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Degree : M.Sc Non-Medical Degree Examination
Subject Code/Name : 3051/Principles Of Sociology
Year : I
Paper : I
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September 2008 :
[KT 234] Sub. Code: 3051
M.Sc. (MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY) DEGREE EXAMINATION.
(For candidates admitted from 2007-2008 onwards)
PAPER I : PRINCIPLES OF SOCIOLOGY
Q.P. Code : 283051
Time : Three hours
Maximum : 100 marks
Draw suitable diagram wherever necessary. :
Answer ALL questions. :
I. Elaborate on : (2 x 20 = 40)
1. Analyse the relationship between man and society.
2. Critically evaluate Parsons sick-role concept.
II. Write notes on : (10 x 6 = 60)
1. Socialization.
2. Explain institution.
3. Relationship between Sociology and Economics.
4. What is meant by health media.
5. Organic Analogy.
6. What does political science deal with?
7. Types of Authority.
8. Division of Labour.
9. Outline any three salient feature of caste system.
10. Alienation.

March 2009 :
I. Essays: (2 x 20 = 40)
1. How Durkhiem analyses the functions of religion—Discuss.
2. Critically assess coser’s functional analysis of social conflict.
II. Write Short Notes on : (10 x 6 = 60)
1. Suicide.
2. Man and society.
3. Social facts.
4. Theory of social evolution.
5. Bureaucracy.
6. Dialectical materialism.
7. Sick-role concept.
8. Protestant ethics and spirit of capitalism.
9. Safety valve theory.
10. Class as a form of stratification..

September 2009 :
I. Essays: (2 x 20 = 40)
1. Discuss. Spencer’s theory of social evolution.
2. Examine the relationship between class-based inequalities and health status.
II. Write Short Notes on : (10 x 6 = 60)
1. Associative social processes.
2. Characteristics of social institutions.
3. Sociology and social anthropology.
4. Anomie as explained by Durkheim.
5. Power and authority.
6. Causes of alienation.
7. Sickness and deviance.
8. Primary and secondary groups.
9. Caste as a closed system of stratification.
10. Subject matter of economics.

March 2010 :
I. Essays: (2 x 20 = 40)
1. Define socialization. Explain the process with a special emphasis on its stages and agents.
2. What is stratification? Trace the origin of social stratification and explain its functions.
II. Write Short Notes on : (10 x 6 = 60)
1. Social institution.
2. Material and non-material culture.
3. Primary and secondary groups.
4. Relationship between sociology and economics.
5. Health media.
6. Theory of social evolution.
7. Two dimensions of culture.
8. Bureaucracy.
9. Sick role theory.
10. Class and health.

September 2010 :
I. Essays: (2 x 20 = 40)
1. Discuss the Notions “Man in Society” and “Society in Man”.
2. Examine Weber’s theory of Religion and Economy.
II. Write Short Notes on : (10 x 6 = 60)
1. Alienation.
2. Meaning and characteristics of social groups.
3. Totemism and its social contents.
4. Characteristics of social facts.
5. Types of Authority.
6. Organic analogy.
7. Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft.
8. Safety valve theory.
9. Physician as student.
10. Differences between class and caste.