Nalanda Open University is one of the largest and oldest Universities in India; the knowledge in this field is an interesting portion for those who are in the historical area and wants to work on the new field in this subject. Master of Arts from Nalanda Open University is a good choice.

Paper Pattern:

The paper of Classical Sociological tradition is a descriptive paper and all questions are of an old question pattern and all questions are needed to be answered in proper word limits. No. of questions in the paper are 10 and 5 from it are needed to be attempted. The questions are of long answer type. Each question is of equal marks. The medium of questions are Hindi and English. 1 question is of essay type and 1 question is of short notes to be answered in proper word limits.

Frequently asked questions:

The paper of Classical Sociological tradition is a subjective paper and questions asked are such as essay on the origin of sociology, social & economical effect of industrialisation, intellectual background of Max Weber, Pareto’s theory of circulation of elites, theory of bureaucracy, short notes on political power, theory of religion, authority, life sketch of Carl Marx etc. All questions are from the syllabus and questions also get repeated from previous year’s paper.

Total marks and time allotted:

The paper of Classical Sociological tradition is of 80 marks and time duration of the paper is 3 hours. Each question is of equal marks, i.e. of 16 marks.

Recommended Books:

• The sociological tradition by Robert A. Nisbet
• Four Sociological Traditions by Randall Collins