Describe regional variation and types of land ownership in India. 

 Explain the classical notion of undifferentiated peasant society

 Analyse the dominant castes in rural India. 

 Critically examine the major theoretical approaches to the study of family and
marriage. 

. Describe rural and urban society in India. 

Discuss the nature of rural society. 

 Explain the different approaches to the study of rural sociology. 

Describe scope of rural sociology. 

 Explain the culturalist approach to the understanding of social reality. 

 Explain the major tenets of comparative method. Critically examine its use in
social research.

 What is hermeneutics? Discuss its contribution to the understanding of social
action and meaning. 
8. Explain the main principles of positivism. Present the major criticisms of the
positivist approach. 

 Critically examine the feminist approach to social research. 

 Discuss Bacon’s Contribution to philosophy of social sciences. 

What is the empirical approach in social research?

 What is epistemology? Examine the major epistemological issues in social
science research. 

What is mean by ‘understanding from below’? Outline its significance in
sociological researc

Explain the logic of inquiry in social science research. How does it differ
from common-sense understanding of social reality?

What are the main types of research. Explain.

. Provide the historical background of the emergence of the participatory
approach.

 Explain the difference between method and methodology.