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DEHRADUN PUBLIC SCHOOL
II TERM ASSIGNMENT (2016-17)
SUBJECT – SOCIOLOGY (039)
CLASS -XI
BOOK-1 INTRODUCING SOCIOLOGY
Chapter 4 – Culture and Society
Q.1. How can we demonstrate that the different dimensions of culture compromise a whole?
Q.2. Compare one culture with which you are familiar; Is it different not to be cthanocentric?
Q.3. Discuss twodifferent approaches to study cultural change
Q.4. What do you understand by cultural traits? Explain with examples.
Q.5. Explain Cultural Diversity.
Q.6. List two features of Socialization.
Q.7. Distinguish between material cultural and non material culture.
Q.8. Explain relationship between Culture, society and personality.
Q.9. Explain Cognitive and normative aspects of culture.
Q.10. Write a short note on Cultural evolution and Estate System.
BOOK-2 UNDERSTANDING SOCIETY
Chapter 8 –Environment and Society
Q.1. Write a short note on mono culture, green house, Deforestation and Ecology.
Q.2. Why and how does Social organization shape the relationship between environment and
society?
Q.3. Why is the environment management complex and huge task for society?
Q.4. What are some of the important forms of pollution related environment hazards?
Q.5. What are the major environmental issues associated with resource depletion?
Q.6. Write a short note on social and urban ecology and major element of social ecology.
Q.7. Discuss relationship between huntingand food gathering societies with their environment?
Q.8. Why are our natural resources decreasing rapidly? Give reasons.
Q.9. Why Global warming is treated as a World problem? Give reasons
Q.10. Discuss the relationship between agricultural communities with their Environment.
Chapter 4– Western Social Thinkers
Q.1. Write a short note on Enlightenment, Alienation, mode of production &Social fact.
Q.2. Why is enlightenment important for the development of Sociology?
Q.3. How industrial revolution was is responsible for giving rise to sociology?
Q.4. What are the various components of a mode of production?
Q.5. What are social facts? How do we recognize them?
Q.6. Differentiate between mechanical & organic Solidarity.
Q.7. How does KarlMarx interpret the term alienation?
Q.8. What is Class struggle and Surplus value?
Q.9. Explain Bureaucracy & different characteristic features of bureaucracy?
Q.10. Explain briefly the meaning of charismatic authority.
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Chapter 5–Indian Sociologists
Q.1. Write a short note on Endogamy, Anthropometry and Assimilation.
Q.2. How did Ananthakrishna Iyer and Sarat Chandra Roy come to practice social anthropology?
Q.3. What were the main arguments on either side of the debate about how to relate to tribal
communities?
Q.4. What does D.P Mukerjj mean by a living tradition? Why does he insist that Indian sociologists be
rooted in this tradition?
Q.5. What is welfare state? Why is A.R Desai critical of the claims made on his behalf?
Q.6. What is living tradition according to D.P Mukerji?
Q.7. How did Risley explain race?
Q.8. Write a short note on “The expanding horizon of sociology”?
Q.9. The principle of purity and pollution control the caste system. How?
Q.10. Write down the Ghurye’s views about the caste and kinship.
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