UPSC Sociology Optional 2025 Paper I Q.4B — Power elite, bureaucracy, pressure groups, an...

upsc cse main — Sociology optional paper (2025), Paper I, Question 4B (20 marks, about 250 words).

Section: Section A | Type: Optional question

Syllabus mapping: Chapter 7 — Politics and Society | Topic b — Power elite, bureaucracy, pressure groups, and political parties..

Question: What would you identify as the similarities and differences in the elite theories of Mosca, Michels and Pareto? Discuss their main/crucial issues.

प्रश्न: मोस्का, मिशेल्स और परेटो के अभिजात वर्ग के सिद्धान्तों में समानताओं और विभिन्नताओं को आप किस रूप में पहचानेंगे? इनके मुख्य/महत्त्वपूर्ण बिन्दुओं पर चर्चा कीजिए।

Section A

4.(b)

मोस्का, मिशेल्स और परेटो के अभिजात वर्ग के सिद्धान्तों में समानताओं और विभिन्नताओं को आप किस रूप में पहचानेंगे? इनके मुख्य/महत्त्वपूर्ण बिन्दुओं पर चर्चा कीजिए।

What would you identify as the similarities and differences in the elite theories of Mosca, Michels and Pareto? Discuss their main/crucial issues.

20 Marks 250 words 7. Politics and Society b. Power elite, bureaucracy, pressure groups, and political parties.

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