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1.Who among the following believed that the strict adherence to the norms of society itself produces a type of deviance?


  1. H D Kirk

  2. Parsons

  3. Linton

  4. Charles Michel


Answer(2)



2. Which one of the following is the name of the book where Merton has proposed his theory


  1. Theories on Social Trends

  2. Sociological Theories

  3. Challenges Before sociology

  4. Social Theory and Social Structure


Answer(4)



3.Under common parlance Arvind is said to be cultured if he


  1. polished in manners

  2. balanced body language

  3. polite speaker

  4. all of the above 


Answer(4)



4.Under which particular ground the cultural traits are formed


  1. regional needs

  2. needs of life

  3. political needs

  4. social needs


Answer(2)



5.During which of the following period Ibn-e-Khaldum belogs to


  1. 1338-1405 AD

  2. 1332-1422 AD

  3. 1332-1406 AD

  4. none of the above


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1. Who argues that labour force of unskilled workmen is as important and as indispensable to the factory as labour force of engineers?


(A) Mebin M. Tumin


(B) Michael Young


(C) Eva Rosenfeld


(D) Wilbert E. Moore


Answer: (A)





2. For whom history is ‘a graveyard of aristocracies’?


(A) Karl Marx


(B) Randall Collins


(C) V. Pareto


(D) Emile Durkheim


Answer: (C)





3. According to whose terminology, person’s ‘class situation’ is basically his ‘market situation’?


(A) Karl Marx


(B) Max Weber


(C) Kingsley Davis and Wibert E. Moore


(D) Talcot Parsons


Answer: (B)





4. Match the items in the List – I with the items in the List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:


List – I                                                            List – II


a. E. Durkheim                                                1. The Elementary forms of the Religious Life


b. B.S. Turner                                                  2. Religion and Social Theory


c. M. Weber                                                    3. The Sociology of Religion


d. G. Bataille                                                   4. Theory of Religion


Codes:


       a b c d


(A) 1 2 3 4


(B) 4 3 2 1


(C) 2 1 3 4


(D) 3 4 1 2


Answer: (A)





5. Match the items in the List – I with the items in the List – II and choose the correct code given below:


List – I                                                List – II


a. E.W. Burgess and H.J. Locke         1. The family: From Institution to Companionship


b. A.W. Gouldner                               2. Patterns of Industrial Bureaucracy


c. H.J. Locke                                       3. Predicting Adjustment in Marriage


d. T. Parsons                                       4. The Social System


Codes:


       a b c d


(A) 1 2 3 4


(B) 4 3 2 1


(C) 3 2 4 1


(D) 2 4 3 1


Answer: (A)





6. An instrument or procedure, when repeatedly used under similar conditions, gives the same result, it refers to


(A) Validity


(B) Quantitativeness


(C) Reliability


(D) Consistency


Answer: (C)





7. Match the items in the List – I with the items in the List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:


List – I                                                            List – II


a. R. Robertson                                               1. The Sociological Interpretation of Religion


b. R. Rosser and C. Harris                              2. The Family and Social Change


c. T. Parsons and B.F. Bales                           3. Family, Socialization and Interaction Process


d. J.M. Mogey                                                 4. Family and Neighbourhood


Codes:


       a b c d


(A) 1 2 3 4


(B) 4 3 2 1


(C) 3 4 2 1


(D) 2 1 3 4


Answer: (A)





8. Match the List – I with List – II:


List – I                                                                                    List – II


a. G.H. Mead                                                                          1. Verstehen


b. V. Pareto                                                                             2. Alienation


c. Max Weber                                                                          3. Role taking


d. Karl Marx                                                                           4. Circulation of Elites


Codes:


       a b c d


(A) 3 1 4 2


(B) 3 2 1 4


(C) 3 4 2 1


(D) 3 4 1 2


Answer: (D)





9. Oral History can be used to generate information in a study focusing on


(A) Geneology of family


(B) Communal riots that took place in 1945


(C) Culture change in a tribal community


(D) Identity politics of an ethnic group


Answer: (Wrong question)





10. Which of the following are measures of dispersion?


(1) Skewness


(2) Variance


(3) Standard Deviation


(4) Harmonic Mean


Codes:


(A) (1), (3) & (4)


(B) (2), (3) & (4)


(C) (1), (2) & (3)


(D) (1), (2) & (4)


Answer: (C)





11. Match the items in the List – I with the items in the List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:


List – I                                    List – II


a. Inductive method                1. Variable that causes effect


b. Independent variable          2. Formulation of hypothesis


c. Qualitative method             3. Particular to general


d. Exploratory study               4. Interpretinism


Codes:


       a b c d


(A) 2 1 3 4


(B) 3 1 4 2


(C) 1 2 3 4


(D) 4 3 2 1


Answer: (B)





12. Match the List – I with List – II:


List – I                                                                                                                        List – II


a. Value of the score which most frequently occurs in the collection of the scores      


1. Mean


b. Score value below which (and above which) half the scores in the distribution fall


2. Mode


c. Value depicting sum of all scores divided by the number of observation                 


3. Median


Codes:


       a b c


(A) 1 2 3


(B) 2 1 3


(C) 3 2 1


(D) 3 1 2


Answer: (Wrong question)





13. ‘Tarawad’ is a matrilineal joint family found in the State of


(A) Maharashtra


(B) Kerala


(C) Assam


(D) Orissa


Answer: (B)





14. Assertion (A): According to Marx, class membership is determined by a person’s position in the economic system.


Reason (R): Class conflict is a necessary result of the exploitation of one class by another.


Choose the correct answer from the given code:


Codes:


(A) (A) is true but (R) is false.


(B) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).


(C) (A) is false but (R) is true.


(D) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).


Answer: (D)





15. Which of the following concepts can be related to the statement ‘subjective detachment of performer from the role being performed’?


(A) Role taking


(B) Role distance


(C) Role making


(D) Role exit


Answer: (B)





16. Sociology is the science of interpretative understanding of social


(A) action


(B) interaction


(C) group


(D) institution


Answer: (A)





17. A researcher wants to test the effectiveness of the intervention model developed for behavioural change among the HIV victims. Which of the following research designs will be more appropriate?


(A) Diagnostic Research Design


(B) Exploratory Research Design


(C) Descriptive Research Design


(D) Experimental Research Design


Answer: (D)





18. Assertion (A): Coefficient of correlation explains the extent of change in one variable (X) associated with the change in the other variable (Y).


Reason (R): Both variables X and Y are always causally related.


Codes:


(A) Both (A) and (R) are true.


(B) (A) is true but (R) is false.


(C) (A) is false but (R) is true.


(D) Both (A) and (R) are false.


Answer: (B)





19. Which of the following is not one of the four basic stages of what Mead calls “the act”


(A) Impulse


(B) Perception


(C) Manipulation


(D) Significant symbols


Answer: (D)





20. When a Hindu male marries a woman from his lower caste, it is called


(A) Hypogamy


(B) Hypergamy


(C) Levirate


(D) Sororate


Answer: (A)





21. There are two statements, one is Assertion (A) and the other is Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes given below:


Assertion (A): Introduction of Midday meals in primary schools has increased the rate of attendance among the children in Rural India.


Reason (R): Mid-day meals has resulted in corruption and negligence of teachers in their teaching.


Select the correct answer from the codes given below:


Codes:


(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).


(B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).


(C) (A) is true but (R) is false.


(D) (A) is false but (R) is true.


Answer: (B)





22. Which one of the following is not associated with ‘test of significance’?


(A) Critical region


(B) Type I (α) error


(C) Type II (β) error


(D) Product moment correlation


Answer: (D)





23. Ferdinand Toennies mentioned Kuerville or artificial will as the basis of


(A) Gemeinschaft


(B) Gesellschaft


(C) Family


(D) Peer group


Answer: (B)





24. Talcott Parsons mentions the needs of a social system in a particular sequence. Which one of the following correctly mentions that sequence?


(A) Integration, Latency, Goal Maintenance, Adaptation


(B) Latency, Integration, Goal Maintenance, Adaptation


(C) Goal Maintenance, Integration, Adaptation, Latency


(D) Adaptation, Goal Maintenance, Integration, Latency


Answer: (D)





25. Assertion (A): Roles are the bundles of socially defined attributes and expectations associated with social positions.


Reason (R): Roles demonstrate the absolute compliance with expected behaviour of an individual in the set.


Select the correct answer from the codes given below:


Codes:


(A) Both (A) and (R) are true.


(B) Both (A) and (R) are false.


(C) (A) is true but (R) is not true.


(D) (A) is false and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).


Answer: (C)





26. Which of the following is most effective in addressing social inequality caused by caste system yielding tangible results?


(A) Positive discrimination


(B) Affirmative action


(C) Development policies


(D) Caste based politics


Answer: (A)





27. ‘Values’ refer to


(A) Ideals


(B) Prescriptions of behaviour


(C) Social preferences


(D) Social expectations


Answer: (C)





28. Match List – I with List – II and find the correct answer from codes given below:


List – I                                                                                                List – II


a. Sociology is the science of institutions, their genesis and their functioning                      


1. Alex Inklee


b. Sociology is the study of social systems of social action and of their interrelations         


2. Morris Ginsberg


c. Sociology in the Study of human interactions and inter-relations their conditions and consequences.                                                                                         3. Max Weber


d. Sociology is ‘the science whose object is to interpret the meaning of social action and thereby give causal explanation                                                      4. E. Durkheim


Codes:


       a b c d


(A) 4 1 2 3


(B) 2 4 1 3


(C) 4 1 3 2


(D) 1 3 4 2


Answer: (A)





29. Who said that ‘only one role is associated with one status’?


(A) Ralph Linton


(B) R.K. Merton


(C) Talcott Parsons


(D) William G. Goode


Answer: (A)





30. Match the List – I with List – II and select the correct code from the following:


List – I                                                                                    List – II


a. Family and Social Network                                                            1. Young and Willmott


b. Family and kinship in East London                                    2. Talcott Parsons


c. World Revolution and Family Patterns                              3. Elizabeth Bott


d. Family, Socialization and Interaction process                    4. William J. Goode


Codes:


       a b c d


(A) 3 1 4 2


(B) 1 2 3 4


(C) 2 3 1 4


(D) 4 1 2 3


Answer: (A)





31. R.K. Merton offered the example of the Hopi Americans engaging in ceremonial dances to encourage rain in order to illustrate


(A) Manifest dysfunction


(B) Latent dysfunction


(C) Manifest function


(D) Latent function


Answer: (D)





32. Symbolic interactionism tends to focus on


(A) Macro-level social change


(B) Small-scale social change


(C) Meso-level social change


(D) Change in the behaviour of the ego


Answer: (B)





33. What does Macdonaldization mean?


(A) Universal application of the ideas of Dwight Macdonald


(B) The process of extension of the cartoons of Donald Duck.


(C) Spread of the new means of consumption across the world


(D) Diffusion of modern agricultural practices


Answer: (C)





34. A.R. Radcliffe – Brown conducted fieldwork among the


(A) Trobriand Islanders


(B) Andaman Islanders


(C) Todas


(D) Murias


Answer: (B)





35. Who first propagated the idea that societies could be analysed as systems with self-equilibriating properties?


(A) Vilfredo Pareto


(B) Talcott Parsons


(C) Emile Durkheim


(D) Max Weber


Answer: (A)





36. In 1848 Marx wrote in The Communist Manifesto that a spectre was haunting Europe. What was this spectre?


(A) Communism


(B) Capitalism


(C) Hegelian thought


(D) Religion


Answer: (A)





37. Which of the following does not explain Coser’s Theory of Social Conflict?


(A) Conflict is a universal phenomenon


(B) Conflict leads to destruction


(C) Conflict has some positive functions


(D) Conflict may lead to social change


Answer: (B)





38. Match the items of List – I with the items of List – II and choose the correct answer from the codes given below:


List – I                                                List – II


a. Max Weber                                      1. Logical and nonlogical action


b. Emile Durkheim                              2. Traditional authority and rational-legal authority


c. Vilfredo Pareto                               3. Metaphysical stage and positive stage of human intellect and social organization


d. Auguste Comte                               4. Mechanical solidarity and organic solidarity


Codes:


       a b c d


(A) 2 3 1 4


(B) 2 4 1 3


(C) 1 2 3 4


(D) 4 2 1 3


Answer: (B)





39. Match List – I with List – II:


List – I                        List – II


a. Mean                       1. Value which divides the distribution into two equal halves.


b. Median                    2. Most frequently occurring value in the distribution.


c. Mode                       3. The value which every unit would have possessed equally, if redistributed again.


Codes:


       a b c


(A) 3 1 2


(B) 2 3 1


(C) 1 2 3


(D) 2 1 3


Answer: (A)





40. Which of the following characteristics of social phenomena constrain the application of scientific method in absolute terms in social research? Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:


1. Patterned social behaviour


2. Unpredictability of human behaviour


3. Lack of precision in measurement


4. Multiple causation of reality


Codes:


(A) 2 & 4


(B) 1 & 2


(C) 2 & 3


(D) 3 & 4


Answer: (A)





41. Who amongst the following sociologists has not considered conflict as a vital element of society?


(A) Randall Collins


(B) Lewis Coser


(C) Talcott Parsons


(D) Ralph Dahrendorf


Answer: (C)





42. The concept of ‘imperatively coordinated associations’ was contributed by


(A) Talcott Parsons


(B) Ralph Dahrendorf


(C) C. Wright Mills


(D) Karl Marx


Answer: (B)





43. “Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the sentiment of a heartless world and the soul of soulless condition.” Who made the statement?


(A) L. Feurbach


(B) G. Lukacs


(C) K. Marx


(D) V.I. Lenin


Answer: (C)





44. Match items in List – I with items in List – II and choose the correct answer from the codes given below:


List – I                                                            List – II


a. Caste and Race                                           1. D.N. Dhanagare


b. Modernisation                                             2. M.N. Srinivas


c. Sanskritisation                                             3. Yogendar Singh


d. Social movements                                       4. G.S. Ghurye


Codes:


       a b c d


(A) 2 1 3 4


(B) 4 3 2 1


(C) 3 2 4 1


(D) 1 4 1 3


Answer: (B)





45. Assertion (A): Privatization of Education resulted in degradation of education.


Reason (R): Globalization policy contribute to the privatization of education.


Choose the correct answer from the given code:


Codes:


(A) (A) is true and (R) is false.


(B) (A) is false and (R) is true.


(C) Both (A) and (R) are true.


(D) Both (A) and (R) are false.


Answer: (BC)





46. A.R. Radcliffe-Brown contributed to


(A) Functionalism


(B) Cultural Materialism


(C) Structural – Functionalism


(D) Structuralism


Answer: (C)





47. From which one of the following the ‘sum of the differences from a measure would always be zero’?


(A) Mode


(B) Median


(C) Mean


(D) Standard Error


Answer: (C)





48. Which of the following theories has a “Micro” orientation?


(A) Functionalism


(B) Conflict theory


(C) Interactionism


(D) Critical theory


Answer: (C)





49. Who stated that ‘Politics is about power, politics occurs when there are differentials in power’?


(A) T. Parsons


(B) R.A. Dahl


(C) R.E. Dowse and J.A. Hughes


(D) J. Westergaard and A. Little


Answer: (C)





50. Who is the author of the book ‘Rules of Sociological method’?


(A) Max Weber


(B) Auguste Comte


(C) Vilfredo Pareto


(D) Emile Durkheim


Answer: (D)


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1. Match the followings:


List – I                                                            List – II


(Concepts)                                                       (Authors)


a. Cultural Lag                                                i. K. Marx


b. False Consciousness                                    ii. Ogburn


c. Law of Similarity and Contact                   iii. J. Frazer


d. Institutionalization of class conflict           iv. R. Dahrendorf


Codes:


        a b c d


(A) ii i iii iv


(B) iv iii i ii


(C) iii ii iv i


(D) i iv ii iii


Answer: (A)





2. Fill in the blanks:


An institution is composed of _______.


(A) Actors and Groups


(B) Rules and procedures


(C) Values and norms


(D) All


Answer: (B)





3. George Simmel’s classification of group as ‘Monad’, ‘Dyad’, and ‘Triad’ is based on


(A) Physical proximity


(B) Nature of membership


(C) Social relations


(D) Size of the group


Answer: (D)





4. An area of social living which is marked by some degree of social coherence and similarity is called


(A) Social group


(B) Society


(C) Community


(D) Association


Answer: (C)





5. C.W. Mills’ perspective takes into account


i. Biography


ii. Sociography


iii. History


iv. Geography


v. Ethnography


Select the correct alternatives:


(A) ii only


(B) ii and iii only


(C) i and iii only


(D) i, ii, iv and v only


Answer: (C)





6. Which of the following instances may not be considered as reference group behaviour?


(A) Proletarianization


(B) Embourgeoisment


(C) Sanskritization


(D) Modernization


Answer: (D)





7. Which of the following is a set of informal groups?


(A) Clique, faction, caucus


(B) Gang, union, dacoits


(C) Slum, village, NGO


(D) Neighbourhood, Peer group, Panchayat


Answer: (A)





8. Who argued that the school prepares children to move towards universalistic standards and achieved status of adult society?


(A) E. Durkheim


(B) T. Parsons


(C) R.K. Merton


(D) K. Davis


Answer: (B)





9. Who defined religion in terms of a distinction between the sacred and the profone?


(A) B. Malinowski


(B) C. Levi Strauss


(C) A.R. Radcliffe Brown


(D) E. Durkheim


Answer: (D)





10. The capacity of any person, group or institution to issue commands is called


(A) Power


(B) Authority


(C) Influence


(D) Right


Answer: (B)





11. According to C.W. Mills, the power elite in America comprises those who hold “command posts” in


i. The major business corporations


ii. The military


iii. The Federal Government


iv. The State bureaucracy


Select the correct alternative:


(A) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)


(B) (i), (ii) and (iii)


(C) (i), (iii) and (iv)


(D) (ii), (iii) and (iv)


Answer: (B)





12. Who argues that ‘classes should be defined as imperatively coordinated associations’?


(A) M. Weber


(B) K. Marx


(C) R. Dahrendorf


(D) R. Collins


Answer: (C)





13. For R. Dahrendorf a post-capitalist society is characterized by


i. Decomposition of capital


ii. Differentiation of labour


iii. Diamond like class structure


iv. Regulations and institutionalization of conflicts


Select the correct alternative :


(A) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)


(B) (i), (ii) and (iii)


(C) (i), (ii) and (iv)


(D) (i), (iii) and (iv)


Answer: (A)





14. The concept of ‘I’ and ‘Me’ with reference to development of ‘self’ was used by


(A) S. Freud


(B) C.H. Cooley


(C) H.M. Johnson


(D) G.H. Mead


Answer: (D)





15. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R):


Assertion (A): Personality system gets integrated into the social system through socialization.


Reason (R): Socialization helps actors to develop skills to play roles in society.


Select the correct answer from the codes given below:


Codes:


(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).


(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).


(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.


(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.


Answer: (A)





16. A status group, according to Max Weber, is characterised by


(A) Occupation


(B) Educational background


(C) Life-style


(D) Family background


Answer: (C)





17. Who among the following is regarded as the technological determinist of social change?


(A) E. Durkheim


(B) G. Simmel


(C) T. Veblen


(D) T. Malthus


Answer: (C)





18. The theoretical perspective that asserts that there are discernible stages which the society goes through more than once or even repeatedly is termed as


(A) Repeated Evolutionary Theory


(B) Unilinear Evolutionary Theory


(C) Cyclical Evolutionary Theory


(D) Reflexive Evolutionary Theory


Answer: (C)





19. Who among the following describes society as ‘sui-generis’?


(A) Radcliffe Brown


(B) Malinowski


(C) E. Durkheim


(D) R. Benedict


Answer: (C)





20. Which of the following pairs are not included in Parsonian Scheme of ‘Pattern-Variables’ ?


i. Affectivity vs. Affective neutrality


ii. Self-orientation vs. Collectivity orientation


iii. Particularism vs. Universalism


iv. Localism vs. Globalism


v. Quality vs. Performance


vi. Diffusion vs. Specificity


vii. Evolution vs. Revolution


Select the correct alternative:


(A) (i), (ii), (iii), (v) and (vi)


(B) (ii), (iii), (i), (vi) and (v)


(C) (ii), (iii), (v)


(D) (i), (v) and (vi)


Answer: (-)





21. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R):


Assertion (A): The postulate of functional unity of society maintains that all standardized social and cultural beliefs and practices are functional for society as a whole as well as for individuals in society.


Reason (R): The above said standardised items are indispensable parts of the working whole.


Codes:


(A) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).


(B) (A) is true, but (R) is false.


(C) (R) is true, but (A) is false.


(D) Both (A) and (R) are false.


Answer: (A)





22. Who among the following does not adopt the functional approach to the understanding of social phenomena?


(A) J. Alexander


(B) K. Davis


(C) R.K. Merton


(D) J. Habermas


Answer: (D)





23. The view that authority relations are the main cause of social conflict was held by whom?


(A) M. Weber


(B) K. Marx


(C) R. Collins


(D) R. Dahrendorf


Answer: (D)





24. Who among the following has classified status in terms of salient status, dominant status and controlling status?


(A) T. Parsons


(B) R.K. Merton


(C) W.E. Moore


(D) H.M. Johnson


Answer: (B)





25. What is common to magic, religion and science?


(A) Observation and experimentation


(B) Equal influence on human beings


(C) Orientation towards the unknown


(D) Orientation towards the supernatural


Answer: (C)





26. Who among the following is a proponent of dialectical approach to the study of Indian society?


(A) M.N. Srinivas


(B) D.P. Mukherjee


(C) A. Beteille


(D) Y.B. Damle


Answer: (B)





27. Which type of research aims to describe a social situation, social event, social system, social structure etc.?


(A) Basic research


(B) Descriptive research


(C) Empirical research


(D) Explanatory research


Answer: (B)





28. A university has 7530 students and a researcher draws 10 percent sample from it amounting to a total of 753. This is called


(A) Sample size


(B) Sample ratio


(C) Sample element


(D) Purposive sampling


Answer: (B)





29. Which technique of qualitative data collection is followed by researcher to understand people and their behaviour through direct, focused and non-verbal interaction in their natural setting?


(A) Interview


(B) Observation


(C) Case study


(D) Above all


Answer: (B)





30. According to Karl Marx, which of the following are elements of the forces of production?


(A) Technology and capital


(B) Capital, labour and technology


(C) Science and technology


(D) Capital, labour, science and technology


Answer: (C)





31. Who among the following used the concept of ‘interaction ritual’ in his theory?


(A) R. Collins


(B) L. Coser


(C) E. Durkheim


(D) H. Blumer


Answer: (A)





32. Who among the following argues that the withdrawal of legitimacy from an existing system of inequality is a critical precondition for conflict?


(A) R. Dahrendorf


(B) L. Coser


(C) R. Collins


(D) J. Habermas


Answer: (B)





33. Themetic and text analyses are used in


(A) Path analysis


(B) Data analysis


(C) Form analysis


(D) Content analysis


Answer: (D)





34. The study of recorded human statement based on newspaper, magazines, songs, poems, speeches etc. are known as


(A) Statistical analysis


(B) Content analysis


(C) Historical analysis


(D) Comparative analysis


Answer: (B)





35. Which one of the following is not a type of reliability according to Kirk and Miller?


(A) Quixotic: Circumstances in which single method of observation yields the same measurement repeatedly.


(B) Dialectical: Observation between two conflicting situation.


(C) Diachronic: Stability of an observation over a period of time.


(D) Synchronic: Similarity of observation within same period of time.


Answer: (B)





36. Which one of the following is not a measure of central tendency?


(A) Mean


(B) Median


(C) Mode


(D) Standard deviation


Answer: (D)





37. “Men make history, but they do not make it just as they please; they do not make it under circumstances chosen by them, but under circumstances directly encountered, given and transmitted from the past.” With whom is this statement related?


(A) Karl Mannheim


(B) Karl Marx


(C) Karl Popper


(D) Ralf Dahrendorf


Answer: (B)





38. “Thinking is simply an internalized or implicit conversation of the individual with himself by means ofsignificant gestures.” Who said so?


(A) L. Althusser


(B) H. Blumer


(C) P. Blau


(D) G.H. Mead


Answer: (D)





39. Which of the following is not a feature of association?


(A) A collectivity of people


(B) Having certain objectives


(C) Voluntary membership


(D) Pursuing ideal norms


Answer: (D)





40. Which of the following statements on the nature of social role is not correct?


(A) It is a set of expectations.


(B) It is impossible to define one’s role without referring to another.


(C) It includes a series of rights and duties.


(D) It has no association with status.


Answer: (D)





41. According to Coser which of the following type of conflict may not be functional for the system?


(A) Conflict over core value


(B) Conflict over explicit realistic issues


(C) Frequent conflict over small issues


(D) Repetitive conflict of low intensity


Answer: (A)





42. Which of the following scales has real zero origin?


(A) Nominal


(B) Ordinal


(C) Interval


(D) Ratio


Answer: (D)





43. Who had applied the reference group theory to analyses mobility within the caste system?


(A) M.S.A. Rao


(B) G.S. Ghurye


(C) M.N. Srinivas


(D) Yogendra Singh


Answer: (C)





44. The concept of structural visibility was contributed by whom?


(A) T. Parsons


(B) R.K. Merton


(C) Radcliffe-Brown


(D) S.F. Nadel


Answer: (B)





45. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?


(A) Organic – E. Durkheim solidarity


(B) Pattern – T. Parsons variable


(C) Looking-glass – C.H. Cooley self


(D) Individualistic – R.K. Merton functionalism


Answer: (D)





46. Triangulation is a method of assessing validity of one’s research by


(A) Collecting three generational data.


(B) Analyzing three generational data.


(C) Using different methods and theoretical analysis of different subject of study by one or more researchers.


(D) Mixing of different methods and theoretical analysis of same subject of study by one or more researchers.


Answer: (D)





47. The book “Street Corner Society” based on the following technique of research:


(A) Interview schedule


(B) Participant observation


(C) Content analysis


(D) Questionnaire


Answer: (B)





48. Identify the correct sequence in social research:


i. Report writing


ii. Data analysis


iii. Pilot study


iv. Formation of hypothesis


v. Null hypothesis


vi. Observation


(A) iv, v, iii, vi, ii, i


(B) iii, iv, i, ii, vi, v


(C) i, ii, iii, iv, v, vi


(D) vi, v, iv, iii, ii, i


Answer: (A)





49. Who among the following attempted micro-integrative conflict theory?


(A) Dahrendorf


(B) Coser


(C) Collins


(D) Marx


Answer: (C)





50. In the major conceptualizations of class, which of the following is not a basis of class situation?


i. Property


ii. Income


iii. Authority


iv. Caste


Select the correct answer from the codes given below:


(A) i, ii, & iii


(B) i& ii


(C) i& iii


(D) ii& iv


Answer: (D


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1. “Sociology is a Science which attempts an interpretative understanding of social action.” Who defined Sociology in this manner?


(A) T. Parsons


(B) MacIver and Page


(C) E. Durkheim


(D) Max Weber


Answer: (D)





2. “Culture is man’s guide, it liberates as well as enslaves him as all guides do.” Which of the following school represents this view?


(A) Evolutionary School


(B) Marxian School


(C) Diffusionistic School


(D) Culture-personality School


Answer: (D)





3. The term ‘Sociological Imagination’ was coined by whom?


(A) P. Berger


(B) C.W. Mills


(C) A. Giddens


(D) J.S. Mill


Answer: (B)





4. Arrange the following books in chronological order by using the code given below:


i. Das Kapital


ii. Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism


iii. Patterns of Culture


iv. The Elementary Forms of Religious Life


Codes:


(A) i ii iii iv


(B) ii i iii iv


(C) iv iii i ii


(D) iii iv i ii


Answer: (B)





5. Every man in society occupies a number of statuses. Different statuses associated with a single person are known as


(A) Status inconsistency


(B) Status sequences


(C) Status set


(D) Status succession


Answer: (C)





6. Which of the following are the physical conditions of a primary group?


i. Physical proximity


ii. Attraction


iii. Smallness


iv. Endurance


(A) i, ii, iii & iv


(B) i, ii & iii


(C) i, ii & iv


(D) i, iii & iv


Answer: (D)





7. Which of the following is not a primary group?


(A) Scouts


(B) A peer group


(C) A class of students


(D) Family


Answer: (A)





8. Which of the following are fundamental features of a social group?


i. Organisation


ii. We-feeling


iii. Self-sufficiency


iv. Explicit cultural goals


(A) i and ii


(B) ii and iii


(C) iii and iv


(D) i and iii


Answer: (A)





9. Given below are two statements labelled as Assertion (A), and the other labelled as Reason (R):


Assertion (A): According to Durkheim education perpetuates and reinforces homogeneity in society among its members.


Reason (R): Schools inculcate society’s norms and values providing link between individual and society.


Codes:


(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).


(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).


(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.


(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.


Answer: (A)





10. Match List – I with List – II.


List – I (Books)                                                           List – II (Authors)


a. De-schooling Society                                              i. R.D. Laing


b. The Politics of Family                                             ii. S. Bowles and H. Gintis


c. Anti-social Family                                                   iii. Ivan Illich


d. Schooling in Capitalist America                             iv. M. Barrett & M. MacIntosh


Codes:


       a b c d


(A) i ii iii iv


(B) iv i ii iii


(C) iii i iv ii


(D) ii i iii iv


Answer: (D)





11. Match List – I with List – II.


List – I (Terms)           List – II (Features)


a. Church                     i. Usually more individualistic and lacks sharply defined belief system


b. Sect                                     ii. Usually conservative but not closely related to State.


c. Denomination          iii. Often closely related to State and claim promptly on religious truth


d. Cult                                     iv. Less conservative and connected with lower class


Codes:


       a b c d


(A) iv iii ii i


(B) iii iv ii i


(C) ii i iv iii


(D) i ii iii iv


Answer: (B)





12. The variable sum concept of power is based on the assumption that


(A) value consensus is essential for society.


(B) value dissension is essential for society.


(C) value neutrality is essential for society.


(D) values are essential for society.


Answer: (A)





13. The State moderates between different groups ensuring that all of them have some influence on public policy, is best manifested in


(A) Socialist democracy


(B) Republic democracy


(C) Pluralist democracy


(D) Traditional democracy


Answer: (C)





14. Match List – I with List – II.


List – I (Authors)                                                        List – II (Terms)


a. V. Pareto                                                                 i. The Ruling Class


b. G. Mosca                                                               ii. The Nongoverning Elite


c. R. Mitchell                                                            iii. The Iron law of Oligarchy


d. S. Lukes                                                                iv. The Three Dimensional View


Codes:


       a b c d


(A) ii iii iv i


(B) ii i iii iv


(C) ii iii i iv


(D) ii iv i iii


Answer: (B)





15. Which of the following is an appropriate example of a social institution?


(A) Market


(B) Trade Union


(C) Political Party


(D) N.G.O.


Answer: (A)





16. According to Dahrendorf, Marx’s Theory of Class Conflict is


(A) to be rejected universally


(B) to be accepted universally


(C) to be accepted and modified generally


(D) to be rejected, accepted and modified contextually


Answer: (D)





17. The process whereby the helpless human infant gradually becomes a self-aware, knowledgeable person, skilled in the ways of the culture into which he or she was born is known as


(A) Re-socialization


(B) Social position


(C) Socialization


(D) Shared understanding


Answer: (C)





18. Stages of cognitive-development related socialization was proposed by


(A) H. Mead


(B) S. Freud


(C) C.H. Cooley


(D) J. Piaget


Answer: (D)





19. Match List – I with List – II and find out the correct answer from the codes given below:


List – I                                                            List – II


a. E. Durkheim                                                i. The Social System


b. M. Weber                                                    ii. The Liquid Love


c. Z. Bauman                                                   iii. The Division of Labour in Society


d. T. Parsons                                                   iv. The Religion of India


Codes:


       a b c d


(A) i ii iii iv


(B) iii iv ii i


(C) ii iii iv i


(D) iv iii ii i


Answer: (B)





20. In a system of social stratification social rankings are based on certain attributes which may


(A) either be inherited or socially constructed.


(B) either be ascribed or acquired.


(C) either be acquired or socially constructed.


(D) either be ascribed, acquired or constructed.


Which is the correct one?


Answer: (D)





21. The social positions of _________


(A) caste, gender and ethnic groups are biologically determined.


(B) caste biologically, but gender and ethnic groups are economically determined.


(C) gender is biologically, while the ethnic and caste groups are culturally determined.


(D) caste, gender and ethnic groups are culturally determined.


Which one of the above is correct?


Answer: (D)





22. According to Marx and Dehrendorf unequal class position of a social group is determined by which of the following forms and extent of one’s control over


(A) economic and cultural resources respectively.


(B) cultural and economic resources respectively.


(C) economic and political resources respectively.


(D) political and cultural resources respectively.


Answer: (C)





23. Who among the following sociologists analysed social classes in terms of market and property situation?


(A) M . Weber


(B) J. Goldthorpe


(C) E. Durkheim


(D) T. Parsons


Answer: (A)





24. Some assumptions are given below:


The definitional assumption(s) about class and class conflict in the Marxian theory is (are)


(i) every society is based on a degree of economic equilibrium.


(ii) class inequality is due to inherent political and social injustice.


(iii) class conflict is inherent in society.


(iv) economic inequality lies at the core of class conflict.


(v) Class conflict is resolved through class alliance.


Select correct assumptions from the following:


(A) (i) and (ii)


(B) (i), (ii) and (iii)


(C) (ii), (iii) and (v)


(D) (iii) and (iv)


Answer: (D)





25. Transmission of traits from one culture to another is sociologically termed as


(A) Acculturation


(B) Diffusion


(C) Assimilation


(D) Enculturation


Answer: (B)





26. Who among the following is a proponent of cyclical theory of evolution?


(A) T. Parsons


(B) E. Durkheim


(C) O. Spengler


(D) H. Spencer


Answer: (C)





27. Identify the social processes which are linked to change of social structure:


(i) Industrialisation


(ii) Sanskritization


(iii) Modernisation


(iv) Globalisation


(v) Intergenerational mobility


(vi) Intragenerational mobility


Select the correct option:


(A) (i) (ii) (iv)


(B) (i) (iii) (iv)


(C) (iv) (v) (vi)


(D) (i) (iii) (iv) (v)


Answer: (B)





28. According to R.K. Merton, those observed consequences which lessen the adaptation or adjustment of the system are


(A) Functions


(B) Non-functions


(C) Dysfunctions


(D) Functional alternatives


Answer: (C)





29. In which of the book has Mannheim propounded the idea of Sociology of Knowledge?


(A) The End of Ideology


(B) The End of History


(C) Ideology and Utopia


(D) The German Ideology


Answer: (C)





30. A statement of prediction that sets forth the basis for testing the relationship between variables in an attempt to link theory to reality is called


(A) Random sampling


(B) Questionnaire


(C) Hypothesis


(D) Assumption


Answer: (C)





31. Name the technique which is to be used before the actual field work starts


(A) Pilot Study


(B) Census study


(C) Case study


(D) Survey


Answer: (A)





32. There are two statements, one is Assertion (A) and the other is Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes given below:


Assertion (A): Research design is a kind of blue print that is prepared before actually carrying out a research.


Reason (R): Many research plans are unable to produce a concrete finding.


Codes:


(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).


(B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).


(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.


(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.


Answer: (A)





33. Identify the correct logical order as explained by Karl Marx:


(A) Class-in-itself, class-for-itself, social transformation, class conflict


(B) Class-in-itself, class-for-itself, class conflict, social transformation


(C) Class-in-itself, class conflict, class-for-itself, social transformation


(D) Class-for-itself, class conflict, class-in-itself, social transformation


Answer: (B)





34. In the context of Randall Collin’s analysis, identify the correct one:


(A) Moves from macro-level to Meso-level and to micro-level social processes


(B) Moves from micro-level to Meso -level and to micro-level social processes


(C) Moves from micro-level to macro-level social processes


(D) Moves from macro-level to micro-level processes


Answer: (B)





35. Match List – I with List – II:


List – I (Contributions of)                                                      List – II (Approach)


a. R.K. Merton                                                                        i. Conflict Functionalism


b. T. Parsons                                                                            ii. Need Functionalism


c. B. Malinowski                                                                     iii. Analytical Functionalism


d. L. Coser                                                                              iv. Empirical Functionalism


Codes:


       a b c d


(A) iii iv ii i


(B) iv iii ii i


(C) ii iii iv i


(D) iv ii iii i


Answer: (B)





36. What is triangulation?


(A) A type of qualitative method of research


(B) A type of qualitative analysis


(C) A combination of qualitative and quantitative methods


(D) A type of non-participant observation


 Answer: (C)





37. Who among the following used the method of concomitant variation?


(A) M. Weber


(B) R. Dahrendorf


(C) E. Durkheim


(D) T. Parsons


Answer: (C)





38. Reliability of data implies


(A) The same methods of investigation on the same materials produce the same results.


(B) The different methods of investigation on different materials produce the same results.


(C) The same methods of investigation on the same materials produce different results.


(D) The same methods of investigation on different materials produce the same result.


Answer: (A)





39. Radical Sociology sought to support which of the following sociological thought systems?


(A) Marxian


(B) Functional


(C) Symbolic interactionist


(D) Positivist


Answer: (A)





40. Match the items of List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:


List – I (Concept)                                           List – II (Authors)


a. False Consciousness                                    i. Malinowski


b. Magic                                                          ii. Marx


c. Rational action                                            iii. Durkheim


d. Moral Community                                      iv. Weber


Codes:


       a b c d


(A) i iii iv ii


(B) ii i iv iii


(C) iii i ii iv


(D) iv ii iii i


Answer: (B)





41. Assertion (A): Karl Marx thought of all capitalist societies to be founded on exploitation of the proletariat.


Reason (R): The proletariat has not become increasingly impoverished.


Codes:


(A) (A) is true, but (R) is false


(B) (R) is true, but (A) is false


(C) (A) is true, but (R) is not correct explanation of (A).


(D) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).


Answer: (C)





42. Which of the following acts are necessary to keep the social system intact? Select the correct code given below:


(i) Adaptation


(ii) Social action


(iii) Integration


(iv) Goal attainment


(v) Latency (pattern maintenance)


(vi) Socialisation


Codes:


(A) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)


(B) (iv), (v), (i) and (vi)


(C) (i), (iii), (iv) and (v)


(D) (i), (ii), (iv) and (v)


Answer: (C)





43. The in-depth investigation of a phenomena, or a process, or an event that focuses on its historicity and contemporary interlinks with wider society is termed as


(A) Content study


(B) Participant observation


(C) Content analysis


(D) Case study


Answer: (D)





44. Which of the following is not an ethical consideration in social research?


(A) Protecting the subjects from physical and psychological harm while collecting data


(B) Protecting the subjects confidentiality and privacy


(C) Acquiring consent of the subject in collecting information


(D) Acquiring data through deception


Answer: (D)





45. Which one of the following is not a measure of correlation?


(A) Chi-square


(B) Student’s t-test


(C) Mean dispersion


(D) Product-movement coefficient


Answer: (D)





46. Kamla teaches in a college, organizes a kitty party, takes care of her daughter and presides over a meeting of women’s organization. Which of the following concepts is used to describe her role?


(A) Role conflict


(B) Role set


(C) Multiple roles


(D) Role making


Answer: (C)





47. Match the concepts (List – I) with the authors (List – II) and then select the correct answer from among the codes given below:


List – I (Concepts)                                          List – II (Authors)


a. Anticipatory socialization                           i. R.K. Merton


b. Sensate culture                                            ii. P. Sorokin


c. Residues                                                      iii. V. Pareto


d. Little Community                                       iv. R. Redfield


Codes:


       a b c d


(A) ii iii i iv


(B) iii ii iv i


(C) ii iv iii i


(D) i ii iii iv


Answer: (D)





48. The concept of ‘Wert-rational’ is associated with whom?


(A) M. Weber


(B) P. Sorokin


(C) T. Parsons


(D) J. Habermas


Answer: (A)





49. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?


(A) Social evolution                – H. Spencer


(B) Verstehen                          – M. Weber


(C) Rentier Class                     – V. Pareto


(D) Sacred and Profane          – A. Comte


Answer: (D)





50. Who among the following analysts of social change used the term ‘rentiers and speculators’?


(A) T. Veblen


(B) K. Marx


(C) V. Pareto


(D) A.J. Toynbee


Answer: (C)


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