Name of the University : Uttarakhand Open University
Degree : MASO
Department : Sociology
Subject Code/Name : MASO01 Fundamentals of Sociology
Year : I
Document Type : Old Question Papers
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Fundamentals of Sociology :
M. A. (First Year) Examination, 2012
Time : 3 Hours
Max. Marks : 60
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Note : The question paper is divided into three Sections A, B and C. Attempt questions
of each Section according to given instructions.
Section – A
(Long Answer Questions)
Answer any two questions. Each qustion carries 15 marks. 2×15=30
1. What do you understand by society? Differentiate between ‘society’ and ‘A society’.
2. What is socialization? Critically evaluate Cooley’s theory of Socialization.
3. What do you understand by Social Control? Briefly discuss the various forms of social control.
4. Analyse the concept of social change and explain the linear pattern of social change.
Section – B
(Short Answer Questions)
Answer any four questions. Each questions carries 5 marks. 4×5
10. Among following who analyse the role of economic factors in social change-
(a) Pareto(b) Spencer(c) Marx(d) None of them
1. Explain briefly the main characteristics of community.
2. Examine the importance of institutions in social life.
3. Describe briefly the various types of associative social process.
4. Differentiate between ascribed and achieved status.
5. Discuss primary group with suitable examples.
6. Differentiate between Caste and Class.
7. Describe the cyclical pattern theory of social change.
8. Evaluate Parson’s views on social action.
8. Among the following, who described the cyclical pattern of social change-
(a) Karl Marx(b) Pareto(c) Durkheim(d) None of them
9. Among the following, which statement is correct :
(a) We belong to associations not to institutions.
(b) Community sentiment is the characteristic of modern complex societies.
(c) Social institution is a group of individuals.
(d) All statements are correct.
Section – C
Answer all questions. Each question carries one mark. 10×1=10
Write True/False against the following :
1. Family is a secondary group. (True/False)
2. ‘A Society’ is a group of individuals. (True/False)
3. The theory of ‘looking glass self’ is given by Emile Durkheim. (True/False)
4. Law is a formal mean of social control. (True/False)
5. Culture is a man made part of the environment. (True/False)
6. Who gave the concept of Manifest and latent function.
(a) R. K. Merton(b) Parsons(c) Herbert Spencer(d) None of the above.
7. Who wrote the book ‘Theory of Social and Economic Organization’.
(a) Sorokin(b) Karl Marx(c) Maxweber(d) Pareto
First Year Examination-2015 :
MASO-01 Basic Sociological Concepts :
Time : 3 Hours
Maximum Marks : 60
Note : This paper is of sixty (60) marks divided into three (03) sections A, B, and C. Attempt the questions contained in these sections according to the detailed instructions given therein.
Section – A : (Long Answer Type Questions)
Note : Section ‘A’ contains four (04) long-answer-type questions of fifteen (15) marks each. Learners are required to answer any two (02) questions only. (2×15=30)
1. What is Primary Group? What is the role of primary groups in the formation of personality?
2. What are social values? Discuss their importance in social life.
3. Write an essay on Society, Culture and Personality.
4. Explain the theory of social change propounded by Sorokin.
Section – B : (Short Answer Type Questions)
Note : Section ‘B’ contains eight (08) short-answer-type questions of five (05) marks each. Learners are required to answer any four (04) questions only. (4×5=20)
1. What is the difference between Ascribed and Achieved Status.
2. Why is the Institution more stable than Association? Discuss.
3. What is the relationship between social structure and social values?
4. “Culture is a learned behaviour”, Comment.
5. What is the concept of revolution? Explain the main characteristics of revolution.
6. Write a critical essay on social evolution.
7. Discuss the types of Social System given by Morgan.
8. What is the difference between competition and conflict?
Section – C : (Objective Type Questions)
Note : Section ‘C’ contains ten (10) objective-type questions of one (01) mark each. All the questions of this section are compulsory. (10×1=10)
Choose the correct answer :
1. Who has propounded the theory of ‘Looking glass self ?’
(a) Cooley
(b) Meed
(c) Freud
(d) Durkheim
2. Which is not a form of social stratification?
(a) Religion
(b) Class
(c) Caste
(d) Gender
3. Who Said “Association is organized for the pursuit of an interest of group or interests in common”?
(a) Davis
(b) Cuber
(c) Bogardus
(d) MacIver and page