pyq/2017/sociology-optional-i/5

(a) What do you understand by ‘informalisation of labour’? Write your answer with special reference to India. (10 marks)

(b) Discuss the changing interface between state and civil society in post-independent India. (10 marks)

(c) Give an assessment of Durkheimian notion of ‘sacred’ and ‘profane’ in sociology of religion. (10 marks)

(d) Examine ‘patriarchal bargain’ as gendered division of work in contemporary India. (10 marks)

(e) Assess the role of mass media as an agent of social change. (10 marks)