BSOC 101 Important QUESTIONS

 Here is a clean list of repeated topics from BSOC-101 (Introduction to Sociology–I) previous year question papers, along with the repeated questions listed under each topic:

Emergence of Sociology

• Discuss the factors for the emergence of sociology. (Dec 2022)

• Explain the factors for the emergence of sociology. (Dec 2020)

• How does Industrial Revolution contribute to the emergence of Sociology? (Dec 2021)

• Describe the social background to the emergence of Sociology in Europe. (June 2023)

Sociology and History

• Does sociology have a relationship with history? (June 2024)

• In what ways is Sociology related to History? (June 2023)

• Examine the relationship between sociology with history. (June 2022)

Sociology and Anthropology

• Discuss the similarities and differences between sociology and anthropology. (Dec 2022)

• What are the similarities and differences between Sociology and Social Anthropology? (June 2023)

• Discuss the relationship between Sociology and Social Anthropology. (Dec 2020)

Sociology and Other Social Sciences

• Examine the similarities of sociology with economics. (Dec 2022)

• Examine the relationship of Sociology with Political Science. (Dec 2021)

Social Organization

• What is social organization? Discuss its various perspectives. (June 2024)

• What is social organisation? Discuss its various perspectives. (Dec 2020)

Community

• Describe the salient features of community. (June 2024)

• What is a community? How have sociologists and social anthropologists described a community? (June 2023)

• Describe the characteristics of Community. (Dec 2021)

Role and Status

• Discuss the different dimension of roles. (June 2024)

• Explain the concept of role with suitable examples. (Dec 2020)

• What is a social status? How is it related with roles played by members of a society? (June 2023)

• What is the relation between status and role? (Dec 2022)

• Explain the concept of status with suitable examples. (June 2022)

Culture

• Discuss the concept of culture and its major characteristics. (June 2023)

• What is Culture? Describe its characteristics. (Dec 2021)

Social Institutions

• Explain the concept of a social institution and its different types. (June 2023)

• Examine the concept of Institution and its salient features. (Dec 2022)

Functionalism / Functional Theory

• Discuss Mahinowsk’s theory of functionalism. (June 2024)

• Discuss the functional theory of Malinowski. (June 2022)

• Describe the premises of functionalism. (Dec 2020)

• Discuss the structural-functional approach of Radcliffe Brown. (Dec 2021)

Social Change

• Explain the evolutionary theories of social change. (June 2024)

• Discuss the approaches to the understanding of social change. (June 2022)

• Discuss various factors of social change. (Dec 2020)

Socialisation

• Discuss the various types of socialisation. (Dec 2022)

• Discuss the different types of socialisation. (Dec 2020)

Development of Self / Mead

• Explain Mead’s theory of development of self. (June 2022)

Sociological Methods / Perspectives

• Examine Bauman’s contribution to sociological methods. (Dec 2022)

• Explain the perspectives of Mills and Bauman on understanding social reality. (Dec 2020)

• Discuss the meaning of the concept ‘abstracted empiricism’ used by C. W. Mills. (June 2023)

• How do sociological methods help to understand social reality? (Dec 2021)

AGIL Model (Parsons)

• Explain the AGIL model of Talcott Parsons. (Dec 2022)

Classification of Social Groups

• Explain the bases of the classification of social groups. (Dec 2021)

Social Control

• Explain the different agencies of social control. (June 2024)

Historical Sociology

• Explain ‘historical sociology’ as a sub-discipline of Sociology. (Dec 2021)

Economic Sociology

• Discuss economic sociology as a sub-discipline of sociology. (June 2022)