UPSC Sociology Optional 2024 Paper I Previous Year Questions
This is the full UPSC CSE Sociology Optional 2024 Paper I previous year question set, arranged like the original exam booklet (Section A / Section B, question-wise sequence).
It includes 27 questions across 10 syllabus chapters. Click any question to open its dedicated page with model answer support.
खण्ड—A / SECTION—A
निम्नलिखित प्रश्नों में से प्रत्येक का उत्तर लगभग 150 शब्दों में दीजिए :
Answer the following questions in about 150 words each :
समाजशास्त्र की प्रकृति पर चर्चा कीजिए। सामाजिक मानवशास्त्र के साथ इसके संबंध को रेखांकित कीजिए।
Discuss the nature of sociology. Highlight its relationship with social anthropology.
एक प्रस्थिति समूह (status group) के रूप में जाति की बदलती प्रकृति का विश्लेषण कीजिए।
Analyse the changing nature of caste as a status group.
एक संस्था के रूप में विवाह का दृष्टिकोण 'अनुष्ठान' से 'व्यावसायिक' में आमूलचूल परिवर्तित हो गया है। इस परिवर्तन के पीछे के कारकों की व्याख्या कीजिए।
Marriage as an institution has undergone a radical transformation from 'ritual' to 'commercial' in its outlook. Explain the factors behind this change.
नागरिकता की नींव को मजबूत करने के लिए लोकतंत्र को एक जीवंत नागरिक समाज (Civil Society) की संस्कृति की आवश्यकता है। टिप्पणी कीजिए।
Democracy needs a vibrant culture of civil society in order to strengthen its foundation of citizenship. Comment.
What are the 'basic and irreducible' functions of the family as proposed by Talcott Parsons ? Explain.
समाजशास्त्र यूरोपीय प्रबोधन (Enlightenment) और पुनर्जागरण (Renaissance) का उत्पाद है। इस कथन का आलोचनात्मक परीक्षण कीजिए।
Sociology is the product of European enlightenment and renaissance. Critically examine this statement.
Do you think ‘objectivity’ is an over-hyped idea in sociological research? Discuss the merits and demerits of non-positivist methods.
of social stratification.
How do you view and assess the increasing trend of digital ethnography and use of visual culture in sociological research?
Describe the main idea of Max Weber’s book, ‘The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism’ as a critique of Marxism.
Critically explain the salient features of ‘alienation’ as propounded by Karl Marx.
What do you understand be ‘Mixed method’? Discuss its strengths and limitations in Social research.
Define the concept of ‘gig’ economy and discuss its impact on labour market and workers social security net.
काम और रोजगार की प्रकृति पर तकनीकी प्रगति और स्वचालन (automation) के प्रभाव का आलोचनात्मक आकलन कीजिए।
Critically assess the impact of technological advancement and automation on the nature of work and employment.
खण्ड—B / SECTION—B
निम्नलिखित प्रश्नों में से प्रत्येक का उत्तर लगभग 150 शब्दों में दीजिए :
Answer the following questions in about 150 words each :
Describe various characteristics of a ‘social fact’. How is rate of suicide a social fact according to Durkheim?
Explain G.H. Mead's idea of development of ‘self’ through the ‘generalised other’.
सामंती और पूंजीवादी समाजों में कार्य संगठन के भिन्न सिद्धांतों का वर्णन कीजिए।
Describe the differing principles of work organization in feudal and capitalist societies.
How is ‘power’ different from ‘authority’? Discuss various types of authorities as theorized by Max Weber.
opinion on their increasing trend in ‘online’ education and teaching?
How does a multicultural society accommodate diversities of all kinds- ethnic, linguistic and religious? Discuss its major challenges.
जीववाद (animism) की अवधारणा पर चर्चा कीजिए और इसे प्रकृतिवाद (naturism) से अलग कीजिए।
Discuss the concept of animism and differentiate it from naturism.
Domodernizationandsecularizationnecessarilygotogether?Giveyourviews
आप समकालीन समाज में संप्रदायों (sects) और पंथों (cults) के तेजी से बढ़ने की घटना को कैसे समझते हैं? इस प्रवृत्ति के लिए जिम्मेदार कारकों की चर्चा कीजिए।
How do you understand the phenomena of the mushrooming of sects and cults in contemporary society? Discuss the factors responsible for the trend.
Discuss the dimensions of power the construction and maintenance of social hierarchies in a society.
आधुनिक परिवार न केवल एकल और नव-स्थानिक (neo-local) बन गए हैं, बल्कि संतान-केंद्रित (filiocentric) भी हो गए हैं। आप इस प्रवृत्ति की व्याख्या कैसे करेंगे?
Modern families have not just become nuclear and neo-local, but also filiocentric. How do you explain this trend?
सामाजिक परिवर्तन के विभिन्न सिद्धांतों की चर्चा कीजिए। सामाजिक परिवर्तन के एकरेखीय सिद्धांत की सीमाओं की व्याख्या कीजिए।
Discuss various theories of social change. Explain the limitations of unilinear theory of social change.
विभिन्न राष्ट्रों के विकास और निर्भरता के संदर्भ में इमैनुएल वालरस्टीन के विश्व-व्यवस्था सिद्धांत (World-Systems theory) का आलोचनात्मक परीक्षण कीजिए।
Critically examine the World-Systems theory Of Immanuel Wallerstein in terms of development and dependency of various nations.
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