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    In the questions given below, there are five jumbled statements marked A-E. All the statements except one belong to the same context. Find the odd one out and also arrange the statements in the correct order and give the correct answer.

    A. The rate of suicidal deaths has been increasing ever since.

    B. His investigation of suicide was, in fact, the first sociological study to use statistics.  

    C. Like all of Durkheim’s work, suicide must be viewed in the context of his concern for social integration

    D. Emile Durkheim, the first person to be formally recognized as a sociologist and the most scientific of the pioneers, conducted a study that stands as a research model for sociologists today.

    E.   In Suicide (1964, originally published in 1897) Durkheim documented his contention that some aspects of human behaviour- even something as allegedly invidualistic as suicide-can be explained without reference to individuals.

    A ACEB Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B BCAE Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C DBEC Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D ACBE Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E ADEC Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    SOLUTION:- Odd statement- A The statements discuss about a particular person and his work related to suicide. Statement A  gives a general idea about suicide rates. The correct sequence of the statements will be- DBEC INTRODUCTION D. Emile Durkheim, the first person to be formally recognized as a sociologist and the most scientific of the pioneers, conducted a study that stands as a research model for sociologists today. INTRODUCTION OF THE WRITER’S WORK B. His investigation of suicide was, in fact, the first sociological study to use statistics.   FURTHER DETAILS OF THE WORK E.   In Suicide (1964, originally published in 1897) Durkheim documented his contention that some aspects of human behaviour- even something as allegedly invidualistic as suicide-can be explained without reference to individuals. GENERAL INFERENCE/ CONCLUSION C. Like all of Durkheim’s work, suicide must be viewed in the context of his concern for social integration.

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