social movements and social change.
3) Explain with illustrations the relationship between the state and social movement .
4) Elaborate Marxist Approach towards social movement.
4. Write notes on any four of the following in 100 words each : 20
1) Ecological Movement in Maharashtra.
2) New-social movements in India.
3) The causes of Peasant Movements in India, after 1980.
4) The role of ideology in social movements.
5) What is meant by Civil society ?
6) Counter movements in India.

M.A. (Semester – I) Examination, 2009
SOCIOLOGY (Optional Paper)
(Political Sociology)
(2008 Pattern)
Time : 3 Hours Max. Marks : 80
N.B. : i) All questions are compulsory.
ii) Figures to the right indicate full marks.
1. Answer any one of the following questions within 500 words : 20
1) Define political sociology. Explain the nature and scope of political sociology.
2) Examine critically the relationship between caste system and patriarchy.
2. Answer any one of the following questions within 500 words : 20
1) Explain the Liberal approach to the state.
2) Discuss weber’s perspective on the new political sociology.
3. Answer any two of the following questions within 250 words each : 20
1) Describe the relationship between society and polity.
2) Explain the post-modernist approach to the state.
3) Discuss the Marxist perspective on the New political sociology.
4) Examine the relationship between society and state.
4. Write notes on any four of the following within 100 words each : 20
1) Nature of authority.
2) Meaning of politics of the upper castes.
3) Effects of religious nationalism.
4) Pluralist approach.
5) Ethnicity.
6) Nature of Indian democracy.

M.A. (Semester–I) Examination, 2009
SOCIOLOGY
(Optional Paper) (2008 Pattern)
(Sociology of Maharashtra) Culture & Society
Time : 3 Hours Max. Marks : 80
N.B. : 1) All questions are compulsory.
2) Figures to the right indicate full marks.
1. Answer any one of the following within 500 words. 20
1) Critically evaluate the social reform movement in Maharashtra with special
reference to widow remarriage.
2) Examine the development of Dalit-Bahujan Politics in Maharashtra.
2. Answer any one of the following questions within 500 words. 20
1) Discuss the caste and class formation in the 19th century Maharashtra.
2) Elaborate on the issue of farmers suicide in Maharashtra.
3. Answer any two of the following within 250 words each. 20
1) Explain the Vedokta controversy in Kolhapur State.
2) Discuss the emergence of Shivsena as a form of ethnic nationalism.
3) Discuss the issue of displacement with special reference to Narmada Andolan.
4) Evaluate the role of women in Ambedkarite movement.
4. Write notes on any four of the following within 100 words each. 20
1) Impact of Non-Brahmin movement.
2) Role of textile mill workers in working class movement in Maharashtra.
3) Satyashodhak movement’s views on women’s education.
4) Declining sex ratio in Maharashtra.
5) Concept of regional disparity.
6) Concept of SEZ (Special Economic Zone).

M.A. (Semester – II) Examination, 2009
SOCIOLOGY
(Compulsory) Paper – I
Contemporary Social Theories
(2008 Pattern)
Time : 3 Hours Max. Marks : 80
N.B. : i) All questions are compulsory.
ii) Figures to the right indicate full marks.
1. Answer any one of the following questions within 500 words : 20
1) Explain the levels of theorization.
2) Discuss on Foucault’s contribution to post-structuralism.
2. Answer any one of the following questions within 500 words : 20
1) Critically examine Bourdieu’s contribution towards integration of theory.
2) Discuss the contribution of Gramsci to Neo-Marxism.
3. Answer any two of the following questions within 250 words each : 20
1) State the contribution of Frankfurt School to Neo-Marxism.
2) Explain the characteristics of Sociological theory.
3) Briefly explain the contribution of Levi Strauss to structuralism.
4) Explain the relationship between agency and structure according to Giddens.
4. Write short notes on any four of the following within 100 words each : 20
1) Life world and system (Habermas).
2) Concept of discipline (Foucault).
3) Habitus and field (Bourdieu).
4) Deconstruction (Derrida).
5) Meaning of theory.
6) Structuralism.

M.A. (Semester – II) Examination, 2009
SOCIOLOGY
(Compulsory)
Methodology of Social Research
( 2008 Pattern)
Time : 3 Hours Max. Marks : 80
N.B. : 1) All questions are compulsory.
2) Figures to right indicate the marks of relevant questions.
1. Answer any one question of the following within 500 words : 20
a) Describe social science as science and explain the components of research in
social science.
b) Define positivism. Examine how phenomenology criticises positivism.
2. Answer any one question of the following within 500 words : 20
a) Differentiate between questionnaire and schedule.
b) Examine the method of content analysis in qualitative research strategies.
3. Answer any two questions of the following within 250 words each : 20
a) Fayarbad’s view about new philosophy of science.
b) Explain the meaning of rationality and examine its significance in social science
research.
c) What is survey method ?
d) Elucidate case study as the qualitative research strategies.
4. Write notes on any four of the following within 100 words each : 20
a) Panel study
b) Ethnography
c) Participatory Action Research
d) Ethnomethodology as one of the research technique
e) Types of interview
f) Significance of reasoning in social science research.

M.A. (Semester – II) Examination, 2009
SOCIOLOGY
(Optional Paper)
Sociology of Education
(2008 Pattern)
Time : 3 Hours Max. Marks : 80
Note: 1) All questions are compulsory.
2) Figures to right indicate the marks of relevant questions.
1. Answer any one question of the following within 500 words : (20)
a) Discuss Bourdieu’s theoretical approach and contribution to Sociology of
Education.
b) Examine John Dewey’s contribution to philosophy of Education.
2. Answer any one question of the following within 500 words: (20)
a) Assess the significance of Indian Tradition of Education.
b) Examine various new policies of Education in India.
3. Answer any two questions of the following within 250 words each : (20)
a) What is de-schooling of society ? Explain.
b) Take brief review of the contribution of nationalists to Indian education.
c) Elucidate briefly Adult Education and Extension Programme.
d) What are the issues of inequality in Indian Educational System ?
4. Write notes on any four of the following within 100 words each: (20)
a) Gramsci’s concept of Hegemony.
b) Freire’s contribution to the philosophy of education.
c) Colonial education.
d) Distance education.
e) Explain very briefly the new development in Sociology of Education.
f) Parson’s functional approach toward education.

M.A. (Semester – II) Examination, 2009
SOCIOLOGY
(Optional Paper)
SO-06 – Sociology of Media (2008 Pattern)
Time : 3 Hours Max. Marks : 80
N.B. : 1) All questions are compulsory.
2) Figures to the right indicate full marks.
1. Answer any one of the following questions within 500 words : 20
1) Explain how has television changed the context of politics in India.
2) Discuss the social history of media.
2. Answer any one of the following questions within 500 words : 20
1) Discuss the reimagination of Indian nation in transnational cinema.
2) Critically evaluate ethnography as a method in media analysis.
3. Answer any two of the following questions within 250 words each : 20
1) Examine the emergence of Satellite television in India.
2) Evaluate the growth of regional cinema in India.
3) Discuss propaganda model.
4) Write a note on discourse analysis.
4. Answer any four of the following questions within 100 words each : 20
1) Concept of popular culture.
2) Meaning of dominant ideology.
3) Media and modernity.
4) The circuit of culture.
5) Terrorism in transnational cinema.
6) Concept of spectatorship.

M.A. (Semester–II) Examination, 2009
SOCIOLOGY (Optional Paper)
Health and Society
(New Course) (2008 Pattern)
Time : 3 Hours Max. Marks : 80
N.B. : i) All questions are compulsory.
ii) Figures to the right indicate full marks.
1. Answer any one of the following questions within 500 words. 20
1) Explain the concept of sickness. Describe various factors responsible for
sickness.
2) Explain about Social Health Care in India.
2. Answer any one of the following questions within 500 words. 20
1) What is Community Health ? Explain in detail the Community Health Problems
in India.
2) Describe the Interactionist Approach and Conflict Approach on Health and
Medicine within Sociology.
3. Answer any two of the following questions within 250 words each. 20
1) “Health Care is the responsibility of State” - Comment.
2) Describe the significance of Health Education.
3) What is Social Epidemiology ?
4) Describe the consequences of Food and Drug Adulteration.
4. Write short notes on any four of the following within 100 words each. 20
1) Explain the impact of Globalization on Health Care in India.
2) Health Insurance
3) Role of patient
4) Significance of Food in Human Health
5) Concept of disease
6) Health and Hygiene.

M.A. (Semester – II) Examination, 2009
SOCIOLOGY
(Optional Paper)
Sociology of Labour
(New Course) (2008 Pattern)
Time : 3 Hours Max. Marks : 80
N.B. : i) All questions are compulsory.
ii) Figures to the right indicate full marks.
1. Answer any one of the following questions within 500 words : 20
1) Describe in detail the present challenges of Labour movements in the organized sector.
2) Explain the concept ‘Work and Labour’. Describe the changing concept of
‘Work and Labour’.
2. Answer any one of the following questions within 500 words : 20
1) Explain in detail any two approaches of Labour movements.
2) Describe in detail ‘Sociology of Labour’.
3. Answer any two of the following questions within 250 words each : 20
1) Explain with examples the various problems of female workers in unorganised
sector.
2) Evaluate the consequences of globalization of Industrial Labour.
3) Explain with example the causes of Regional and Local migration of labour.
4) Explain the relationship between industrial labour and society.
4. Write short notes on any four of the following within 100 words each : 20
1) Types of workers.
2) Labour organisation.
3) Transnational Migration of Labour.
4) Classification (Types) of employment in unorganised sector.
5) Features of labour movements during Pre-Independence period.
6) Features of Industrial labour.

M.A. (Semester – III) Examination, 2009
SOCIOLOGY (Compulsory)
SC-05 : Application of Research Skills
(2008 Pattern)
Time : 3 Hours Max. Marks : 80
N.B.: i) All questions are compulsory.
ii) Figures to the right indicate full marks.
1. Answer any one of the following questions within 500 words each : 20
1) What is literature review ? What are the general guidelines of writing review of
literature ?
2) Discuss the probability and non-probability types of sampling.
2. Answer any one of the following questions within 500 words each : 20
1) State the use and significance of computer in sociological research.
2) Discuss the relevance of analysis and interpretation of data in sociological
research.
3. Answer any two of the following questions within 250 words each : 20
1) What is variable ? How variables are identified in sociological research ?
2) State the characteristics of structured questionnaire.
3) What is coding ? How coding is done in sociological research ?
4) Discuss the procedures and relevance of writing bibliography.
4. Write short notes on any four of the following within 100 words each : 20
1) Cross Tabulation
2) Tests of significance
3) Qualities of good sampling
4) Measurement of variance
5) Importance of Report Writing
6) Standard deviation.

M.A. (Semester – III) Examination, 2009
SOCIOLOGY
(Compulsory Paper)
SC – 06 : Sociology of Development
(2008 Pattern)
Time : 3 Hours Max. Marks : 80
N.B. : i) All questions are compulsory.
ii) Figures to the right indicate full marks.
1. Answer any one of the following questions in 500 words each : 20
1) Discuss the conceptual evolution of development from economic growth to
sustainable development.
2) What is modernization ? Discuss the failures of modernization model of
development.
2. Answer any one of the following questions in 500 words each : 20
1) Critically analyse the dependency theory of development.
2) Discuss Schumacher’s views on alternate development.
3. Answer any two of the following questions in 250 words each : 20
1) Discuss the role of NGOs in the context of neo-liberalism as agents of
development.
2) Elucidate the relation between development and modernization.
3) Analyse the environmentalist approach to development.
4) Describe features of Hind Swaraj as Gandhiji’s views on development.
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4. Write short notes on any four of the following in 100 words each : 20
1) Meaning of neo-liberalism.
2) Meaning of eco-feminism.
3) Gender and Development (GAD).
4) Issues of post-developmentalism.
5) Right to development.
6) Meaning of development aid.

M.A. (Semester – III) Examination, 2009
SOCIOLOGY
(Optional Paper)
So-10 : Sociology of Dalits And Tribes (2008 Pattern)
Time : 3 Hours Max. Marks : 80
N.B. : 1) All questions are compulsory.
2) Figures to the right indicate full marks.
1. Answer any one of the following within 500 words. 20
1) Discuss Elwin’s isolationist approach with reference to scheduled tribes.
2) Discuss the concept of social exclusion and its eco-political dimensions.
2. Answer any one of the following within 500 words. 20
1) Discuss the various constitutional provisions with reference to scheduled castes.
2) Elaborate upon the issues of violence and stigma raised by DTNT movement.
3. Answer any two of the following within 250 words each. 20
1) Explain the concept of identity politics with reference to Dalit movement.
2) Discuss Mahatma Jotiba Phule’s countribution to non-brahmin perspective
3) Discuss issues of displacement faced by tribal society.
4) Explain in brief the Acts ( laws) concerning criminal tribes.
4. Answer any four of the following within 100 words each. 20
1) Reservation policies for scheduled tribes.
2) New forms of oppression of nomadic tribes.
3) Definition of depressed castes as given in Imperial Gazetteer.
4) Ghurye’s integrationist approach to the study of tribal society.
5) Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar’s ‘Broken-man’ theory.
6) Meaning of denotified and nomadic tribes. (DTNT)

M.A. (Semester – III) Examination, 2009
SOCIOLOGY
(Optional Paper)
SO - 11 : Sociology of Disaster and Disaster Management
(2008 Pattern)
Time : 3 Hours Max. Marks : 80
N.B. : i) All questions are compulsory.
ii) Figures to the right indicate full marks.
1. Answer any one of the following questions within 500 words : 20
1) Define Disaster and explain its nature and characteristics.
2) Explain India’s Disaster Management Act, 2005 in detail.
2. Answer any one of the following questions within 500 words: 20
1) Write the causes and consequences of natural disasters with examples.
2) Explain the types of wars and discuss post-war relief and rehabilitation
programme.
3. Answer any two of the following questions within 250 words each : 20
1) Explain the types of industrial disasters.
2) Discuss the role of media in disaster management.
3) Explain how women are affected by various natural disasters.
4) Explain post-disaster stress managment.
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4. Write short notes on any four of the following within 100 words each : 20
1) Causes of riots.
2) Primary impact of famines.
3) Necessary factors of disaster management.
4) Causes of biological war.
5) Types of optional insurances.
6) Measures against communicable diseases.

M.A. (Semester–III) Examination, 2009
SOCIOLOGY
(Optional Paper) (2008 Pattern)
SO-12 : Environment and Society
Time : 3 Hours Max. Marks : 80
N.B. : i) All questions are compulsory.
ii) Figures to the right indicate full marks.
1. Answer any one of the following questions within 500 words. 20
1) Examine the environmental movement in India.
2) Describe SEZ and its implications for the environment and people.
2. Answer any one of the following questions within 500 words. 20
1) Explain the Gandhian approach to the issue of environment.
2) Discuss Global warming as environmental problem.
3. Answer any two of the following within 250 words each. 20
1) Explain the concept of sustainable development.
2) Examine the impact of unequal distribution of water.
3) Discuss the problems of genetically modified food.
4) State the historical background of environmentalism with special emphasis on
Rio 1992.
4. Write notes on any four of the following within 100 words each. 20
1) Social ecology
2) Joint forest management
3) Air pollution
4) Environmentalism
5) Appropriate Technology
6) Eco feminism.