BSOC-101 Solved Question Paper June 2026 gives complete answers to every question IGNOU set in this term-end exam of Introduction to Sociology-I. The paper printed 8 essay questions and you attempt any five, in about 400 words each. Our file answers all 8, so you choose your five with confidence instead of guessing; two are open on this page and the other six come on WhatsApp 9899436384.
BSOC-101 Introduction to Sociology-I key facts for the June 2026 solved question paper
- Course code: BSOC-101
- Course title: Introduction to Sociology-I
- Programmes: BA (Honours) Sociology (BASOH), Semester I core course; also BA (Sociology) Major (BAFSO), the four-year undergraduate programme
- Credits: 6, as stated in IGNOU's BSOC-101 assignment booklets
- Blocks and units: 3 blocks, 14 units (Block 1 units 1–2, Block 2 units 3–7, Block 3 units 8–14)
- Maximum marks: 100 (Term-End Examination)
- Weightage in the final result: term-end exam 70 per cent, three tutor-marked assignments 30 per cent
- Duration: 3 hours
- Questions in the June 2026 paper: 8 long-answer essays, answer any five, 20 marks each, about 400 words each, no sections and no compulsory question
- Paper language: bilingual — the same 8 questions in English and Hindi
- Samples shown on this page: 2 (Q1 on community and Q2 on association versus institution)
- Questions in the paid file: all 8 answered; 6 of them are not shown on this page
What the BSOC-101 solved question paper June 2026 contains
BSOC-101 Introduction to Sociology-I is the first core course of IGNOU's BA (Honours) Sociology (BASOH), a six-credit paper that teaches how sociology looks at society, how it relates to the other social sciences, and the basic concepts every later sociology course assumes you know.
This session leaned heavily on Block 3, Basic Concepts. Community, association and institution, status and role-sets, types of socialisation, symbols in culture and functionalism all came from it. Only two questions went elsewhere: C. W. Mills' sociological imagination from Block 1 and the relation of history with sociology from Block 2.
That tilt is not an accident of one session, and section 6 below shows what it does to your revision plan — along with something more useful than a repeat count. The six readable papers behind this page split into exactly three December papers and three June papers, and on that balanced window three topics turn out to be locked to one session type and never set in the other. If you are preparing for December 2026 rather than revising June 2026, that is the part of this page to read first.
If you are collecting papers for the whole programme, the BASOH question paper page groups every BA (Honours) Sociology course in one place. On this page you can read two full answers, see the remaining six questions, and check how often each topic has returned since December 2022.
BSOC-101 June 2026 answers you can read now: community and association
Two of the eight June 2026 answers are shown here in full — Q1 on community and Q2 on association versus institution. Both follow the layout IGNOU expects for a 20-mark question: a definition, explained points with sociologists named, an example and a conclusion. Question text is reproduced exactly as printed in the June 2026 paper.
Question 1 Any 5 of 8 Unit 9, Block 3 20 marks about 400 words Set in all 3 June papers — and in none of the 3 December papers
1. Define the concept of community and discuss its characteristics. 20
Introduction. Community is one of the oldest ideas in sociology. MacIver and Page define it as an area of social living marked by some degree of social coherence. Put simply, a community is a group of people who live in a definite area and share a common life, so that they feel they belong together. A village, a tribe, a small town or an old city neighbourhood are everyday examples.
Bases of community. MacIver names two bases: locality and community sentiment. Locality gives the group a physical home and makes regular contact possible. Community sentiment gives it a feeling of oneness. Even nomadic groups keep a shared territory, in the sense of a route or region they move within.
Characteristics of community.
- A group of people. A community is a concrete group with members, not just an idea.
- Definite locality. Members occupy a common territory, which encourages interaction, cooperation and shared customs.
- Community sentiment. MacIver describes three elements. We-feeling makes members identify with the group; role-feeling makes each person aware of their place and duties; dependency-feeling makes people rely on the community for physical and emotional needs.
- Spontaneous growth. A community is not created by a decision or a law. It grows naturally as people settle and interact, and a person is usually born into it.
- Common life and likeness. Members share language, customs, festivals and ways of living, and this likeness strengthens solidarity.
- Permanence. A community outlives its individual members and lasts longer than temporary groups.
- Wide ends. It serves the whole range of members' interests rather than one purpose. This is what separates it from an association, which is formed for particular interests.
- A particular name. Most communities carry a name, such as the name of a village or town, which marks their identity.
- Varied size. Communities range from a hamlet to a nation; what matters is common life in a shared area.
Tönnies' contribution. Ferdinand Tönnies contrasted Gemeinschaft (community) with Gesellschaft (society). Gemeinschaft rests on close, personal and emotional ties found in family, kinship and village life. Gesellschaft rests on impersonal, contractual and calculated relations typical of the modern city. His contrast explains why community is linked with warmth, tradition and belonging.
Changing communities. Urbanisation, migration and digital media have loosened territorial ties. Sociologists now speak of diaspora and online communities, where sentiment survives even when shared locality weakens. The core idea stays the same: a common life plus a sense of belonging.
Conclusion. A community is a concrete, territorial group bound by community sentiment. Its locality, natural growth, common life and permanence give it a distinct place in social life and make it the base on which associations and institutions are built.
Writing this one in the hall: 20 marks at about 400 words leaves roughly 200 words for the characteristics, so nine of them gets you about 22 words each — one bare sentence. Pick five or six and explain each properly, keeping locality, community sentiment and wide ends among them, since those are the three that distinguish a community from an association. The full nine are listed here so you can choose, not so you can copy all of them.
Question 2 Any 5 of 8 Unit 10, Block 3 20 marks about 400 words Set in 3 of the 5 earlier papers
2. What is an association? How is it different from institution? 20
Introduction. Associations and institutions are both basic units of social organisation, yet students often mix them up. The simplest key is this: an association is a group of people, while an institution is a pattern of rules and procedures.
What is an association? MacIver and Page describe an association as a group organised for the pursuit of an interest, or a set of interests, held in common. A trade union, a political party, a college, a hospital, a cricket club and the Red Cross are all associations.
Characteristics of association.
- Group of people. It is concrete and has an identifiable membership.
- Common interest. It exists for a specific purpose such as education, profit, welfare or sport.
- Deliberate formation. It is created consciously, often on a known date, unlike a community that grows on its own.
- Organisation and rules. It has a structure of authority, a constitution or bye-laws, and office-bearers.
- Voluntary membership. People join by choice and may leave, and one person can belong to many associations at the same time.
- Temporary or lasting. It may dissolve once its purpose is met or members lose interest.
- Agency character. It acts through its officials, who work on behalf of the members.
What is an institution? An institution is an established form or condition of procedure that governs group activity. Marriage, property, the examination system, worship and the joint family system are institutions. They are sets of norms, customs and procedures that society approves and expects people to follow.
How association differs from institution.
- Nature. An association is a group of persons; an institution is a system of rules and procedures.
- Concrete and abstract. The members of an association can be seen and counted; an institution is understood only through the norms it sets.
- Membership. As MacIver points out, we belong to associations but not to institutions.
- Origin. Associations are formed deliberately; institutions evolve slowly through custom and tradition.
- Duration. Associations may be short-lived; institutions are relatively permanent and change slowly.
- Identity. Associations have names, offices and often legal status; institutions are marked by symbols, such as the wedding ring for marriage, and keep no membership roll.
- Means and ends. An institution is the means through which an association pursues its interest. A college (association) works through the examination system (institution), a family (association) rests on marriage (institution), and the state (association) acts through law and legislation (institution).
Conclusion. An association is an organised group formed for specific interests, while an institution is the approved procedure through which such groups act. Keeping "group" and "rule" apart makes the distinction clear in any answer.
The seventh difference — means and ends — is the one that earns marks, because it shows you understand that the two are not rivals but layers. If you are short of time, give that point its three examples and compress the first six into a line each.
BSOC-101 questions answered only in the full file
The six questions below are part of the same June 2026 paper. Their answers are in the WhatsApp file only.
3. Distinguish between status and role and describe what is meant by role-sets. 20
4. What is socialization? Discuss its various types. 20
5. What do you understand by sociological imagination? Discuss with reference to C.W. Mills. 20
6. Discuss symbols as a form of culture. 20
7. What is the relation of history with sociology? Discuss. 20
8. What is functionalism? Discuss at least one of the functionalists in sociology. 20
BSOC-101 Introduction to Sociology-I: 3 blocks and 14 units
IGNOU divides BSOC-101 into 3 blocks and 14 units, moving from what sociology is, to how it relates to the other social sciences, to the concepts used in every later sociology course. The block titles below follow the official eGyanKosh BSOC-101 course page, and the last column shows which June 2026 questions came from each block.
| Block | Units | Key topics | June 2026 questions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Block 1: Nature and Scope of Sociology | Unit 1 Thinking Sociologically; Unit 2 Emergence of Sociology and Social Anthropology | Mills' sociological imagination, Bauman's way of thinking sociologically, the rise of sociology in industrial Europe | 1 — Q5 |
| Block 2: Relationship of Sociology with other Social Sciences | Units 3 to 7: Anthropology, Psychology, History, Economics, Political Science | Sociology and social anthropology compared, economic sociology, history and sociology as partners | 1 — Q7 |
| Block 3: Basic Concepts | Unit 8 Culture and Society; Unit 9 Social Groups and Community; Unit 10 Associations and Institutions; Unit 11 Status and Role; Unit 12 Socialisation; Unit 13 Structure and Function; Unit 14 Social Control and Change | Symbols and culture, role-sets, functionalism of Malinowski, Parsons and Merton | 6 — Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4, Q6, Q8 |
June 2026 drew its 8 questions from 8 of the 14 units · the six that fed nothing are Units 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 14 · five of those six sit in Blocks 1 and 2 · Block 2's five units produced one question between them, from Unit 5 on history
Block 3 alone was enough to clear this paper. Its seven units supplied six of the eight questions, and you only need five — so a student who had read nothing but Block 3 could have answered the paper with one question to spare. There are no sections and no compulsory question on this paper, so nothing forced a choice from elsewhere.
Before you treat that as permission to skip two blocks, note what the earlier papers show: across the five readable sessions before this one, Blocks 1 and 2 supplied roughly two to three questions a paper, so June 2026's two is at the low end of normal rather than a one-off. The honest reading is that Block 3 is reliably where the marks are, every session — read it first and read it properly — while Blocks 1 and 2 are the insurance you need because you cannot know in advance which six of the eight will be Block 3 questions.
If you want block-wise reading support before the exam, our BSOC-101 study material follows the same three-block order.
How the BSOC-101 question paper is set: 8 essays, attempt any 5
The paper has 8 essay questions of 20 marks each, and you answer any five in about 400 words, for 100 marks in 3 hours.
| Element | BSOC-101 detail |
|---|---|
| Questions set | 8, all long-answer essays |
| Questions to attempt | Any 5, no compulsory question |
| Marks per question | 20 |
| Total marks | 100 |
| Expected length | About 400 words per answer |
| Time | 3 hours |
| Paper language | Bilingual — English and Hindi versions of the same 8 questions |
| Weightage in final result | Term-end exam 70 per cent, three tutor-marked assignments 30 per cent |
8 questions · 20 marks each · 160 marks printed, 100 attempted · 180 minutes ÷ 5 = 36 minutes an answer · 400 words at 20 marks works out to exactly 20 words a mark — IGNOU's own standard scale, printed on this paper rather than inferred
That last line is worth holding on to, because many courses print no word limit at all and students then guess wildly. BSOC-101 prints it, and the figure it prints — 400 words for 20 marks — is the same 20-words-a-mark ratio that IGNOU uses across its undergraduate papers. So when a paper gives you marks but no word count, you can derive the length yourself: a 10-mark part is about 200 words, a 15-mark part about 300, a 5-mark note about 100.
With no short notes in recent BSOC-101 papers, every question demands a full essay, which makes time the real constraint rather than knowledge. Thirty-six minutes covers reading the question, planning five or six points and writing 400 words — comfortable, but only if you are not still deciding at minute ten which five questions to attempt. Decide that in the first five minutes of the exam, before you write anything. Practising against the IGNOU Previous Year Question Paper collection is the quickest way to build that speed.
Status, role and socialisation lead the BSOC-101 repeat list
We counted every question in the December 2022, June 2023, December 2023, June 2024, December 2025 and June 2026 papers, all taken from IGNOU's own websites — 48 questions in total. Copies of the December 2024 and June 2025 papers could not be read from the IGNOU portal, so they are not counted. The count column below covers the five earlier papers, with June 2026 shown separately, because counting the current paper inside its own historical window hides what the latest examiner left out.
| Topic | Unit | Sessions asked earlier | Papers (of 5) | In June 2026? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Status, role, role dimensions and role-sets | 11 | Dec 2022, Jun 2023, Dec 2023, Jun 2024 | 4 | Yes — Q3 |
| Socialisation: types and agents | 12 | Dec 2022, Dec 2023, Dec 2025 | 3 | Yes — Q4 |
| Functionalism: Malinowski, Parsons' AGIL model, Merton | 13 | Dec 2022, Dec 2023, Jun 2024 | 3 | Yes — Q8 |
| Association and institution | 10 | Dec 2022, Jun 2023, Dec 2023 | 3 | Yes — Q2 |
| Mills' sociological imagination and Bauman's sociological thinking | 1 | Dec 2022, Jun 2023, Dec 2023 | 3 | Yes — Q5 |
| Sociology and social anthropology compared | 3 | Dec 2022, Jun 2023, Dec 2025 | 3 | No |
| Emergence of sociology in Europe | 2 | Dec 2022, Jun 2023, Dec 2025 | 3 | No |
| Sociology and economics, economic sociology | 6 | Dec 2022, Dec 2023, Dec 2025 | 3 | No |
| Community and its features | 9 | Jun 2023, Jun 2024 | 2 | Yes — Q1 |
| Sociology and history | 5 | Jun 2023, Jun 2024 | 2 | Yes — Q7 |
| Culture: concept, characteristics, biology, symbols | 8 | Jun 2023, Dec 2025 | 2 | Yes — Q6 |
| Tönnies: Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft, primary and secondary groups | 9 | Dec 2023, Dec 2025 | 2 | No |
12 recurring topics tracked · 8 of the 12 appeared again in June 2026 · a reuse rate of 67 per cent — noticeably lower than most IGNOU courses, because this paper rotates its Block 1 and Block 2 topics instead of repeating them every session
Four topics were skipped, and three of them had been set in three of the five earlier papers: sociology and social anthropology compared (Unit 3), the emergence of sociology in Europe (Unit 2), and sociology and economics (Unit 6). The fourth is Tönnies on Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft (Unit 9), set twice. Notice where they live — Units 2, 3 and 6 are all in Blocks 1 and 2, the two blocks that supplied only one question each this session. The negative space on this paper is not scattered; it is concentrated in exactly the part of the course June 2026 passed over.
Below the table, three more topics have appeared without making the cut: theories of social change twice, and social control and sociology with psychology once each. Social change and social control are both Unit 14 — the one Block 3 unit that fed nothing in June 2026, despite Block 3 supplying six of the eight questions. Within a dominant block, that is the gap.
The December and June split: three topics locked to one session
Here is the part of the analysis that a plain repeat count cannot give you. The six readable papers divide into exactly three December sessions (December 2022, December 2023, December 2025) and exactly three June sessions (June 2023, June 2024, June 2026). A balanced window like that makes a session-wise comparison meaningful, because neither side is over-sampled.
| Topic | Unit | December papers (of 3) | June papers (of 3) | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sociology and economics, economic sociology | 6 | 3 | 0 | December only, so far without exception |
| Socialisation: types and agents | 12 | 3 | 1 | December-leaning, but did appear in June 2026 |
| Tönnies: Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft | 9 | 2 | 0 | Never yet set in a June paper |
| Community and its features | 9 | 0 | 3 | June only, so far without exception |
| Sociology and history | 5 | 0 | 3 | June only, so far without exception |
Three topics are fully locked on this evidence. Sociology and economics has been set in all three December papers and in none of the three June papers. Running the other way, community and its features, and sociology and history, have each been set in all three June papers and in none of the three December papers — which is a neat footnote on this very page, since community is one of the two answers published above.
So if you are writing December 2026, the ranked additions to your revision list are: sociology and economics (Unit 6), Tönnies and the Gemeinschaft–Gesellschaft contrast (Unit 9), socialisation (Unit 12), the emergence of sociology in Europe (Unit 2), sociology and social anthropology compared (Unit 3), and social control and social change (Unit 14). The first three carry a December record; the last three are simply topics with history that June 2026 skipped.
One honest caveat. The December 2024 and June 2025 papers could not be read, which leaves a two-session hole between June 2024 and December 2025. A single question on economic sociology in that unread June 2025 paper would break the cleanest pattern on this page. Three for three is a real signal on a balanced window, but it is three, not thirty — prepare the topic because it is a strong candidate, not because the split guarantees it.
Our IGNOU Solved Guess Paper sets use counts and splits like these to rank topics.
Who writes and checks our BSOC-101 answers
Every BSOC-101 answer is written by our sociology team from the IGNOU block material and then reviewed before the file is released. The answers are prepared by the team led by Prateek Talwar, Academic Head of Unnati Educations, who has guided IGNOU learners since 2016, and reviewed by Sheetal Kirola (M.Ed.) for accuracy, structure and length — checking that definitions from MacIver, Tönnies, Mills and Parsons match the course units rather than a guidebook paraphrase.
Each answer is built for a 20-mark, 400-word slot: a definition first, then numbered points, a named thinker where the unit names one, an Indian or everyday example, and a short conclusion. Where a question has two parts, such as Q3 on status, role and role-sets, both parts get their own heading so the examiner can award marks easily.
The two samples above run a little longer than 400 words, and that is deliberate — a page you revise from should give you more points than you will use, so you can pick the five or six that you can explain well. In the hall, write to the printed limit. The notes inside each sample say which points to keep if you are short of time.
Before writing, the team compared the June 2026 paper with the five earlier official papers listed above. That is why the answers to repeated topics such as socialisation and community are written to stretch across differently worded versions of the same question — IGNOU rewords this paper heavily from session to session even when the underlying topic is identical.
BSOC-101 solved file index: question, unit and where to read it
The full file answers all 8 June 2026 questions; 2 are on this page and 6 are in the WhatsApp file only.
| Q. no. | Question as printed | Course unit | Where to read the answer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Define the concept of community and discuss its characteristics. | Unit 9 Social Groups and Community (Block 3) | On this page |
| 2 | What is an association? How is it different from institution? | Unit 10 Associations and Institutions (Block 3) | On this page |
| 3 | Distinguish between status and role and describe what is meant by role-sets. | Unit 11 Status and Role (Block 3) | Full file only |
| 4 | What is socialization? Discuss its various types. | Unit 12 Socialisation (Block 3) | Full file only |
| 5 | What do you understand by sociological imagination? Discuss with reference to C.W. Mills. | Unit 1 Thinking Sociologically (Block 1) | Full file only |
| 6 | Discuss symbols as a form of culture. | Unit 8 Culture and Society (Block 3) | Full file only |
| 7 | What is the relation of history with sociology? Discuss. | Unit 5 Relationship of Sociology with History (Block 2) | Full file only |
| 8 | What is functionalism? Discuss at least one of the functionalists in sociology. | Unit 13 Structure and Function (Block 3) | Full file only |
Unit numbers follow IGNOU's running order across the three blocks. Q3, Q4 and Q8 sit in the three most repeated units of the course, which is why most learners order the file for those answers. Q8 is also the one that gives you a choice inside the question — "at least one of the functionalists" means you can build the whole answer around Merton's manifest and latent functions, or around Parsons' AGIL model, rather than attempting all three thinkers thinly.
Which IGNOU programmes study BSOC-101 Introduction to Sociology-I?
BSOC-101 is a Semester I core course of BA (Honours) Sociology (BASOH) and is also studied under the same code in the four-year BA (Sociology) Major (BAFSO).
| Programme | Code | How BSOC-101 fits | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Sociology | BASOH | Semester I core course, 6 credits | Printed on the June 2026 paper |
| Bachelor of Arts (Sociology) Major, four-year undergraduate programme | BAFSO | Major course with the same code and title | IGNOU BAFSO assignment booklet, January 2024 |
| Bachelor of Arts (General) | BAG | BAG sociology learners sit BSOC-131 Introduction to Sociology, not this course | BSOC-131 papers are printed under BAG |
Check the code on your admit card before you order anything. BSOC-101 and BSOC-131 are different courses with almost the same title, and IGNOU uses this numbering convention across disciplines: the 10x code belongs to the Honours or Major programme and the 13x code to BAG. The same pair exists in education, where BESC-101 is the BAFEDU course and BESC-131 the BAG one. If your hall ticket says BSOC-131, a BSOC-101 file will not match your paper.
If you are enrolled in the IGNOU Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Sociology, BSOC-101 is your foundation paper, and BSOC-103 Introduction to Sociology-II builds directly on it.
Get the full BSOC-101 Solved Question Paper on WhatsApp
Message 9899436384 on WhatsApp to get all 8 answers of the BSOC-101 June 2026 paper as one PDF, including the 6 answers not shown on this page.
Ordering takes three steps. Send "BSOC 101 June 2026" on WhatsApp, pay using the details our team shares, and receive the complete PDF in the same chat. The file includes the index, all 8 answers of about 400 words each and the repeat-topic table.
BSOC-101 Introduction to Sociology-I FAQs
How do I get the full BSOC-101 Solved Question Paper June 2026 on WhatsApp?
Send a WhatsApp message to 9899436384 and ask for the BSOC-101 June 2026 solved file. Our team replies with the price and payment details, and the PDF reaches you on WhatsApp after payment. The file contains complete answers to all 8 questions of the paper, each written in about 400 words. Two of those answers, on community and on association versus institution, are already shown on this page.
How many questions are in the BSOC-101 June 2026 question paper and how many must I answer?
The paper has 8 essay questions and you answer any five in about 400 words each. Every question carries 20 marks, so the paper totals 100 marks in 3 hours — about 36 minutes an answer. There are no short notes and no compulsory question, which means your choice of five topics decides your score. Pick the five you can write fully, with definitions and examples, and make that choice in the first five minutes rather than halfway through the exam.
Which BSOC-101 topics repeat most in IGNOU term-end exams?
Status and role is the most repeated topic, set in four of the five earlier papers we checked and again in June 2026. Socialisation, functionalism, association and institution, and Mills' sociological imagination each appeared in three of the five and also returned this session. Sociology and social anthropology, the emergence of sociology in Europe, and sociology and economics each appeared in three of the five but were skipped in June 2026 — which is what makes them worth preparing next.
Which BSOC-101 topics does the December paper favour over the June paper?
The six readable papers split evenly into three December and three June sessions, and on that balanced window three topics are locked to one side. Sociology and economics has been set in all three December papers and none of the three June papers. Tönnies on Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft has been set twice, both times in December. Running the other way, community and its features, and sociology and history, have each been set in all three June papers and in none of the December ones. Two sessions in the window could not be read, so treat this as a strong signal rather than a rule.
Who writes and checks the BSOC-101 answers in your solved paper?
Our sociology subject team writes every answer against the IGNOU block material for Introduction to Sociology-I, under Prateek Talwar, Academic Head of Unnati Educations, who has guided IGNOU learners since 2016. Sheetal Kirola (M.Ed.) reviews each answer for accuracy, structure and length. Definitions and thinkers such as MacIver, Tönnies, Mills and Parsons are checked against the course units, not copied from guidebooks.
Is BSOC-101 the same paper for BASOH and BAFSO students?
Yes. BSOC-101 Introduction to Sociology-I is the same six-credit course for BA (Honours) Sociology (BASOH) and the four-year BA (Sociology) Major (BAFSO). The June 2026 paper is printed under BASOH, and IGNOU's BAFSO assignment booklet uses the same code and title. BAG learners sit a different introductory course, BSOC-131, so check the code on your admit card before ordering.
How long should each BSOC-101 answer be in the exam?
IGNOU asks for about 400 words per answer, and each answer carries 20 marks — which is exactly 20 words a mark, the scale IGNOU uses across its undergraduate papers. A strong answer opens with a clear definition, gives five to eight explained points with a sociologist's name where relevant, adds an Indian or everyday example, and ends with a short conclusion. Five or six well-explained points beat nine bare ones, because the examiner is marking explanation rather than count.
Does the BSOC-101 solved file cover all three blocks of the syllabus?
The June 2026 paper draws from all three blocks, so the solved file does too. Sociological imagination comes from Block 1, the relation of history with sociology from Block 2, and the other six questions from Block 3, Basic Concepts. Block 3 alone supplied six of the eight questions this session — more than the five you need — which is why community, roles, socialisation and functionalism deserve the most revision time.
Can I use the BSOC-101 June 2026 solved paper for the December 2026 exam?
Yes, with one adjustment. IGNOU keeps returning to the same core topics in this course — status and role, socialisation, community and functionalism have each appeared at least three times since December 2022 — so the answers are good practice for structure and depth. But June 2026 skipped four topics with history behind them, and December papers favour sociology and economics, Tönnies and socialisation. Read these answers to learn the structure, then add those topics before you sit a December paper.
About the authors
This page was prepared by the academic team at Unnati Educations, which has been helping IGNOU, NIOS, MDU Rohtak and GGSIPU students with solved papers and assignment support for over a decade.
Prateek Talwar, Academic Head, has guided IGNOU learners since 2016 and led the writing of the BSOC-101 answers, the unit mapping and the repeat analysis on this page, including the December-versus-June session split. He reads every official paper in a series before a single answer is drafted.
Sheetal Kirola (M.Ed.) reviewed this page and the solved file, checking each answer against the printed question wording and the 400-word limit, and verifying the sociological definitions used — MacIver and Page on community and on association, MacIver's three elements of community sentiment, Tönnies on Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft, and the attribution of the AGIL model to Parsons.