BSOC-111 Solved Assignment English Medium 2025-26

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IGNOU BSOC-111 Solved Assignment English Medium 2025-26

FOUR-YEAR UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMME
BACHELOR OF ARTS (MAJOR) SOCIOLOGY
BAFSO
ASSIGNMENT
July 2025 and January 2026 session
COURSE CODE: BSOC-111
SOCIOLOGICAL THINKERS I

BSOC-111 : SOCIOLOGICAL THINKERS I
Course Code: BSOC-111
Assignment Code: ASST/BSOC 111/ 2025-26
Total Marks: 100
Assignment I
Answer the following Descriptive Category Questions in about 500 words each. Each question carries 20 marks. 2 × 20 = 40 marks
1. Explain Emile Durkheim’s concept of division of labour. How does it contribute to social solidarity?
2. Critically examine Max Weber’s analysis of the Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism.
Assignment II
Answer the following Middle Category Questions in about 250 words each. Each question carries 10 marks. 3 × 10 = 30 marks
3. Discuss the concept of Verstehen in Weber’s methodology.
4. What is the significance of Durkheim’s elementary forms of religious life?
5. Examine the role of class struggle in Marx’s theory of history.
Assignment III
Answer the following Short Category Questions in about 100 words each. Each question carries 6 marks. 5 × 6 = 30 marks
6. What is the difference between mechanical and organic solidarity?
7. How did Marx explain the concept of base and superstructure?
8. Define ideal type with an example.
9. What is the importance of social facts in Durkheim’s sociology?
10. Mention any two criticisms of Marx’s theory of alienation.

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