July 2024 and January 2025
Assignment I
Answer the following Descriptive Category questions in about 500 words each. Each question carries 20 marks.
- Explain Popper’s viewpoint on objectivity in social research.
- Discuss Durkheim’s prescription on sociological research.
Assignment II
Answer the following Middle Category questions in about 250 words each. Each question carries 10 marks.
- What is historical method is research?
- In what way did Murdock use comparative method and statistics in research.
- What are the main criticisms of feminist essentialism by standpoint theorists.
Assignment III
Answer the following Short Category questions in about 100 words each. Each question carries 6 marks.
- What are the main characteristics of quantitative research?
- What are the objectives of qualitative research?
- What did Bourdieu mean by ‘social field’?
- What do you understand by reflexivity?
- What is the significance of Shodhganga in research?
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