Syllabus: Optional Subject – Sociology – Papers I
Stratification and Mobility: (a) Concepts – equality, inequality, hierarchy, exclusion, poverty and deprivation.
| How do sociologists construct gender in their analysis on social inequality? | (22/1e/10) |
| How are Hierarchy and Exclusion the major impediments in the transformation of societies? Discuss. | (20/I/2b/20) |
| What is affirmative action? Substantiate theoretical positions on affirmative actions with examples. | (19/1/6c/10) |
| What is the difference between natural and social inequality? Give examples from caste and class dimensions. | (18/1/1d/10) |
| Can we equate ‘poverty’ with ‘poor living’? Elaborate your answer. | (17/1/1e/10) |
| Discuss the relationship between poverty and social exclusion. | (16/1/4c/10) |
| Distinguish between people being socially excluded and people excluding themselves socially societies. | (150 words) (13/1/5a/10) |