Sociology and Society · Class 11 Sociology · Chapter 1
👥 Sociology and Society
CBSE Class 11 Humanities · Sociology · Chapter 1
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| 90% | Sociological imagination + troubles vs issues with example — Attribute to Mills (1959); define imagination; one-sentence-each contrast; ONE worked example (unemployment) plus ideally one fresh example. | 6 MARKS |
| 70% | Sociology vs common sense knowledge — Three axes — systematic / evidence-based / self-critical — then ONE example where sociology overturns common sense (Durkheim & suicide). | 4 MARKS |
| 65% | Intellectual + material contexts of emergence — Two paragraphs: Enlightenment (reason/science → Comte 1838) and Industrial+French Revolution+colonialism. Always cover BOTH. | 6 MARKS |
| 60% | Sociology's relationship with another social science — Name overlap + name the distinctive focus of each. E.g. economics studies the economy narrowly; sociology studies the economy as embedded in social relations. | 5 MARKS |
| 75% | Who coined 'sociology'? Name the pioneers / the year. — Comte · 1838 · pioneers Comte, Durkheim, Marx, Weber. Pure recall — do not over-write. | 2 MARKS |
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