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JUNE 2018

1. Distinguish between basic and applied social research with examples.


2. Examine the relevance of survey method in social science research.
3. What is positivism? Critically examine its salient features.
4. What is research design? Discuss its various elements.
5. Critically examine the feminist approach to social research.

DECEMBER 2018

1. What is Comte's contribution to positivism? Discuss.


2. What is theory and why do we need theory?
3. Discuss the philosophy of science with reference to Frencis Bacan.
4. Discuss the role of research in the growth of social sciences.
5. Discuss the various types of sampling with examples.

JUNE 2019

1. Distinguish between methods and methodologies in social science


research.
2. What is epistemology? Explain its place in social science research.
3. What is a case study? Discuss how it is used in social research.
4. Discuss the significance of reliability of data according to Kirk and
Miller.
5. Discuss the significance of the feminist perspective in social
science research.

JUNE 2020

1. While collecting empirical data, how does a


researcher account for socio-cultural
diversity? Explain.
2. Discuss Francis Bacon's ideas on science
and society.
3. What is hermeneutics? Discuss its scope in
social science research.
4. What is social research? Discuss its various
types.
5. Distinguish between quantitative and
qualitative research methods giving suitable
examples.

DECEMBER 2020

1. What is the meaning of logical inquiry and how is it related with


Sociology? Explain.
2. Discuss the meaning of empiricism. Is it different from empirical
approach?
3. Discuss the feminist approach to the understanding of social
reality.
4. Explain the nature and scope of social research.
5. What is the research design? Outline the steps in formulating
research design.

JUNE 2021

1. Compare and contrast Phenomenological


approach with the Hermeneutic approach.
2. What is Rationalism? Discuss the core ideas
of rationalism.
3. Discuss the key features of the Participatory
Approach to Social Research.
4. Define Positivism and discuss its core ideas.
5. Discuss the meaning of Field Research.
What are its advantages and disadvantages?

DECEMBER 2021

1. Discuss Auguste Comte’s contribution in establishing of a science of society.


2. How does the researcher deal with his or her own values in the process of research?
3. What do you understand by the comparative method? What are its advantages?
4. What is sampling? Explain random sampling method with suitable examples.
5. What is survey method? Discuss its importance in social science methods.
JUNE 2022

1. What is Observation? Distinguish between participant and non-participant observations.


2. What is phenomenology? Critically discuss.
3. Discuss Karl Popper’s idea of falsification.
4. What is the difference between exploratory and experimental research? Discuss with
suitable examples.
5. What is hermeneutics? How is it used in sociology?

DECEMBER 2022

1. In what way are social sciences different from natural sciences? Discuss.
2. What is paradigm shift? Explain in detail.
3. What is cultural relativism? In what way does it differ from ethnocentricism?
4. Discuss the basic tenets of rationalism with special reference to the ideas of Rene
Descartes.
5. What is the feminist perspective on research? Explain in detail.

JUNE 2023

1. Explain the distinctiveness of observation as a method of inquiry in Social Sciences.


2. Discuss the premises of evolutionary theory.
3. What do you understand by social research? Discuss its significance.
4. Discuss the importance of qualitative data in Social Science research?
5. What is survey method? Discuss its advantages and weaknesses.

DECEMBER 2023

1. Write a note on Comte’s ideas on the nature of sociology.


2. What do you understand by empirical approach? Explain.
3. What are the basic premises of functional theory? Discuss.
4. Critically analyse the influence of science on modernity on the discipline of sociology.
5. Discuss the essential features of the Feminist Method.

JUNE 2024
1. What is the importance of theory in the discipline of Sociology? Discuss.
2. Discuss the critiques against functional theories.
3. Explain the phenomenological tradition in Social Sciences.
4. What do you understand by participatory research?
5. Distinguish between historical and evolutionary method.

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