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B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – SOCIOLOGY
FOURTH SEMESTER – APRIL 2011
SO 4503/SO 4501 - SOCIAL PATHOLOGY
Date : 08-04-2011
Time : 1:00 - 4:00
Dept. No.
Max. : 100 Marks
PART – A
Answer ALL questions in about 30 words each
(10x2=20 marks)
1. Define social problems.
1. What is underemployment?
2. What is seasonal employment?
3. What is juvenile delinquency?
4. Write short note on anomie theory.
5. Explain drug abuse.
6. What is alcoholism?
7. What is corruption?
8. State the meaning of nepotisms.
9. What is black money?
10. What do you mean by criminalization of politics?
PART – B
Answer any FIVE questions in about 300 words each
(5x8=40 marks)
11. Explain the theoretical perspectives of social problems?
12. Enumerate the various causes of social problems.
13. Discuss the causes of juvenile delinquency?
14. Critically evaluate the measures taken by government to rehabilitate juvenile delinquents.
15. Discuss the causes and consequences of unemployment in India.
16. Explain briefly political corruption and scandal.
17. Enumerate the various measures taken by government to control corruption.
PART – C
Answer any TWO questions in about 1200 words each
(2x20=40 marks)
18. Briefly explain the characteristics and causes of social problems.
19. Discuss the measures taken to control unemployment in India.
20. ‘Drug and alcohol prevention and prohibition from our soil is a myth only’. - Discuss.
21. Analyse the causes of and remedies to Juvenile Delinquency.
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