Social Research (B.A. 3rd Year)

Social Research

Meaning and Definition:


Society is an organized group of persons associated together with shared objectives, norms and values pertain to the society. People have social life and social process.

Research is systematic and organized effort to investigate a specific problem that need a solution. It contributes to the general body of knowledge. It also corrects human knowledge. Social research now can be defined as the systematic and objective analysis and recording of controlled observations that may lead to the development of generalizations, principles or theories resulting in prediction and possibly ultimate control of events in society. It attempts to answer or solve social problem.

According to C. A. Moser: "Social research is a systematized investigation to gain new knowledge about social phenomena and problems."
According to P. V. Young: "Social research is a scientific understanding which by means of logical methods, aim to discover new facts or old facts and to analyze their sequences, interrelationships, casual explanations and natural laws which govern them." 

Making Connection Model Questions (B. A. 2nd Year)

Making Connection

Q. No. 1 What connection might there be between heart disease and poverty?

Q. No. 2  You are a doctor. A patient of yours, who is a student, tells you that he has discoved that his roomate is HIV-positive. He is very concerned and wants your advice. What would you tell him?

Q. No. 3 Write essay on:

i) AIDS in a specific country or community

ii) Recent developments in AIDS Research

B. A. Second Year Major English Practice Question

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Sociology/Anthropology (B. A. 1st Year)

History of Human Society and Culture:
Paleolithic
The first or the oldest pre-historical culture is known as Paleolithic or Old Stone Age. The word Paleolithic has come from the Greek word ‘Palaios’ meaning old and ‘lithos’ means stone. Paleolithic refers to the pre-history of mankind covering the period from the first appearance of tool using human until the emergence of Mesolithic stage. Paleolithic people lived as hunter-gatherers without agriculture and without formal pottery production. The Paleolithic has traditionally been subdivided into three successive phases, namely
1. Lower Paleolithic age
2. Middle Paleolithic age
3. Upper Paleolithic age