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What is common sense? How are common knowledge and sociology related to each other? Explain. 2025  \n2. What is the relationship (similarities and differences) between sociology and history in terms of their area of study and methodology? Discuss. 2025  \n3. In what way is the scope of sociology unique? Explain. 2025  \n4. Discuss the nature of Sociology. Highlight its relationship with Social Anthropology. 2024  \n5. Sociology is the product of European enlightenment and renaissance. Critically examine this statement. 2024  \n6. Discuss the relationship between sociology and political science. 2023  \n7. Do you think that common sense is the starting point of social research? What are its advantages and limitations? Explain. 2023  \n8. What aspects of Enlightenment do you think paved way for the emergence of sociology? Elaborate. 2022  \n9. Delimit the scope of Sociology in relation to other social sciences. 2022  \n10. From the viewpoint of growing importance of multidisciplinary, how do you relate sociology to other social sciences? 2021  \n11. How is Sociology related to common sense? 2021  \n12. How did the Intellectual forces lead to the emergence of Sociology? Discuss. 2020  \n8. In the Context of globalization, has the scope of Sociology been changing in India? Comment. 2020  \n9. Discuss the historical antecedents of the emergence of Sociology as a discipline. 2019  \n10. The focal point of sociology rests on interaction. How do you distinguish it from common sense? 2018  \n11. \"The sociological imagination enables us to grasp history and biography and the relationship between the two in a society.” – C.W. Mills. Explain. 2018  \n12. Explain how sociology has emerged as a distinct discipline based on rationality and scientific temper. 2017  \n13. Discuss the changing equations of discipline of sociology with other social sciences. 2017  \n14. \"Sociology is pre-eminently study of modern societies. \" Discuss. 2016  \n15. Is sociology common sense? Give reasons in support of your argument. 2016  \n16. How had enlightenment contributed to the emergence of Sociology? 2015  \n17. Write short answer of the following in about 150 words: How did the emergence of industrial society change the family life in Western Europe? 2014  \n18. Write short answer of the following in about 150 words: How is sociological approach to human actions different from that of psychological approach? 2014  \n19.“Sociology emerged in Europe and flourished to begin with on social reformist orientation in the U.S.A.” -Comment. 2013  \n20. Compare and contrast Sociology with Anthropology. 2013  \nUnit 2: Sociology as Science  \n1. What is positivism? Critically analyze the major arguments against it. 2025  \n2. What is science? Do you think that the methods used in natural sciences can be applied to sociology? Give reasons for your answer. 2025  \n3. Do you think 'objectivity' is an over-hyped idea in sociological research? Discuss the merits and demerits of non-positivist methods. 2024  \n4. What is the distinctiveness of the feminist method of social research? Comment. 2023  \n5. How does the dramaturgical perspective enable our understanding of everyday life? 2023  \n6. What are the characteristics of scientific method? Do you think that scientific method in conducting sociological research is foolproof? Elaborate. 2023  \n7. How does a researcher achieve objectivity in interpretative research? 2022  \n8. What are the shortfalls of positivist philosophy that gave rise to the non-positivist methods of studying social reality? 2022  \n9. Do you think ethnomethodology helps us in getting reliable and valid data? Justify your answer. 2021  \n10. How far are sociologists justified in using positivist approach to understand social reality? Explain with suitable illustrations. 2021  \n11. Methodology is a system of rules, Principles and procedures, which forms scientific investigation. Comment. 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