UGC-NET Sociology Previous Year Solved Question Paper (January-2017)

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Paper – II

1. Who has stated that the history of society is the history of the class struggle?

(1) Emile Durkheim

(2) George Herbert Mead

(3) Erving Goffmann

(4) Karl Marx

Ans. (4)

2. Who has propounded the concept of ‘col­lective representation’ in sociology?

(1) Emile Durkheim

(2) Max Weber

(3) Auguste Comte

(4) Karl Marx

Ans. (1)

3. A Society which pessimistically depicts the social transformation brought about by modernization is a:

(1) Global society

(2) Local society

(3) Mass society

(4) Civil society

Ans. (3)

4. In any social arrangement in which the behaviour of majority is governed by norms and roles is known as:

(1) Association

(2) Community

(3) Institution

(4) Culture

Ans. (3)

5. Lack of appropriate cultural resources like language and knowledge is known as:

(1) Cultural materialism

(2) Cultural deprivation

(3) Cultural trait

(4) Cultural pluralism

Ans. (2)

6. Who has said that “man’s uniqueness lies in his possession of culture”?

(1) R. M. Maclver

(2) E. Durkheim

(3) R. Benedict

(4) K. Davis

Ans. (4)

7. Which one of the following is not an as­cribed status?

(1) Sex

(2) Age

(3) Occupation

(4) Kinship

Ans. (3)

8. Which one of the following refers to an indi­vidual whose behaviour in a particular role provides a pattern upon which another in­dividual bases his behaviour in performing the same role?

(1) Ideal role

(2) Role model

(3) Perceived role

(4) Internalized role

Ans. (2)

9. Reliability in social research includes:

A. Dependability of data collected.

B. A test or measurement used to collect data.

C. A test of consistency and association.

D. A measure which gives same results if repeated.

Mark the correct answer from the codes given below:

Codes:

(1) A, B and C

(2) B, C and D

(3) A, C and D

(4) A, B and D

Ans. (4)

10. Who has observed that ‘each person in so­ciety inevitably occupies multiple statuses and that, for each of these statuses, there is an associated role’?

(1) R. K. Merton

(2) R. Linton

(3) T. Newcomb

(4) W. F. Ogburn

Ans. (2)

11. The distinction between in-group and out- group was given by:

(1) G. Simmel

(2) P. Sorokin

(3) W. G. Sumner

(4) H. Spencer

Ans. (3)

12. Who has classified groups into ‘dyad’ and ‘triad’?

(1) Sorokin

(2) Sumner

(3) Simmel

(4) Giddings

Ans. (3)

13. Who has said that marriage is rooted in the family rather than the family is rooted in marriage?

(1) Kingsley Davis

(2) G. P. Murdock

(3) E. Westermarck

(4) C. Levi-Strauss

Ans. (3)

14. ‘Taravad’ is a kind of:

(1) a kinship usage

(2) a rule of residence

(3) an extended family

(4) a community

Ans. (3)

15. Correlation coefficient measures the rela­tionship between which couple of vari­ables?

(1) A qualitative and a quantitative vari­able.

(2) Both the qualitative variable.

(3) Both the quantitative variables.

(4) More than two qualitative variables.

Ans. (3)

16. Which one of the following averages can be applied to the qualitative variables?

(1) Mean

(2) Mode

(3) Median

(4) Geometric Mean

Ans. (2)

17. Which one is the correct statement about socialization?

(1) An election process

(2) A time taking process

(3) A policy making process

(4) A role seeking process

Ans. (4)

18. Which one is the important concept in the theory of Socialization held by Emile Durkheim?

(1) Role performing

(2) Imagining the other

(3) Collective consciousness

(4) Division of labour

Ans. (3)

19. Pierre Bourdieu’s theoretical perspective makes use of the concept of capital. Which of the following is not a part of this con­cept?

(1) Economic Capital

(2) Political Capital

(3) Social Capital

(4) Cultural Capital

Ans. (2)

20. Which term is used to describe various as­pects of an individual’s identity such as class, ethnicity, gender, disability and loca­tion?

(1) Inter sectionality

(2) Ascription

(3) Meritocracy

(4) Mobility

Ans. (1)

21. Who among the following has conceptual­ized caste stratification into four types namely cultural universalistic, cultural par­ticularistic, structural universalistic and structural particularistic?

(1) Andre Beteille

(2) E. R. Leach

(3) Yogendra Singh

(4) A. C. Mayer

Ans. (3)

22. In a normal distribution the Mean, Median and Mode are located at:

(1) All the three in the centre.

(2) Mean on the left of centre, Median in the Centre and Mode on the right of cen­tre.

(3) Mean in the centre, Median on the left, Mode on the right.

(4) None of the three is located in the cen­tre.

Ans. (1)

23. In which qualitative approach the primary goal is to gain access to individuals’ inner world experiences?

(1) Case study

(2) Ethnography

(3) Phenomenology

(4) Grounded theory

Ans. (3)

24. The study of recorded human communica­tions such as books, websites, paintings, Laws is known as:

(1) Content analysis

(2) Semiotics

(3) Book-view

(4) Ethnography

Ans. (1)

25. According to whom anthropology is a natu­ral science and studies human society, often using the methods of the natural sci­ences?

(1) B. Malinowski

(2) A.R. Radcliffe-Brown

(3) C. Levi-Strauss

(4) John Dewey

Ans. (2)

26. Who talks about ‘roles’ in virtue of social relationships?

(1) A. R. Radcliffe-Brown

(2) R. K. Merton

(3) S. F. Nadel

(4) C. Levi-Strauss

Ans. (3)

27. According to whom, culture is held to em­body principles which mirror essential fea­tures of the human mind – ‘binary classificatory systems’?

(1) S. F. Nadel

(2) A. R. Radcliffe-Brown

(3) R. K. Merton

(4) C. Levi-Strauss

Ans. (4)

28. Who said these words- “I started research as a non-participating observer. As I became accepted into the community, I found my­self becoming almost a non-observing par­ticipant”?

(1) B. Malinowski

(2) E. Durkheim

(3) William. F. Whyte

(4) N. Anderson

Ans. (3)

29. Malinowski is best known for emphasizing the importance of which one of the follow­ing?

(1) Oral History

(2) Content Analysis

(3) Ethnography

(4) Narratives

Ans. (3)

30. Which term is used by Parsons to explain the fundamental ‘dilemmas’ facing all ac­tors and involved in all social situations?

(1) Social Actions

(2) Value Orientations

(3) Pattern Variables

(4) Functional Pre-requisites

Ans. (3)

31. Central to Durkheim’s functionalism was a distinction between which forms of social organization?

(1) Normal and Pathological

(2) Normal and Healthy

(3) Average and Abnormal

(4) Forced and Anomic

Ans. (1)

32. According to Merton which one of the fol­lowing sequences is correct?

(1) Innovation, Retreatism, Ritualism, Re­bellion.

(2) Ritualism, Rebellion, Innovation, Retreatism.

(3) Rebellion, Retreatism, Ritualism Inno­vation.

(4) Innovation, Ritualism, Retreatism, Re­bellion.

Ans. (4)

33. “The problems which scientists selected for study, and their conceptualization, were determined by the values of the scientists.” According to Max Weber, this statement re­fers to:

(1) Value Judgement

(2) Value Neutrality

(3) Normative Value

(4) Value Relevance

Ans. (4)

34. A hypothesis that suggests no relationship among the variables selected under study is called:

(1) Conflict hypothesis

(2) Comfort hypothesis

(3) Null hypothesis

(4) Contrary hypothesis

Ans. (3)

35. According to Marx ‘when people become aware of their conflicting relations with other classes’ then it results into:

(1) Class in itself

(2) Division of labour

(3) Class for itself

(4) Development of leadership

Ans. (3)

36. Who has stated that ‘the conflict is dysfunc­tional, if the structures are rigid’?

(1) K. Marx

(2) L. A. Coser

(3) E. Durkheim

(4) J. C. Alexander

Ans. (2)

37. According to Dahrendorf, “the aggregates of incumbents of positions with identical role interests” is known as:

(1) The interest group

(2) The conflict group

(3) The quasi group

(4) The Primary group

Ans. (3)

38. Who has written the book ‘Rules of Socio­logical Method’?

(1) Max Weber

(2) Auguste Comte

(3) Emile Durkheim

(4) Karl Marx

Ans. (3)

39. A survey design meant for collection of data needed from the same selected population at different points of time is known as:

(1) Cohort Survey

(2) Cross-sectional Survey

(3) Longitudinal Survey

(4) Pilot Survey

Ans. (3)

40. Who has presented the view, ‘a historical approach that also makes possible gener­alizations about processes of social change’?

(1) C. H. Carr

(2) Max Weber

(3) Arnold J. Toynbee

(4) Karl Marx

Ans. (2)

Paper – III

1. Who was concerned, in his methodology, with ‘the way in which people grasp the consciousness of others while they live within their own stream of consciousness’?

(1) M. Rogers

(2) Alfred Shutz

(3) J. Duglas

(4) George Ritzer

Ans. (2)

2. Which one of the following approaches mainly focuses on ‘consciousness’?

(1) Ethnomethodology

(2) Comparative method

(3) Phenomenology

(4) Functionalism

Ans. (3)

3. Who have written the book, ‘The Social Con­struction of Reality’?

(1) T. Luckmann and Reinhardt Bendix

(2) Peter Berger and T. Luckmann

(3) Ruth Benedict and Peter Berger

(4) Reinhardt Bendix and Ruth Benedict

Ans. (2)

4. Who provides an account of ‘the role of com­mon sense knowledge in the social construction of everyday life and institution’?

(1) Peter Berger

(2) George Lucas

(3) Max Weber

(4) Erving Goffman

Ans. (1)

5. Who is said to be the founder of the special­ist approach of Ethnomethodology?

(1) Alfred Shutz

(2) Harold Garfinkel

(3) Erving Goffman

(4) John K. Galbraith

Ans. (2)

6. For Whom, ‘patriarchy is no less inflicting than caste’?

(1) Self Employed Women’s Association

(2) Dalit Women’s Organizations

(3) Human Rights Movements

(4) Alliance for Restoration of peace

Ans. (2)

7. According to whom ideology must be seen not merely as ‘false consciousness’ but as an important part of real social relations?

(1) Habermas

(2) Althusser

(3) Adorno

(4) Giddens

Ans. (2)

8. Unlike functionalism, neo-functionalism devotes roughly equal attention to which of the following?

(1) Action and Order

(2) Action and Reaction

(3) Beliefs and Practices

(4) Actor and Situation

Ans. (1)

9. Which term Althusser has used to convey the idea that major changes in society are complex and multiply?

(1) Multiplicity

(2) Over determination

(3) Contradiction

(4) Reductionism

Ans. (2)

10. Who among the following can be classified as a ‘critical theorist’?

(1) Alexander

(2) Habermas

(3) Althusser

(4) Bourdieu

Ans. (2)

11. According to Alexander which one of the following is not the problem associated with structural functionalism that neo-functionalism needs to overcome?

(1) Anti-individualism

(2) Conservatism

(3) Idealism

(4) Multi-dimensionalism

Ans. (4)

12. Who among the following makes use of the concept of ‘communicative action’ in the process of making ‘validity claims’?

(1) Turner

(2) Althusser

(3) Habermas

(4) Giddens

Ans. (3)

13. The concept ‘difference’ used by Derrida refers to two meanings. Which one of the following pairs is true?

(1) Differ and Prolong

(2) Distance and Closeness

(3) Defer and Delay

(4) Differ and Defer

Ans. (4)

14. An important aspect of Giddens’ structuration theory that gives dynamism to modernity is:

(1) Modern Institutions

(2) Life World

(3) Time and Space distanciation

(4) Self identity

Ans. (3)

15. Which one of the following gender-related issues, according to the Supreme Court guidelines, formed into an Act in 2013?

(1) Dowry deaths

(2) Honour killings

(3) Sexual Harassment at the workplace

(4) Domestic Violence

Ans. (3)

16. According to Giddens ‘structure’ refers to:

(1) Rules and Resources

(2) Network of Social Relationships

(3) A definite pattern

(4) Norms and Values

Ans. (1)

17. Who among the following has developed the concept of ‘discourse’ in his writings?

(1) J. Alexander

(2) A. Giddens

(3) M. Foucault

(4) J. Derrida

Ans. (3)

18. The first scientific racial classification of India was attempted by which one of the following?

(1) D. N. Majumdar

(2) Herbert Risley

(3) Max Muller

(4) L. P. Vidyarthi

Ans. (2)

19. ‘Gotul’ is found among:

(1) Bhil

(2) Muria

(3) Ho

(4) Bhotia

Ans. (2)

20. Which article provides for assistance to the states for the implementation of provisions of the Constitution of India, meant for the Welfare of the SCs and the STs?

(1) 275

(2) 238

(3) 224

(4) 339

Ans. (1)

21. Which of the following tribes is metrilocal and matrilineal?

(1) Kadar

(2) Toda

(3) Khasi

(4) Mizo

Ans. (3)

22. Which of the following tribes were studied by Surajit Sinha?

A. Bhumij

B. Bhils

C. Oriya

D. Maria Gonds

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

(1) A and B

(2) A and C

(3) A and D

(4) All of the above

Ans. (3)

23. Low Birth weight and pregnancy wastage in a given population occur primarily due to:

(1) Insufficient health care

(2) Female illiteracy

(3) Maternal malnutrition

(4) Traditional practices

Ans. (3)

24. Who, among the following, are associated with Indianisation of Sociology?

(1) G. S. Ghurye, A. K. Saran, D. P. Mukherjee

(2) G. S. Ghurye, T. K. Oommen, A. K. Saran

(3) G. S. Ghurye, A. R. Desai, D. P. Mukherjee

(4) G. S. Ghurye, T. K. Oommen, A. R. Desai

Ans. (1)

25. In which year the first phase of the ‘Repro­ductive and Child Health Project’ was initi­ated in India?

(1) 1995

(2) 2000

(3) 2005

(4) 1997

Ans. (4)

26. Technological development and the extent of geographical and social isolation are the parameters used to differentiate tribal com­munities one from the other. Who said this?

(1) N. K. Bose

(2) Surajit Sinha

(3) D. P. Mukherjee

(4) G. S. Ghurye

Ans. (1)

27. Of the following who is well known for us­ing subaltern perspective in studying the Indian Society?

(1) D. P. Mukherjee

(2) Y. B. Damle

(3) Gail Omvedt

(4) N. K. Bose

Ans. (3)

28. Which is the term used by Giddens for the contemporary crisis?

(1) Manufactured uncertainties

(2) Fluid Society

(3) Imagined nationalism

(4) Closed boundaries

Ans. (1)

29. The main limitation of structural functional perspective is that it:

(1) is suffering from unreliability.

(2) is not based on empirical evidence.

(3) considers only the static picture cur­rently available at the time of field work.

(4) gives importance to field work.

Ans. (3)

30. Who coined the concept ‘culture of poverty’?

(1) Oscar Lewis

(2) Gunnar Myrdal

(3) M. N. Srinivas

(4) M. Marriott

Ans. (1)

31. In our country the child labour is actually practiced in:

(1) Service sector in the formal organiza­tions

(2) Formal productive units

(3) Software units

(4) Cottage industries

Ans. (4)

32. Who among the following has developed the theory of step migration?

(1) Ravenstein

(2) D. J. Bogue

(3) E. S. Lee

(4) K. Davis

Ans. (1)

33. Which one among the following is not the cause of ethno-nationalism in India?

(1) The uneven distribution of resources.

(2) The process of democratization.

(3) Mass education.

(4) Empowerment of women.

Ans. (4)

34. Who among the following has mobilized the poor for the right to information in Rajasthan particularly and other parts of the country as well?

(1) Mridula Mukherjee

(2) Aruna Roy

(3) Pupul Jayakar

(4) Krishan Bhatia

Ans. (2)

35. What is the percentage of Delhi’s popula­tion living in planned colonies?

(1) 33.08

(2) 23.7

(3) 55.0

(4) 73.0

Ans. (2)

36. How many towns are there in India as per census 2011?

(1) 7935

(2) 8112

(3) 5161

(4) 7703

Ans. (1)

37. The slogan “Save planet earth” was gener­ated at:

(1) Rio Earth Summit

(2) Jakarta Summit

(3) Copenhagen Summit

(4) Brazil Summit

Ans. (1)

38. In India the dual report system is being used for reliable estimates of Vital statistics as part of:

(1) Sample Registration System

(2) National Sample Survey

(3) Population Register

(4) National Family Health Survey

Ans. (1)

39. Who has said that “some of the most pow­erful American business enterprises were in fact ‘habitual criminals’ “?

(1) Hermann Mannheim

(2) E. H. Sutherland

(3) John Mack

(4) Elliot and Merril

Ans. (2)

40. Modern criminology is concerned to dis­cover ways of:

(1) Reducing crime and delinquency.

(2) Successful treatment for offenders.

(3) Crime detection.

(4) Both (1) and (2)

Ans. (4)

41. Which of the following is not a form of domestic violence?

(1) Dowry deaths

(2) Sexual Abuse

(3) Abduction

(4) Wife battering

Ans. (3)

42. According to R.K. Merton, which path is fol­lowed by the drug addicts?

(1) Ritualism

(2) Frustration

(3) Rejectionism

(4) Retreatism

Ans. (4)

43. Who among the following attempted to dis­cover the social causes of suicide by relating the rates of suicide in different social groups to the characteristics of the group?

(1) E.H. Sutherland

(2) E. Durkheim

(3) Max Weber

(4) R.K. Merton

Ans. (2)

44. In the wake of Globalization Indian economy has:

(1) Reasserted its commitment to socialist path of development.

(2) Reasserted to mixed economic path.

(3) Reasserted the Gandhian model of self-sufficiency.

(4) Opened up to economic neo-liberalism

Ans. (4)

45. Which one of the following is not an objec­tive of ‘Science Policy – 2003’?

(1) Accomplishing national strategy and security related objectives by using lat­est advances in science and technology.

(2) Invite private parties to invest in re­search and development.

(3) Foster scientific research in Universities and other academic bodies.

(4) Empowerment of women in all science and technology.

Ans. (2)

46. By connecting countries, globalization has resulted into:

(1) Lesser competition among producers.

(2) Greater competition among producers.

(3) Making a country dependent on others.

(4) No competition among the producers.

Ans. (2)

47. Among the following who has given six ­fold classification of Indian traditions?

(1) M. N. Srinivas

(2) McKim Marriott

(3) Milton Singer

(4) S. C. Dube

Ans. (4)

48. Who among the following are the promi­nent members of little tradition in Indian Society?

(1) Folk artists

(2) Teachers

(3) Elites

(4) Nobles

Ans. (1)

49. “Nationalism in India is a product of the material condition created by the British colonialism.” Whose statement is it?

(1) David E. Apter

(2) R. Bendix

(3) T. K. Oommen

(4) A. R. Desai

Ans. (4)

50. Who has written/edited the book ‘Peasants and Peasant Societies’?

(1) Robert Redfield

(2) T. Shanin

(3) Eric Wolf

(4) Oscar Lewis

Ans. (2)

51. Which one is not the part of dependency theories of development?

(1) Centre-Periphery

(2) Underdevelopment

(3) Core

(4) Smart City

Ans. (4)

52. From among the following who has studied peasant movements in the Indian context?

(1) David Hardiman

(2) D. N. Majumdar

(3) D. N. Dhanagare

(4) S. C. Dube

Ans. (3)

53. Who has written the book, ‘Asian Drama’?

(1) A. G. Frank

(2) G. Myrdal

(3) Samir Amin

(4) Ashish Nandi

Ans. (2)

54. Pauperization means:

a. the process of making people pauper or impoverishing.

b. a state of extreme poverty or destitution.

c. a state of fulfilment of minimum needs.

d. a state of indigence.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

(1) a, b and c

(2) b, c and d

(3) a, c and d

(4) b, d and a

Ans. (4)

55. Who initiated the studies in Industrial Soci­ology in India after its independence?

(1) Rangarajan and Ramaswamy

(2) Mehta and Tripathi

(3) Sheth and Mayers

(4) Breman and Das

Ans. (3)

56. Which among the following is not the es­sential characteristic of bureaucracy?

(1) Oral communication

(2) Division of labour

(3) Written rules

(4) Impersonal relations

Ans. (1)

57. According to Max Weber ‘alienation in a capitalistic system’ refers to:

(1) Estrangement with one’s work

(2) Disenchantment of a worker

(3) Freedom from the routine work

(4) Engagement with the work

Ans. (2)

58. When did the first National Commission on Labour submit its Report on labour prob­lems, both in the organized and unorganized sector?

(1) 2002

(2) 1969

(3) 1952

(4) 2006

Ans. (2)

59. Which statement among the following is associated with the understanding of a ‘Postindustrial city’?

(1) A city with only a few thousand people living within its borders and character­ized by a relatively closed class system and limited mobility.

(2) A city in which global finance and the electronic flow of information dominate the economy.

(3) A city that lacks proper infrastructure and is over crowded with tourists.

(4) A city that is newly established for the governing elite of the country.

Ans. (2)

60. Which one is not the indicator of Millennium Development Goals?

(1) Eradicate extreme Poverty and Hunger

(2) Achieve Universal primary education

(3) Reduce Child Mortality

(4) Shelter for all

Ans. (4)

61. Human Development Index was developed by:

(1) Dr. Manmohan Singh

(2) Dr. Mahbub ul Haq

(3) Dr. Asish Bose

(4) Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia

Ans. (2)

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