Name of the University : Vardhman Mahaveer Open University
Degree : MA
Department : Sociology
Subject Code/Name : MASO-09 – Essay
Year : II
Document Type : Question Bank
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VMOU Essay MA Question Bank
Essay type questions :
Section – A :
1. Development of sociology as a science and its various orientations.
2. Sampling and its various types.
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3. Social stratification.
4. Communalism in Indian society.
5. Rural power structure in India.
6. Marxist and functionalist theories of conflict.
7. Max Waber’s views on ‘Social Action’
8. Development of sociology in pre and post independence India.
9. Social movement.
10. White collar crime.
Section – B :
1. Theories of social change.
2. Research design and its types .
3. Theories of origin of caste .
4. Urbanization and industrialization in India.
5. Peasant movements in India.
6. Ethnomethodological approach.
7. Contribution of August Comte to the development of Sociology.
8. Nature and growth of sociological research in India.
9. Karl Marx’s views on class conflict and alienation.
10. Juvenile delinquency in India.
Section – C :
1. Stages and theories of socialization.
2. Meaning and types of observation .
3. Jajmani system in India.
4. Globalization and social change in India.
5. Characteristics and types of social status.
6. Radical sociology.
7. Emile Durkheim’s views on social facts and religion.
8. Contribution of G.S. Ghurye to Indian sociology.
9. Status of women in ancient and modern India.
10. Professional criminals.
June 2016
M.A. (Final), Sociology Examination :
Essay :
Note : There are two section in this paper, Section A and Section B. Each section contains five questions. Students have to give the answer of one questions from each section. Each answer should be in about 1000 words. Each answer carries 50 marks.
Section – A :
1) Culture
2) Sampling
3) Unity and diversity of Indian society
4) Social change
5) Communalism
Section – B :
6) Postmodernism
7) Emile Durkheim’s Theory of suicide.
8) Social Movement
9) Organised Crime
10) Contribution of M.N. Srinivas to Indian Sociology.
December 2016
Note : There are two section in this paper section A and section B. Each section contains five questions. Students have to give the answer of one question from each section. Each answer should be in about 1000 words. Each answer carries 50 Marks.
Section – A :
1) Theories of socialization.
2) Social stratification and Inequality
3) Case study Method.
4) Concept of Sanskritization
5) Social System and Social behaviour
Section – B :
6) Development of Sociology in India.
7) Contribution of Durkhim.
8) Crime against women’s in India.
9) Theories of culture.
10) Contribution of G.S.Ghurye in Indian sociology.
December 2015
Note : There are two sections in this paper, section A and section B. Each section contains five questions. Students have to give the answer of one question from each section. Each answer should be in about 1000 words. Each answer carries 50 marks.
Section – A :
1) Society
2) Observation
3) Cast system
4) Modernization
5) Rural power structure
Section – B :
6) Symbolic Interactionism.
7) Social system theory of T. Parsons
8) Juvenile Delinquency
9) Contribution of A.R. Desai to Indian sociology
10) Crime
Development of Sociology in India :
Section – A :
i. In which Indian university sociology was introduced as a subject-
ii. Mention the name of four Indian sociologists.
iii. What is Positivism-
iv. Write the name of two propounders of philosophical-theoretical
v. What is Social Ecology-
vi. Who propounded the theory of dialectics of traditions.
vii. What do you mean by Brahaminisation-
viii. Who is the author of the book “Homo Heirarehicus”-
ix. Mention the meaning of Post-Industrial society.
x. What is Indology-
xi. Define functionalism.
xii. What is meant by great tradition.
xiii. Mention the name of any two important books of Andre Beteille.
Section – B :
1. Discuss the nature of sociology.
2. Explain the cultural approach to the study of Indian Society.
3. Elaborate Ghurye’s race theory of Indian History-
4. Discuss the views of M.N. Srinivas on Caste.
5. Highlight the causes of peasant dissatisfaction.
6. Give the difference between development and evolution.
7. Illustrate the studies based on kinship in Indian Society.
8. Explain the concept of industrial relation.
9. Critically evaluate the concept of Dominant Caste.
10. Analyse the Marxist perspective in Indian Sociology.