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(a) In the context of globalisation, has the scope of sociology been changing in India? Comment. (b) Discuss the importance and sources of hypothesis in social research. (c) What are the problems in observing social facts in Durkheim's views? (d) State the reasons for the various religious beliefs and practices in pre-modern societies. (e) Does the institution of marriage continue to be sacred in Indian society? Comment.

(a) Discuss the new labour codes and their impact on formal and informal labour in India. (b) According to Mills, "Elites rule in institutional terms rather than psychological terms." Comment. (c) Analyse the strengths and weaknesses of social survey method in social research.

(a) Technology has accelerated the process of development and dependency. Discuss. (b) Phenomenological perspectives in sociology reject many of the assumptions of positivism. Comment. (c) Critically assess the Marxian theory of 'Alienation'.

(a) How does Marx view social conflict as an essential element in social change? (b) What is the impact of gender division of labour on the development of society? (c) Examine how social movements come to an end. Illustrate with examples.

(a) Discuss the historical antecedents of the emergence of Sociology as a discipline. (b) Davis and Moore made it clear that social stratification is a functional necessity and also an unconscious device. Discuss. (c) What is the Marxist concept of 'fetishism of commodities'? (d) Present a sociological review on the 'new middle-class'. (e) Explain the probability sampling strategies with examples.

(a) Elaborate Srinivas's views on religion and society among the Coorgs. (b) Illustrate the contributions of the Tebhaga Movement to the peasants struggle in India. (c) Examine the changing initiatives of the land tenure system in India. (d) Write a note on Ghurye's conception of caste in India. (e) Comment on the growing assertion of tribal community for autonomy in India.

(a) According to Mead, "We play a key role in our own socialisation." Explain. (b) Bring out the significance of Ethnography in social research. (c) What is 'reserve army of labour'? Present the position of feminist scholars on this.

(a) Critically examine Dube's contributions to the study of Indian villages. (b) What is caste politics? Substantiate your answer with examples of how identities are defined by caste dynamics. (c) Do you think that the Indian saints have brought about social reform and awareness in Indian society? Explain.

(a) Discuss the importance of interpretative understanding of social phenomena and explain its limitations. (b) Are all world religions patriarchal? Substantiate your answer with examples. (c) What, according to Merton, is the difference between 'unanticipated consequences' and 'latent functions'? Give examples to elaborate.

(a) What is ethno-nationalism? Examine the critical factors responsible for tribal discontent in India. (b) Is industrial development in India a bane or a boon to agrarian class structure? Substantiate your answer with suitable examples. (c) Give an account of Ranajit Guha's approach in studying 'subaltern class'.

(a) Modernisation presupposes class society; however caste, ethnicity and race are still predominant. Explain. (b) Compare and contrast the contributions of Marx and Weber on social stratification in capitalist society. (c) What, according to Irawati Karve, are the major differences between North Indian and South Indian Kinship systems?

(a) Define patriarchy. Does it have bearings on women's entitlement in Indian family system? Explain. (b) How do you understand the 'minority' question? Examine the violence and discrimination against the religious minorities in India. (c) What do you understand by LGBTQ? Comment on the issues concerning their marriage rights.

(a) Elaborate A. R. Desai's perspective to the study of Indian society. (b) Banning practice of 'Sati' is attributed to annihilation of a major social evil in colonial India. Comment. (c) How do you justify Dumont's deliberate stress on ideology that produced intellectualized account of Indian society? (d) Explain the definitional problems concerning the tribal communities in India. (e) Secularism was an outcome of 20th century humanistic radicalism. Comment on this statement.

(a) Indian caste system is unique and has been unhealthy for the growth of sociology of India. How far do you agree with this view? (b) Discuss Whitehead's contention that caste has potential to displace class and colonial contradiction. (c) Indian rural society is a faction-ridden society. Discuss.

(a) Examine the colonial policy of segregation of tribes under the Government of India Act, 1935. (b) Discuss the dynamics of 'migrant workers' in India in the context of Corona pandemic. (c) How does Andre Beteille justify 'middle class in India'?

(a) Discuss the conceptual issues about lineage and descent in India. Give suitable illustrations. (b) Analyze household dimensions of family in India. (c) Write a note on 'cultural pluralism' in multi-religious society like India.

(a) Point out the benefits of 'green chemistry' for agrarian transformation in India. (b) Analyze the issues related to the citizenship in contemporary India. Give suitable illustrations. (c) Give an account of the consequences and remedies of chronic malnutrition in India. (d) How does the New Education Policy, 2020 aim to eradicate disparities in the system of education in India? (e) What do you understand by democratic federalism? How does it promote decentralization of power in India?

(a) Discuss in detail the main issues of development planning in mixed economy like India. (b) Do you think MSP (Minimum Support Price) Scheme for agricultural produce can help in rural development? Elaborate your response with suitable examples. (c) How can skill development programme induce social change? Illustrate.

(a) Elaborate the causes, consequences and other concerns of growth of urban settlements in India. (b) Evaluate the nature and scope of anthropogenic influence on climate in India and also analyze the environmental movements arising out of it. (c) Are the contemporary farmers' movements in India changing their course? Discuss.

(a) Colonial administrators helped to construct the very traditionalism which marked the Indian society as 'backward'. Comment critically. (b) What were the salient features of the India's Population Policy (2000)? How far its goals have been achieved? (c) Point out the main causes of 'child labour' in India. How far the State policies have succeeded in its elimination?