OPSC Mains – Sociology Paper I (OCS 2024)

SOCIOLOGY – PAPER I

Odisha Civil Services Mains 2024

Time: 3 Hours
|Full Marks: 250

10 × 15 MARKS

Instructions: Attempt 10 (ten) questions. Word limit: 250 words.

“Sociology of economic life is highly problematic.” Comment.
“Parsonian pattern variables are unjustified!” Reflect your answer.
What are the different kinds of mobility and how does it bring about change in society?
Discuss the significance of ‘Reference Group’ in study of complex society.
Sociologists critique one model of family and argue that one should focus on the processes. What do they imply by this argument?
“Caste in class or class in caste.” Reflect.
What is scientific method? How Sociology investigates ‘value neutrality’ in its source and content?
“Social change is a myth!” Contradict and comment.
Define participant observation. Discuss its usefulness in empirical study.
Do you think power and authority are dichotomous? Explain with example.
Do you think Max Weber and Karl Marx understood capitalism adequately?
What are lineage, descent and kinship? How are they interrelated?

05 × 20 MARKS

Instructions: Attempt 05 (five) questions. Word limit: 300 words.

It is stated that ‘women’ are the gateways of caste system. Explain how caste, class and gender intersect to frame the experiences of women in India.
Contextualise political system of the emerging society.
Critically examine ‘Social Action Theory’ of Max Weber in theory and practice.
Gendered perspective perceives the dominant model of family to be heteronormative and patriarchal by nature. Explain this statement.
Define ‘interview-guide’. Also mention where it is used.
Conceptualise social stratification. Discuss its contemporary demerits.

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