Time – 3 hours Max. Marks = 100
External marks: 80
Internal marks: 20
Note: The paper setter is required to set ten questions from five units, two questions from each
unit. Candidate is required to attempt five questions in all selecting one question from each unit.
All questions carry equal marks.
Unit-I : Introduction to Sport Sociology:
i) Meaning and concept of sport sociology.
ii) Sociology of sport as a separate discipline.
iii) Current status of sport sociology in India and abroad.
iv) Sport sociology as a science of social relationships.
Methods and Techniques of Sport Sociology:
i) Socio-metry
ii) Survey method
iii) Interview method
Unit-II: Sport and Culture:
i) The meaning of culture, difference between culture and civilization.
ii) The structure of sport culture.
iii) The functions of sport culture.
iv) Sport as a cultural phenomenon.
Social Interaction:
i) Meaning of Social Interaction.
ii) Competition, cooperation and Conflict (Meaning, types and role of social interaction)
Unit-III: Social roots of sport society
i) Definitions of society.
ii) Society is a web of social relationship.
iii) Place of sport and games in different societies.
iv) Spectator, fans and violence
v) Influence of spectators in dynamics of sport.
Sport and Socialization: Family, kinship , peer groups, voluntary association, sport
and stratification (castes, genders, age).
Unit-IV : Sport and commercialization:
i) Impact of media on sport and sponsorship
ii) Role of media in making and breaking images in sport
iii) Impact of commercialization and changes in sport
UNIT-V
Physical Education and Socialization:
i) Socio-psychological implication and impact of organized youth sport. Influence of
social factors on sport performance.
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ii) Concept of self-efficacy and self-concept.
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1. Bhusan, V. and Sachdeva, An introduction to Sociology, Delhi: Kitab,2003.
2. Jain, Rachna, Sport Sociology, New Delhi : KSK,2005.
3. Kanwal jeet, S., Sport Sociology , ND: Friends Pub.2000.
4. Yadvinder Singh, Sociology in Sport, Sports Publication, 7/26 Ansari road,
Darya Ganj New Delhi 110 002.
5. Sharma, R.N, Urban Sociology, ND: Surjeet Pub., 1993.
6. Singh, Bhupinder, Sports Sociology, New Delhi : Friends, 2004.
7. IGNOU, The Study of Society – Understanding Sociology, Delhi-IGNOU,2007.
8. Turner, B., Cambridge Dictionary of Sociology, U.K., Cambridge,
U.N.Press.,2006.
